Computer Question - help needed

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Please somebody help me, this is making me go frigging insane.

I use Windows XP home edition.
I use IE
I use Office 2000

On about half the websites I hit I get a dialogue box open up that says:

"Please wait while Windows configures Microsoft Office 2000"

then it tries to load it, doesn't find the disk, then:

Error 1706. No valid source could be found for product Microsoft Office 2000. The windows installer can not continue"

What the fuck is going on and how do I stop it. Please, anyone?
 
I get a very similar (if not the same) error message when I open office 2000,I close the message and office opens ( win2k OS), no ssuggestions, sorry
 
I think the site is trying to install some spyware, and is masquerading the procedure with a fake Windows dialog box. I've seen that many times as well.
 
I used to get that too in IE and bobistheowl is right it's pop ups and spyware trying to install. It seems the problem is gone away now that I switched to firfox.
 
It is spyware trying to load just click on cancel. Then run an anti-spyware program to make sure your system is clean. I suggest that you use more than one program. I use three and believe it or not they all find different spyware.
 
erik99999 said:
It is spyware trying to load just click on cancel. Then run an anti-spyware program to make sure your system is clean. I suggest that you use more than one program. I use three and believe it or not they all find different spyware.
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Which three are you using?
 
Ad-Aware by lavasoft, Spyware Doctor 4 and Windows Defender. I have others but I find 3 sufficent to make sure I'm spyware clean
 
erik99999 said:
Ad-Aware by lavasoft, Spyware Doctor 4 and Windows Defender. I have others but I find 3 sufficent to make sure I'm spyware clean
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Thank-you sir!
 
papasmerf said:
Stop using IE
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Definitely STOP using IE. Who even uses that these days with all the virii and trojans etc that you can get from IE. When I switched to Firefox, pretty much all that stuff went away and I've rarely had problems since. Plus with all the plugins available to Firefox that allows you to customize your browser to no end, there's really no reason to use anything else.

Seriously using IE is like using a condom from a dollar store - you're just begging for trouble.
 
The version of Ad-Aware from lavasoft I use is 1.06r1 SE. It is the revision before version 2007, but it is still better than 2007. Also the version of spyware doctor I use is version 4 and that is also still better than version 5.
 
Do you use Google tool bar? If you do, uninstall it and see if it fixes the problem.
 
DistantVoyeur said:
Checked out that website with AVG spyware and antivirus and using Zonealarm for firewall. Absolutely invisible and impenetrable....according to them.
Nothing so far though.... knock on wood.
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Terrific!

Trend Micro has a terrific internet-based scan called "Housecall" - possiibly mentioned in a post above. It's a good check to run occasionally, along with the Sheilds Up check - especially after a period of changes and updates to your system. I run all the utilities on the GRC site, and keep my Windows Firewall running. As I said to you in PM, I haven't had an issue in over 5 years NOT running any of the (so-called) anti-virus software. Neither has anyone I know who had me set them up in this way.

Happy *safe* computing!
 
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