Computer Help and Support

problem was that IE kept fighting it. Microsoft seems to want it both ways: they don't want to update IE for XP users, but they also don't want people to replace it and have things run smoothly. At least that's my experience. Had the same problem with Firefox. They seem to so far being leaving Safari alone. You can't actually get rid of IE because it's the default browser and I think it is always running in the background no matter whatever browser you put on and declare the new "default" browser.

I don't think MSE ever did anything for me. I had it on my computer ronly a few years and forget why I put it on. I have AVG and ZoneAlarm and that's been OK so far. The worst time I ever had was with a paid anti-virus service which was Norton. Seems the download I paid for didn't go thru properly and didn't know I was exposed. They did return my money, but I had to do a total restore to get rid of the viruses. (You can only do that once.)
A friend's office is using a new super anti-virus link which she is sending me. If it seems interesting, I'll post it.

No, these msgs don't have "opt out" option.

Thanks for the welcome!