Re: HELP ! My system has been invaded by UN-invited spyware !!

From: Army George (george@offbase.REMOVE.com)
Date: 06/01/02 

From: george@offbase.REMOVE.com (Army George)
Date: Sat, 01 Jun 2002 07:56:02 GMT

Is is safe running just Outlook? I tried to uninstall OL Express 5 but it warned that OL may not work properly...what do you
recommend? I downloaded Pegasus...not sure if I want to sacrifice OL for it...give me some convincing arguments...

Also, what are the consequnces of deleting WSH? I couldn't even find it...

--George

On Fri, 31 May 2002 15:46:53 GMT, spaminator@knology.net (Larry W4CSC) wrote:

>While you're in Control Panel - ADD/REMOVE Programs - Windows Setup
>uninstalling Outlook Express, click up Accessories and slide down the
>list to UNinstall Windows Scripting Host, Billyware's virus operating
>system. WSH is what runs the .vbs file scripts most email worms use
>to install themselves. Without WSH (also called Virtual Basic
>Scripting) .vbs files are treated like the text files they are....not
>run without your permission by Outlook Express and the web browsers to
>install bad things in background where you can't see them. No .vbs
>scripts, like the infamous Love Letter, can run without it.

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