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    1. Internet explorer problem
    2. Bette
    3. Microsoft is urging everyone to stop using Internet Explorer due to the new Trojan Horse JS.Scob that has infected it. Change to another internet browser. I just changed to Netscape and it automatically imported all my favorites too. To change to another browser you may do what I did and look into your programs folder. There you will probably see Netscape and by clicking on it you will find it already installed. You will see a box come up that asks if you want to make it your default browser. Click yes and you are all set. You can also use Opera, Foxfire and others to avoid the IE problem. So far none of the virus protection companies have found a block for this JS.Scob trojan problem. Microsoft has issued a patch that sort of works its way around it. You can search http://tinyurl.com/2gndp for many articles about this nasty thing. However, do NOT use Internet Explorer to get there. Change immediately before you hit a website that has this and you get infected. What this nasty little thing does is spy into your computer and grab every keystroke you do, like your credit card numbers, bank account numbers, passwords, etc. Not a nice thing at all. Do a full system scan immediately and look for any file that says JS.Scob and remove those files. If Kipp is online maybe he can help us out here or some of you other people that are much more computer savy than I am. Thanks. Bette

    07/05/2004 01:20:26