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Posted by Terry Pinnell on December 8, 2005, 5:09 am
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>Poster 60 wrote:
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>> Terry Pinnell wrote:
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>>> Instead of just showing the familiar simple list of a few
>>> viruses/tracking cookies/possible trojans/etc in its list of Critical
>>> Objects, Spybot has now started reporting a whole kluge of stuff about
>>> Registry changes. They have no checkmark against them, so what are
>>> they supposed to be telling me?
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>> They are saying your registry has been changed to improper settings and
>> showing you what they should be.
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>> Chech your firewall here as a first step (shields up test):
>> http://www.grc.com
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>> If your AV program detects any trojans you will have to remove them
>> before you change the registry back to the right settings.
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>The above would apply to those listings which are not corrected when
>you choose to remove them. If you are working with XP and you get a
>"Security Center" listing, that is a red flag that your firewall is
>most likely disabled.
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>> Most appear to be basic configuration
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>>> details in dozens of applications, such as 'Recently used file;, 'Last
>>> opened browser', etc.
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> These are records of your browsing and can be deleted.
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>>> How long has this change been in place please? IMO, it's a backward
>>> step.
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Thanks for the replies. I discovered that the advanced setting 'Usage
Tracks' had somehow become enabled. That accounts for most of those
200 or so entries. Harmless enough, but I don't like the clutter so
have disabled that option again. Puzzling how it set itself on after
several years. Maybe the latest revision makes it a default?
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Terry, West Sussex, UK
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