PCWorks: Another Firefox victim

I don't see how she could have been getting messages from
M$. 
Unless, her PC is wide-open and unprotected by any
firewalls, 
and even then "according to M$" their website
and update site 
"neither sends nor retrieves any personal identifiable

information" back to them!  Which I always knew was a
lie.  She 
needs to enable the Native XP firewall, get another firewall

that blocks both incoming AND outgoing information, and be
sure 
to disable automatic updates.

Now what she can do is simply tell M$ about the place from 
where she got the PC, and TELL THE PLACE she's going to do
it. 
I bet that will get her a valid OS CD!

As far as FireFox, no, that's unrelated.  It is becoming
more 
and more vulnerable and she needs to check for program
updates 
and patches for it on a regular basis.  Loosing bookmarks
could 
be another vulnerability.  Bookmarks should also be backed
up 
on a regular basis.
-Clint

God Bless
Clint Hamilton, Owner
http://OrpheusComputing.c
om
http://ComputersCusto
mBuilt.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sue Cubic" <scubicearthlink.net>



A friend of mine wrote me on Thursday that she had lost all
of 
her Firefox
bookmarks.  I've been watching the thread on here and
sending 
her your
answers.  Do her comments below sound similar to the
problems 
you've had?

She has recently discovered that the computer she had built
at 
a local shop
a year ago does not have a valid copy of XP on it.  She is
not 
terribly
computer literate, but went following links on the MS site
and 
her
suspicions have been confirmed.  The shop is trying to
wiggle 
out of
responsibility, but if I know her, she will hold their feet
to 
the
fire.  She thought maybe her Firefox problems were related
to 
this.  She
has been getting some kind of nasty messages from MS about
not 
having a
valid copy of XP, and thought maybe MS was taking things
away 
from her. 

Quote:
>I can't remember if I had to do anything or if it just
showed 
>up and said
>it had been updated.  it also started making firefox my 
>homepage instead
>of yahoo. the part that says quick search that has
google and 
>such is even
>gone.

Thanks for any advice.

Sue
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