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Secure XP site
« on: September 30, 2007, 06:02:34 PM »
This is a great site that shows to secure windows xp, http://mywebpages.comcast.net/SupportCD/SecureXP.html .  There is also a detailed malware removal guide on the first step.  There is also a great optimization guide http://mywebpages.comcast.net/SupportCD/OptimizeXP.html

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Re: Secure XP site
« Reply #1 on: September 30, 2007, 06:12:28 PM »
thanks for the link....
 

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Re: Secure XP site
« Reply #2 on: September 30, 2007, 07:34:53 PM »
Isn't it a site that Mastertech usually recommends?
http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=16975

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Re: Secure XP site
« Reply #3 on: October 01, 2007, 05:03:30 AM »
I'll stay out of this "Banana" thread.  ;D ;D ;D
This is one of the links on that website:
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/SupportCD/XPMyths.html

Think I've heard and read all about this a few times.  ??? ::) ???
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Re: Secure XP site
« Reply #4 on: October 01, 2007, 05:21:21 AM »
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I'll stay out of this "Banana" thread.
same here....

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Re: Secure XP site
« Reply #5 on: October 02, 2007, 02:38:03 AM »
I'll stay out of this "Banana" thread.  ;D ;D ;D
This is one of the links on that website:
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/SupportCD/XPMyths.html

Think I've heard and read all about this a few times.  ??? ::) ???

What is a "Banana" thread?  ???

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Re: Secure XP site
« Reply #6 on: October 02, 2007, 03:18:43 AM »
It is an in joke, as in one of the moderators warning to mind our Ps and Qs or he would hand out some Ban(ana)s [e.g. bans] in a thread where things get a little heated ;D

Things seemed to get heated when the xpmyths and it author were involved.
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Re: Secure XP site
« Reply #7 on: October 02, 2007, 03:45:34 AM »
It is an in joke, as in one of the moderators warning to mind our Ps and Qs or he would hand out some Ban(ana)s [e.g. bans] in a thread where things get a little heated ;D

Things seemed to get heated when the xpmyths and it author were involved.

Oh, so a lot of people must disagree with the XPMyths page?  I think he does a good job of backing up his arguments.  I can see where people wouldn't like his Firefox Myths page, on account of a lot of people use it who use these forums.

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Re: Secure XP site
« Reply #8 on: October 02, 2007, 03:52:03 AM »
Not so much that page but ffmyths you mentioned (I just copied the page in the text you quoted getting very late here 2.55 a.m.), the author kept ramming it down everyone's throats and wouldn't accept anyone else's opinion and didn't really contribute to helping people about avast related issues.
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