IE Helpers?

[Guest]

Hi
How does one determine if a IE helper is legit or malware? Is it possible to
run: Microsoft Spyware Beta, Ad aware, spybot, spyblaster, Spyware Doctor,
Hosts files, all sorts of online scans repeatedly and still miss the malware
in the browser? This evening I deleted a spam item from my Yahoo mail box and
the IE crashed yet again. A Microsoft cash analysis popped up telling me that
there is a problem with my IE Broser and that I had to manage my IE helpers.
There are some with no name, and some unverified how do you sort the caff
from the weat? This is an area where Microsoft has let us down. Help!

 

[PA Bear]

Neither Windows nor IE installed "IE helpers", you do! Microsoft has not
let you down.

Check for hijackware:

Help with Hijackware
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm
http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=5878
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/data/prevention.htm
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/data/tshoot.htm
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Malware_Defence.htm
http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/

 

[Guest]

I disagree; Microsoft is not supplying the where withal to identify malware.
I have one of the most protected machines; I spelled out the precaustions I'm
taking, not to mention an active/up-to-date firewall and AV program. I have
read all the articles you site and even with an extensive amount of time and
study they do not provide the help/rewards necessary to maintain a machine
free of spyware, malware and parasites. I've installed no IE helpers; there
presence is a fact of doing business on the internet, one can either allow
them to remain or remove them; if one had the where withal, including time,
to do so. The fact that Microsoft has to have the crash analysis program in
place is testimony to my position; to say nothing of all the millions of
defections over to firefox.

 

[PA Bear]

And I disagree with you. I'm all over the internet and I have never been
infected with any hijackware, malware, spyware or Trojan. Where you go and
what you do online is indeed fraught with danger but in the end, infections
are a result of your actions (or inaction).

We could debate endlessly whether MS should help you protect yourself from
yourself. MS Windows AntiSpyware beta
(http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx) and
the Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool
(http://www.microsoft.com/security/malwareremove/default.mspx) are but two
instances of MS doing so, however.

 

[Charlie Tame]

And do Ford or GM take responsibility if you leave the keys in your car and
it gets stolen?

GM DO offer "OnStar" which may help you locate you car if it gets stolen and
wrecked... do they offer this because their cars are worse than anyone
else's?

No matter how good the security systems fitted to a car it can still be lost
due to a careless user or a really determined thief. It's probably not wise
to park in the Bronx.

Charlie

 

[Guest]

Charlie
That statement was sheer genius!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!