Peter - Mike :

> I *strongly* suggest that you stop using IE altogether and run
> Firefox instead.  I've been running it since the 0.5 release under
> both Linux and Windows and it rocks

Maybe it is time for a change. I've got the sun-block, seatbelt,
cast-iron knickers, garlic string, strawberry-flavoured prophylactic
and still the little bugger got through ;-((

Some of my "betters" (people who know at least slightly more than
squat about browsers) whose sites I visit have switched to it, and
they seem more than happy

> The formal 1.0 release came out last week, but I've been too
> busy to upgrade

I'm very busy too at the moment - it's caught me wrong-footed and
not in the best of moods for making decisions. Hearing that I might
need to take some time to remove this annoying hijacker is not good

OTOH if all it's doing is launching 4 of its own browsers then that is
something up with which I can put for a few days

> likely prevent additional infestations which could have much more
> serious consequences

That's a cause for concern of course - the PC seems OK for now
but I have the unsettling feeling it's more vulnerable than before

Besides, it's probably past time you backed everything up anyway, right?
;-)  And if you think about it, it usually takes less time to start over
than
to track all this crap down and dig it out.  And its much less frustrating.

Mike wrote :

> Besides, it's probably past time you backed everything up anyway,
> right? ;-)

Uh-huh. HDD crashes teach you that the hard way. I'd rather not
be in that position again

> And if you think about it, it usually takes less time to start over than
> to track all this crap down and dig it out.  And its much less frustrating

I'm very conscious of one our member's signature - "There's never
enough time to do it right but always enough time to do it again"

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