I use a Pentium 166 Acer Extensa 390 lap top, with Windows 95, IE 4 and Outlook Express. It works quite well for me in all respects. However, I have had a rather annoying experience. In searching around the Net, my curiosity led me to enter a site which turned out to be a soft porn site. Not being interested, I ignored it and continued with my research. The following day on opening my computer, I found that a shortcut icon had been installed on my desk top entitled “freesex”. I sent it to the recycle bin. The next day it appeared again and I found that it was installed in my program folder in explorer. I did a detailed search and have managed to delete all reference to it in my laptop. That’s not all of it though. I now find that, when I go into the net, I have a browser called “GoHip” and associated enhancer search frame overlaid my default search engine, NineMSN. I delete this and use either NineMSN or another search engine, or Copernic 2000. However, it is annoying. How do I get rid of this GoHip browser, permanently? The other outcome of my curiosity is that GoHip has imposed a message at the end of all my emails. Any help you can give me on these matters would be most appreciated. (more…)

One way of minimising spam (unsolicitated email ie. junk email) is to configure one’s e-mail so that it will not accept mail from specified domains. As is well known, this is not a complete answer, since spammers can easily change address. Is it possible to configure one’s e-mail so that, instead of not accepting mail from specified addresses, it will accept mail only from specified addresses? Would it be possible, for example, to configure my e-mail so that it would accept mail only from addresses already in my address book? Might this also provide protection against e-mail’s carrying viruses? My operating system is Windows 98, my ISP is Bigpond and I also have a Hotmail account. (more…)

I have an untypical problem. I cannot shut down the Windows. So I am just switching that computer off when the main colour screen appears and that is it. I am running Win 98 SE and I use a SOYO SEA 5 EAS motherboard, K6 II 300 MHz processor, 13 Gb HDD, and 64 RAM (133 MHz, 126 pin). Several times I tried to reinstall Win 98 SE but with the same effect. (more…)

I am looking for a new ISP since my connection with my old ISP has now run out. I would like a really fast, reliable, and inexpensive ISP. Could you please tell me which is the best one? (more…)

My Sound Recorder doesn’t work. The microphone is OK as I have tried it on another computer. Please advise what might be the problem. The operating system is Windows 98. (more…)