Todd H. wrote:
> "Sebastian G." <seppi@seppig.de> writes:
>
>> Todd H. wrote:
>>
>>
>>> The underlying problem is that unless you have a strong baseline of
>>> you system, you don't have strong certainty you're really dealing with
>>> a peanut.
>> Which is exactly the reason why a strong baseline is a necessity for
>> reliable computer usage.
>>
>> But unlike you I don't thing that this would be hard to achieve. Not
>> even for a beginner, as long as he's willing and reasonable.
>
> We actually don't disagree on this. I don't think it's hard to
> achieve.
>
> I just know the reality is that nearly no one out there has such a
> baseline, which make the recommendation you and I are making (flatten
> and rebuild) all the more appropriate for anything but trivial systems
> no one cares about whether they might have keyloggers or the like on
> them.
>
> Best Regards,
Coincidence? I got rid of Norton because their latest and last update
caused their scan to cease. It said something like licensing issues need
resolving before continuing. I bought a program not a damned
subscription. I bought it before they started this stuff. It only
stopped one attack ,in the several years I have had it.
I got rid of it yesterday. The Hijacker hasn't resurfaced. I've had a
couple of free programs for some time. They work better. A few times
I've tried to resolve a problem with Norton. I don't remember what it
was right now. I could never get any sense out of their Indian and
Malaysian experts. All I could get was 19.95 or 2995 or some such to
analyze the problem or something similar.