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
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http://lii.org/
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sfinemel@attbi.com
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-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
>
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