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Peter Foldes
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      09-08-2010
Could be a possibility. Is SP 2 and 3 for XO installed????

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"Dragon" <> wrote in message
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> I've been trying to sort out a laptop for a friend.
> The box has been run for some time with no malware protection of any kind.
> From the update list in "Add/Remove Programs" it appears that Windows XP Media
> Edition has not been updated since December 2009.
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> Installed and ran MBAM and AVG9 free which have removed lots of malware.
> LimeWire is installed and was set to start at Windows start
> I presumed it was responsible for almost continual activity seen on the


 
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      09-09-2010
correction. XO should read XP

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> Could be a possibility. Is SP 2 and 3 for XO installed????
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> news:4Rwho.57757$2...
>> I've been trying to sort out a laptop for a friend.
>> The box has been run for some time with no malware protection of any kind.
>> From the update list in "Add/Remove Programs" it appears that Windows XP Media
>> Edition has not been updated since December 2009.
>>
>> Installed and ran MBAM and AVG9 free which have removed lots of malware.
>> LimeWire is installed and was set to start at Windows start
>> I presumed it was responsible for almost continual activity seen on the

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