BR>* An ongoing debate between Ed Vance and BEN RITCHEY rages on ...

BR> EV> I don't see any setting I can change to stop Flash asking for a update
  > EV> every hour at 42 minutes past each hour. Do you have any ideas?

BR>Unless it autoadds a Scheduled Task or an obviously out of place service you
  >can mod/delete, nada for me :(

Ben,

I will look to see if it is a Scheduled Task on this XP box.

BR> EV> Another thing I have been getting FortKnox pop ups about sometimes is

BR>Dunno about FortKnox, but it sounds very astute {chuckle}

FortKnox was suggested for me to use by someone at MalwareBytes,
so I thought I'd try it out.
It seems as good as ZoneAlarm was when I used ZA before McAfee
was offered to me for download.

BR> EV> I am still afraid something is in my XP box that even Avast! free
  > EV> hasn't found, what do you think?  Am I overly paraniod?  Thanks!

BR>I did some testing awhile back using most of the leading AV products and
each
  >one seemed to find unique problems the others did not {shrug} so it's always
  >real possibility something is missed but finding out what it is is often a
ve
  >elusive task {chuckle} but sounds like you're on top of it. You might try
  >GRC.com as he has some Netbios security info somewhere IIRC.

I got GRC.com on my ROUNDTUIT list too!  Thanks!

BR>The easiest way for something to assert itself within Windows is to quietly
  >install itself as a service, so you might also look thru running services
whe
  >you're problems pop up. If they persist, Netmail me and I may be able to
assi
  >further though my expertise with firewalls is limited ...

Since I started using Avast! AV it has done a checkout when this
XP box boots up.

I also have added WinPatrol (Free Edition) to the XP box but
haven't taken the time to look at everything in its lists.


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