I very much doubt MWAS had anything to do with the problem, Miles. More and
more I'm suspecting hijackware was interfering. MWAS does not and will
never identify and remove all hijackware/Trojans. See the pages I cited in
my last post.
Microsoft has established separate newsgroups for the Microsoft Windows
AntiSpyware (MWAS) Beta. If you want, you can post your suspicions to:
Welcome to Microsoft Windows AntiSpyware (Beta) Newsgroups
http://communities.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.asp?ICP=spyware&sLCID=us
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE) & Security
Miles wrote:
> I restarted my computer in safe mode and then ran the reg fixer
> successfully. IE now contains the option to delete TIFs.
> I suspect the culprit to be Microsoft AntiSpyware and I think
> I ought to uninstall it. It has not been giving me any notices
> to respond to. I have "Blocked Alerts" checked and maybe
> I don't understand what that means. The help file doesn't
> enlighten me at all.
> Thanks for your help,
> Dick
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> "PA Bear" wrote:
> Then you may have an even greater problem: Some sort of hijackware or even
> a
> Trojan may have (1) disabled the "Empty TIF folders..." option and (2) is
> preventing the script from running.
>
> Checking for/Help with Hijackware
> http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
> http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm
> http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=5878
> http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
> http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/darnit.html
> http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/data/prevention.htm
> http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/tshoot.html
> http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Malware_Defence.htm
> http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/
>
> Miles wrote:
>> I unchecked script blocking in Norton (I wasn't getting a
>> warning message). I then tried the merge. Nothing seemed to
>> happen. I can manually clean up the TIF using IE. I just
>> have no way to tell IE to do it automatically when I exit IE.
>> Dick
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> "PA Bear" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:Om7lbJgbFHA.4040@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl... Disable NAV Script
>> Blocking, temporarily (though if it was working properly,
>> it should be displaying a warning).
>>
>> Turning off Script Blocking in Norton AntiVirus:
>> http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/nav.nsf/docid/2001082912274906
>>
>> Miles wrote:
>>> Could some program on my computer be causing the problem?
>>> I have Norton Internet Security 2005, Webroot Spy Sweeper and
>>> Microsoft AntiSpyware running.
>>> Dick
>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>>
>>> "Miles" wrote:
>>> I tried it. Nothing happens.
>>> Dick
>>>
>>>
>>> "PA Bear" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:eolVbafbFHA.1040@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl... Try a right-click > Merge
>>>
>>> Miles wrote:
>>>> How do I "download and apply the fix cache.reg"?
>>>> I saved it to my desktop and clicked on it. Nothing happened.
>>>> Dick
>>>>
>>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "PA Bear" wrote:
>>>> See http://windowsxp.mvps.org/ie/persistent.htm
>>>>
>>>> Miles wrote:
>>>>> "empty TIF automatically upon exit" option is missing
>>>>> from the advanced tab, security section. How do I fix
>>>>> that?
>>>>> Dick