Ferrari Mailing List: Re: (NFC) Computer help....!

[Dave Craig (dave.craig]

This probably isn't the answer you are looking for, but the easy answer is
to switch to Norton (Symantec).  Like you, I was having some annoying issues
with McAfee, so a little over a year ago (when it was time to renew), I
switched.  This was a tough decision for me because I was a very long time
McAfee user and believer.    

Now, Norton has some little annoying issues of its own (slower to scan
incoming and outgoing e-mail), but I seam to find them way less annoying
than the McAfee issues I was fighting.  So, I am basically happy with Norton
and glad I switched.  

However, I also run Prevx1, Spybot, and Ad-Aware SE.  I find that these 4
prevent or fix just about everything.  I just recently got Prevx1 and I am
still evaluating it, but so far I really like it.  I especially like the
event notification (basically, every time a program launches, terminates, or
accesses the web, I get a small notification popup that lasts a second or
two and goes away) and the recent activity (a log book of programs activity
that you can go check).   

Good luck,

Dave Craig



-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Spalding [mailto:dan_bob_spalding [at] msn.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 10:54 PM
To: Dave Craig
Cc: 'The FerrariList'
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] (NFC) Computer help....!

Charles, Jim:

I would contact McAfee then and tell them to fix their bug.  Did you by any
chance get a new update to McAfee's product recently?  That would be pretty
silly to put in a registry guard--saving window positions is pretty normal
behavior, although moving them entirely off-screen or making them very small
may be something useful to warn and/or guard against.

Oh well.

Dan
  


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Charles G Perry IV [mailto:charles [at] carolina-sound.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 20:45
> To: Dan Spalding
> Cc: 'The FerrariList'
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] (NFC) Computer help....!
> 
> Jim -
> 
> That's not it. I'm having the same problem you are. Happens on my IE6
> machine at work, but did not happen at home with either IE6 or 7. I know
> why
> it's happening (any time a program moves a web browser window or opens a
> new
> web browser window in a different spot), McAfee complains that the
> registry
> is changing, but the registry is just tracking where to open the web
> browser
> next time.
> 
> It's harmless, so you can continue to click Allow, but I, like you, would
> certainly like to know how to shut it off. That damned bell sound is
> getting
> really irritating.
> 
> -- charles
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dan Spalding" <dan_bob_spalding [at] msn.com>
> To: "Charles G Perry IV" <charles [at] carolina-sound.com>
> Cc: "'The FerrariList'" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 11:14 PM
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] (NFC) Computer help....!
> 
> 
> > You probably got the IE7 update in your last auto update of your system.
> > I
> > suspect that enough changed there over IE6 that McAfee needs to be
> updated
> > as well, or the IE registry guard turned off.  Alternatively, you should
> > be
> > able to uninstall the IE7 portion of the update and go back to IE6. I
> > wouldn't recommend that--IE7 is pretty good, IMO of course.
> >
> > I don't use any of that spyware/malware/adware auto detection shit.  I
> run
> > as a plain user w/o administrative privileges, except when I have to in
> > order to install/uninstall software or otherwise modify the system.
> This
> > works way better than a piecemeal solution.
> >
> > YMMV.
> >
> > Dan
> >
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Jim's Email [mailto:jimshadow [at] verizon.net]
> >> Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 17:44
> >> To: Dan Spalding
> >> Cc: The FerrariList
> >> Subject: [Ferrari] (NFC) Computer help....!
> >>
> >> Gang,
> >>
> >> I'm CONSTANTLY getting the following error message from McAfee which
> >> started shortly after the last upgrade....I've googled it and searched
> >> their site and nothing.  Can anyone give advice as to what it is?   I
> >> keep
> >> blocking the change, but its getting annoying because its popping up
> >> quite
> >> often.  Computer has been scanned and no apparent viruses.
> >>
> >> TIA,
> >>
> >> JIM
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> McAfee has detected a potentially unauthorized change to your computer.
> >>
> >> Details
> >>
> >> SystemGuard Name: Internet Explorer URLs
> >>
> >> Change: Registry Modified
> >>
> >> More Info
> >>
> >> SystemGuard Description: Monitors changes to your Internet Explorer
> >> preset
> >> URLs to prevent spyware or other potentially unwanted programs from
> >> changing your browser settings without your permission.
> >>
> >> Process: D:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
> >>
> >> Process Name: Internet Explorer
> >>
> >> Process Publisher: Microsoft Corporation
> >>
> >> Affected Items: HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-1547161642-1715567821-839522115-
> >> 1000\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\Internet Explorer\Main\Window_Placement
> >>
> >> If you did not expect this change, McAfee recommends that you block it.
> >> If
> >> you expected this change, allow it.
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