TSGL: VIEWPOINT VS XOFTSPY

[David Goldstein]

This is going to sound counter to what most people in the group think but I
happen to know that although a few anti-spyware apps flag Viepoint as
spyware it actually isn't and doesn't harm your computer in any way.  If you
want to remove it then go right ahead but it's not something that must be
eradicated at all costs.

- Dave

On 8/6/06, Beezersmom at aol.com <Beezersmom at aol.com> wrote:
>
> OK, hop in a suitcase and I'll see ya at Cal's  place<G>  The Aussie's are
> very popular with the people here, most of  the boys stay in private homes
> where
> everyone else has to stay and pay  elsewhere.
> There's a recovery & boot disk for 98 SE but my husband  said he'll make a
> new one.  I'll let you know what  happens.
> Thanks, Toni
>
>
>
>
>
> sure,  i'll just hop into one of their suitcases,
>
> is probably best to make a  fresh boot disk, you download the
> appropriate file, run it, and your  computer will say "please insert a
> blank disk to write to..." etc  etc...
>
> what you probably have locked away in the basement is a  windows98
> recovery disk? maybe?
>
> plus, floppy disks are very very  very very unreliable... and can lose
> their magnetic field after a couple of  years/days etc....
>
> you really need to know how to poke around using the  DOS command
> prompt and it's built in functions to get this to  work.
>
> hope this helps,
>
> kind regards,
>
> Justin
>
> On  06/08/06, Beezersmom at aol.com <Beezersmom at aol.com> wrote:
> > Hi  Justin:
> > Thank you for your response but you're telling the "DUH"  woman  on the
> group
> > and I didn't understand one word that you  said.
> > But all is not lost because I'll print out your email, hand  it  to my
> husband
> > and say here, do this and he will.
> > Now,  don't laugh at this question because I'm serious.  We  have, let's
> just
> > say a few computers that we don't use and they're stored
> in  the  basement
> and
> > I know that one of them has win98, can we use  that one's  bootdisk or
> would it
> > be better to download one from  _www.bootdisk.com_
> (http://www.bootdisk.com) ?
> > I'd better stop now  because I don't even know what a bootdisk  is.
> > You all may stop  laughing at me  now<G>
> > BTW, Australia's 11 & 12 year  old baseball players will be  here in my
> home
> > town to play in the  Cal Ripken World Series that starts 12  August.
> > Hitch a ride over  and you can work on my  PC.
> > Again, thanks a lot for the  information and I will let you know  if my
> > husband blows up my PC  or not.
> > Toni
> >
> >
> > Hi  Toni,
> >
> >  Create a win98 boot disk from www.bootdisk.com, navigate using  a
> >  command line to the appropriate folder, and delete all of the   files
> > from that folder, you may have to change the attributes  from  hidden
> > and system in the following  fashion....
> >
> > attrib /ahs  *.*
> >
> >  Justin
> >
> >
> >
> > On 06/08/06, Beezersmom at aol.com   <Beezersmom at aol.com> wrote:
> > > WOW, quiet weekend and I  hope  everyone is enjoying  themselves.
> > > Can anyone tell  me why when  XoftSpy makes it's daily run, it  always
> picks
> >  up
> > > Viewpoint with  many variations behind Viewpoint that's  located  in
> > C:\Program
> > >  Files\Viewpoint and  when you open that file  there's another file
> > C:\Program
> >  > Files\Viewpoint\Viewpoint  Experience Technology and  on and  on?
> > > XoftSpy removes almost all of it but there's always  about  10  or so
> > Viewpoint
> > > Files that can't be  taken out unless I  restart my PC which is
> a  joke
> >  because
> > > I can restart and go right  to the folder in Program  files and  there
> it
> is
> > > waiting for  me.  I've  tried to delete each item individually in  the
> > Viewpoint
> >  > File and they just can't be deleted.
> > > I don't even  know  what Viewpoint is and how it got into my
> program  file
> >  and
> > >  way it just keeps hanging around like an uninvited  houseguest.
> > > Please  let me know if it's a necessary file and  if it isn't how
> to  get
> > rid
> > > of it.
> > >  Thanks a lot...
> > > Toni
> > > "Every   morning is  the dawn of a new error."
> > >
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