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I forgot to include the link for help: A good help site on the "evil" Xupiter: http://www.alanluber.com/pcfearfactor/officialxupiterpage.htm The freeware spyware remover AdAware will also remove Xupiter and other such ilk, as will Ad-aware: http://lavasoft3.element5.com/support/download/ Sybil Finemel Library Director MLS.CIO. Los Angeles CA Contributor, lii.org, Librarians' Index to the Internet http://lii.org/ KidsConnect Volunteer Virtual Reference Desk Volunteer sfinemel@attbi.com 'No entertainment is so cheap as reading;nor any pleasure so lasting' -Lady Mary Wortley Montagu ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sybil Finemel" <sfinemel@ATTBI.COM> To: <LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2003 12:29 AM Subject: GEN: Do not download Xupiter! > Do not download Xupiter!=20 > It's not a virus, but it's just as insidious and annoying, and it's = > extremely difficult to get rid of. "It's a browser toolbar that some = > swear is doing 'drive-by downloads' - installing itself without users' = > permission - then taking over their systems and making it impossible to = > uninstall," Wired News reports > > > http://www.wired.com/news/infostructure/0,1377,57467,00.html OR=20 > > The Tiny URL: > > http://tinyurl.com/5423 > > > Sybil Finemel > Library Director MLS.CIO. > Los Angeles CA > Contributor, lii.org, Librarians' Index to the Internet > http://lii.org/ > KidsConnect Volunteer > Virtual Reference Desk Volunteer > sfinemel@attbi.com > 'No entertainment is so cheap as reading;nor any pleasure so lasting' > -Lady Mary Wortley Montagu > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=- > All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. > To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu > In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL > 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * Allow for confirmation. > LM_NET Help & Information: http://ericir.syr.edu/lm_net/ > Archive: http://askeric.org/Virtual/Listserv_Archives/LM_NET.shtml > LM_NET Select/EL-Announce: http://www.cuenet.com/archive/el-announce/ > LM_NET Supporters: http://ericir.syr.edu/lm_net/ven.html > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=- All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * Allow for confirmation. LM_NET Help & Information: http://ericir.syr.edu/lm_net/ Archive: http://askeric.org/Virtual/Listserv_Archives/LM_NET.shtml LM_NET Select/EL-Announce: http://www.cuenet.com/archive/el-announce/ LM_NET Supporters: http://ericir.syr.edu/lm_net/ven.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-