# What a shock! More computer problems for pkbites! HELP!

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 29, 2004, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-shock-more-computer-problems-for-pkbites-help/257384 "2004-07-29T03:29:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2004, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-shock-more-computer-problems-for-pkbites-help/257384/21 "2004-08-02T23:57:49Z")

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I appreciate all the suggestions. And I’m definately going to try some of them.

But you know what? Nobody should _have_ to go through all that just to surf the web! Spyware/Adware should be illegal, and the penalties extremely harsh!

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**Author:** ![alaricthegoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4bbf92/32.png) [@alaricthegoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alaricthegoth)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2004, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-shock-more-computer-problems-for-pkbites-help/257384/22 "2004-08-03T02:59:43Z")

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I’m a little confused…

why is anyone wrestling with IE’s manifold defects?

I’ve been an opera fan since version 5, mostly cause I figure the servers are located in Sweden, ie, the free world, as opposed to somewhere in LA

I may be wrong about that, but it’s also got a small enough footprint that you can install multiple copies, one way to insure against some of the worst outcomes of hacker mischief is to intall a pristine browser for each financial transaction, and uninstall it immediately following the gtransaction. Opera is small enough to make this practical–don’t try it wiith IE, even if y ou could get to all parts of it and extgirpate them, which you can’t.

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**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2004, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-shock-more-computer-problems-for-pkbites-help/257384/23 "2004-08-03T13:43:46Z")

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Now I’ve got a tough one.

When ever I start IE it opens to a page with this address  
res://sxnwx.dll/index.html#12802  
Oddly enough it puts up pop ups which are trying to sell me anti-spy/anti-hijack software.

What’s up with that and how do I get rid of it.

I’m on my work PC and we are running WindowsNT.

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**Author:** ![Algernon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Algernon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algernon)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2004, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-shock-more-computer-problems-for-pkbites-help/257384/24 "2004-08-03T13:51:47Z")

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**Zebra** , you have the “res:” malware infection. It is the same one I had.

It is similar in nature to the about:blank malware, and just as difficult to get rid of. Go to [the spywareinfo.com message board](http://forums.spywareinfo.com/) to get assistance.

[This post (or one of the links therein)](http://forums.spywareinfo.com/index.php?showtopic=18557) on that message board may provide you with the info you need.

Good luck.

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