From: "Glenn Meadows" 

While I would do that (Comodo) on a computer I control (family), I'm not
going to do that on this on.

No, not able to have AOL as an ISP without the crappy software.

What you can do, is log on, then MINIMIZE the AOL Software, and use your
own browser (Fire Fox, IE7, Opera, etc) and hit the internet that way, and
not have to browse with the AOL embedded browser.

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Glenn M.
"Gary Britt"  wrote in
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> That's great, but I'd still put comodo firewall on it in place of the
> windows one.  Is it possible to use AOL as your ISP without loading all
> their crappy software??
>
> I keep sp2 around to do a refresh install of it if necessary.  I've seen a
> refresh install of sp2 fix some problems not as serious as the one's your
> having.  Always worth a shot before a reformat.
>
> Gary
>
>
>
> Glenn Meadows wrote:
>> Per a KB article, a re-install of SP2 took care of all of the issues.
>> Most likely, the malware still there, blocked the proper install of the
>> FW when I upgraded the computer with SP2 yesterday.  Now all the crap is
>> gone, SP2 took properly.  Now to re-do all the patches needed.
>>
>> This box might actually live again!!!!
>>

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