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Rob Beard wrote:
I have a legal (? unless its just too old) copy of w2k and have no wish to either go illegal or pay a penny to MSOn 12/05/10 08:45, tom wrote:I've a w2k box my daughters use( still cant get wine to run properly) and it pings an address every 10 seconds or so so I guess theres a bot or something in there. Its AVG but a scan from that doesn't pick it up - any ideas. Tom te tom te tomInstall XFCE? :-)Seriously though, um... you could try Spybot Search & Destroy (www.safer-networking.org) and Malware Bytes (not used it myself but lots of people recommend it).Maybe consider upgrading to XP?
Its a couple of cd based games (BBC stuff) that I couldnt get to work under wine - I'll give it another go now though...Is there a specific application that she needs?
(Seriously, Windows 2000 support is ending in July - http://www.stockwatch.in/microsoft-end-support-win2000-xp-july-25869)
Doesnt something have to start before it can finish? Tom te tom te tom -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html