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"Lou" <louisr DeleteThis @toast.net> wrote in message
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> Does anyone know what the above Subject phrase is all about?
> It appears when I access the Internet at the end of the page name.
> For instance: The top line of my home page reads "(My ISP) Start Page -
> MonaRonaDona"
> It continues to appear on all pages that I access.
> -----
> Lou
>
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"Lou" <louisr RemoveThis @toast.net> crashed Echelon writing
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> Does anyone know what the above Subject phrase is all about?
> It appears when I access the Internet at the end of the page name.
> For instance: The top line of my home page reads "(My ISP) Start Page -
> MonaRonaDona"
> It continues to appear on all pages that I access.

If you had searched the net you would easily find the answers which people
have posted, but also you would find that you possibly have a virus
installed, so maybe it was time you did overhaul on your computer.

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Lou wrote:
> Does anyone know what the above Subject phrase is all about?
> It appears when I access the Internet at the end of the page name.
> For instance: The top line of my home page reads "(My ISP) Start Page
> - MonaRonaDona"
> It continues to appear on all pages that I access.
> -----
> Lou

If you are using Spywareblaster (and you should be), you can change that to
whatever you want it to be.
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html


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"MAP" <mikepawlak2REM.TakeThisOut@OVEhotmail.com> wrote:

>Lou wrote:
>> Does anyone know what the above Subject phrase is all about?
>> It appears when I access the Internet at the end of the page name.
>> For instance: The top line of my home page reads "(My ISP) Start Page
>> - MonaRonaDona"
>> It continues to appear on all pages that I access.
>> -----
>> Lou
>
>If you are using Spywareblaster (and you should be), you can change that to
>whatever you want it to be.

Without Spywareblaster: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/176497
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"M.I.5¾" <no.one.RemoveThis@no.where.NO_SPAM.co.uk> wrote:

>> I've been surfing the 'net for 15 years and have yet to get my first
>> virus/malware infestation.
>
>I find that seriously hard to believe.

Sorry... it's true. And for probably half of that time I ran without
virus protection.

It's simple: I don't visit strange websites, don't download from
unknown sites, don't do file-sharing and I play safe with email.

>Even if you keep your virus checker
>as up to date as you can, there is always a short interval between the
>release of a new virus and the virus checker gaining the ability to detect
>it. As for other malware: have you tried a scan with AdAware and other
>similar products? They usually turn up all sorts of surprises (and plenty
>of them to boot).

Stopped doing that a couple years ago... all it ever found was
"tracking cookies". I now regularly check my cookie file and delete
those I don't want (CC Cleaner).
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"Shenan Stanley" <newshelper RemoveThis @gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Lou wrote:
>> Does anyone know what the above Subject phrase is all about?
>> It appears when I access the Internet at the end of the page name.
>> For instance: The top line of my home page reads "(My ISP) Start
>> Page - MonaRonaDona"
>> It continues to appear on all pages that I access.
>
> Somebody added it to your Titlebar - likely through registry/group policy.
>
> Look in your registry:
>
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main
> "Window Title"=
>
> --
> Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP
> --
> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
Many thanks. Title removed.
Was it a virus that placed it on my computer?
Lou
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Lou wrote:
> Does anyone know what the above Subject phrase is all about?
> It appears when I access the Internet at the end of the page name.
> For instance: The top line of my home page reads "(My ISP) Start
> Page - MonaRonaDona"
> It continues to appear on all pages that I access.

Shenan Stanley wrote:
> Somebody added it to your Titlebar - likely through registry/group
> policy.
> Look in your registry:
>
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main
> "Window Title"=

Lou wrote:
> Many thanks. Title removed.
> Was it a virus that placed it on my computer?

Virus installed applicatioon, malware. I should have stated,
"Somebody/something added it to your Titlebar - likely through
registry/group policy."

Most of the buzz on it points to some software called, "Unigray Antivirus".
Did you install that lately?

Have you rebooted and made sure the title does not get 'put back'?

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
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"PD43" <pauld1943 DeleteThis @comcast.net> wrote in message
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> It's simple: I don't visit strange websites, don't download from
> unknown sites, don't do file-sharing and I play safe with email.
>

well all I can say is you've been EXTREMELY lucky. Do you get attachments by
email? Many viruses are spread by people opening attachments from PEOPLE
THEY KNOW.....
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"Gordon" <gbplinux.DeleteThis@gmail.com.invalid> wrote:

>"PD43" <pauld1943.DeleteThis@comcast.net> wrote in message
>news:mdt7s3lm9180p7st4um072e068lqp84r6s@4ax.com...
>> It's simple: I don't visit strange websites, don't download from
>> unknown sites, don't do file-sharing and I play safe with email.
>>
>
>well all I can say is you've been EXTREMELY lucky. Do you get attachments by
>email? Many viruses are spread by people opening attachments from PEOPLE
>THEY KNOW.....
>

I'm well aware of that... one can hardly have spent as much time on
the 'net as I have and NOT know that. Why does it seem to bother you
so much that I have never had a virus or malware infestation?
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"Ken Blake" <kblake DeleteThis @this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote:

>I run an anti-virus program and six different anti-spyware programs, in
>addition to a firewall. In my case, nothing more than Tracking Cookies has
>ever been found.

I have been running AVG Anti-virus for quite some time now. Prior to
XP, I rarely ran an anti-virus... mainly because my system prior to
installing XP was minimal, and didn't have a lot of RAM.

That, plus the fact that worms, etc. were less prevalent prior to that
time made my exposure less probable.

I still don't run any resident malware obstructers, and when I ran the
free scanning programs from several vendors, they ONLY found tracking
cookies (doubleclick, etc. ) as problems.
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"PD43" <pauld1943.DeleteThis@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> "Gordon" <gbplinux.DeleteThis@gmail.com.invalid> wrote:
>
>>"PD43" <pauld1943.DeleteThis@comcast.net> wrote in message
>>news:mdt7s3lm9180p7st4um072e068lqp84r6s@4ax.com...
>>> It's simple: I don't visit strange websites, don't download from
>>> unknown sites, don't do file-sharing and I play safe with email.
>>>
>>
>>well all I can say is you've been EXTREMELY lucky. Do you get attachments
>>by
>>email? Many viruses are spread by people opening attachments from PEOPLE
>>THEY KNOW.....
>>
>
> I'm well aware of that... one can hardly have spent as much time on
> the 'net as I have and NOT know that. Why does it seem to bother you
> so much that I have never had a virus or malware infestation?


It doesn't - I am concerned however that you may not KNOW you've ever had a
virus, and may, unwittingly, have spread it to others. That is why there are
virus checkers for Linux, not, to protect Linux, because it doesn't need
protecting, but to protect WINDOWS machines that might be in contact with
that Linux box.
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"PD43" <pauld1943.TakeThisOut@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> "M.I.5¾" <no.one.TakeThisOut@no.where.NO_SPAM.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>> I've been surfing the 'net for 15 years and have yet to get my first
>>> virus/malware infestation.
>>
>>I find that seriously hard to believe.
>
> Sorry... it's true. And for probably half of that time I ran without
> virus protection.
>

It has frequently been demonstrated that if you connect a PC to the internet
without a virus checker then the longest it is likely to last before a virus
invades is around 15 minutes. And that is without even opening Internet
Explorer at all. Many of these viruses and worms simply look for
unprotected ports and install themselves. Many have become infected between
the time they install windows and installing the virus scanner and firewall
(though windows XP SP2 has alleviated the position a little by including a
firewall - of sorts).

> It's simple: I don't visit strange websites, don't download from
> unknown sites, don't do file-sharing and I play safe with email.
>

It is not necessary to do any of these things to get infected. For all you
know, your PC could have been silently infected with a bot of some sort and
is even as you read interfering with something somewhere - and you can be
totally unaware of it.

>>Even if you keep your virus checker
>>as up to date as you can, there is always a short interval between the
>>release of a new virus and the virus checker gaining the ability to detect
>>it. As for other malware: have you tried a scan with AdAware and other
>>similar products? They usually turn up all sorts of surprises (and plenty
>>of them to boot).
>
> Stopped doing that a couple years ago... all it ever found was
> "tracking cookies". I now regularly check my cookie file and delete
> those I don't want (CC Cleaner).

I don't do anything you don't do except keep my protection up to date, but
every malware scan still turns up a lot more than just 'tracking cookies'.
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"M.I.5¾" <no.one DeleteThis @no.where.NO_SPAM.co.uk> wrote:


>It has frequently been demonstrated that if you connect a PC to the internet
>without a virus checker then the longest it is likely to last before a virus
>invades is around 15 minutes.

Whatta bunch of bullshit.

>> Stopped doing that a couple years ago... all it ever found was
>> "tracking cookies". I now regularly check my cookie file and delete
>> those I don't want (CC Cleaner).
>
>I don't do anything you don't do except keep my protection up to date, but
>every malware scan still turns up a lot more than just 'tracking cookies'.

Your problem, not mine. You are obviously more active visiting
strange websites than I am.
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