BR>* An ongoing debate between Ed Vance and BEN RITCHEY rages on ...   
      
   BR> EV> I don't see any setting I can change to stop Flash asking for a update   
     > EV> every hour at 42 minutes past each hour. Do you have any ideas?   
      
   BR>Unless it autoadds a Scheduled Task or an obviously out of place service you   
     >can mod/delete, nada for me :(   
      
   Ben,   
      
   I will look to see if it is a Scheduled Task on this XP box.   
      
   BR> EV> Another thing I have been getting FortKnox pop ups about sometimes is   
      
   BR>Dunno about FortKnox, but it sounds very astute {chuckle}   
      
   FortKnox was suggested for me to use by someone at MalwareBytes,   
   so I thought I'd try it out.   
   It seems as good as ZoneAlarm was when I used ZA before McAfee   
   was offered to me for download.   
      
   BR> EV> I am still afraid something is in my XP box that even Avast! free   
     > EV> hasn't found, what do you think?  Am I overly paraniod?  Thanks!   
      
   BR>I did some testing awhile back using most of the leading AV products and   
   each   
     >one seemed to find unique problems the others did not {shrug} so it's always   
     >real possibility something is missed but finding out what it is is often a   
   ve   
     >elusive task {chuckle} but sounds like you're on top of it. You might try   
     >GRC.com as he has some Netbios security info somewhere IIRC.   
      
   I got GRC.com on my ROUNDTUIT list too!  Thanks!   
      
   BR>The easiest way for something to assert itself within Windows is to quietly   
     >install itself as a service, so you might also look thru running services   
   whe   
     >you're problems pop up. If they persist, Netmail me and I may be able to   
   assi   
     >further though my expertise with firewalls is limited ...   
      
   Since I started using Avast! AV it has done a checkout when this   
   XP box boots up.   
      
   I also have added WinPatrol (Free Edition) to the XP box but   
   haven't taken the time to look at everything in its lists.   
      
      
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