Office pro

[Charlie2]

where can I get the best deals on MS Office Pro. (legitimate and legal)

[Ol'Tunzafun]

Amazon and ebay are, in my experience, the best places to find a good deal on Office.
In the last two weeks, I found a retail 2007 pro for $275 at Amazon and a 2003 Pro for $80 on ebay. It helps if you first educate yourself a little on the version variety and licensing issues so you are not buying one thing and expecting something else.

[Charlie2]

Yes I have MS Office xp Professional w/ Publisher version 2002 and MS will soon not support and I have been getting Fault messages at times opening Outlook. I absolutely hate outlook express and don't want to use it.... Thanks

[Steve R Jones]

If you already have 2002 Pro, I'd stick with it...Sure as heck wouldn't upgrade it to a newer version and probably end up with the same problems.

Have youu run repair and do you have ALL the updates for 2002?

[Charlie2]

Thanks, I was kind of thinking the same thing...The software for Office is up to date. I will try a repair. I installed a new version of Spybot S&D and went to /tools/sysstartup and discovered two possible worms (besides the one behind the keyboard)


Located: HK_LM:Run, (DISABLED)
command:
file:
size: 0
MD5: D41D8CD98F00B204E9800998ECF8427E
Warning: if the file is actually larger than 0 bytes,
the checksum could not be properly calculated!

Located: HK_LM:RunOnceEx, (DISABLED)
command:
file:
size: 0
MD5: D41D8CD98F00B204E9800998ECF8427E
Warning: if the file is actually larger than 0 bytes,
the checksum could not be properly calculated!

[G]

Use CounterSpy as a second option over Spybot S&D before you execute any quarantine Spybot S&D feature.

CounterSpy:
http://www.sunbelt-software.com/Home-Home-Office/Anti-Spyware/

15 day fully functional.

If CounterSpy doesn't find anything, then you probably haven't got an infection.

Does your anti-virus program detect any infections?

[Charlie2]

O.K.
Trojan-Proxy.Win32.Xorpix.Fam Backdoor more information...
Details: Trojan-Proxy.Win32.Xorpix.Fam is a family of trojans that allow a remote attacker to control the infected machine and use it to direct traffic to the internet without the user's knowledge.
Status: Deleted
detection and deletion by ConterSpy, thanks again G...had to renew my subscription was expired.

Files detected
C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\ALL USERS\DOCUMENTS\Settings\config.ini
C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\ALL USERS\DOCUMENTS\Settings\ivn4.dll
C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\ALL USERS\DOCUMENTS\SETTINGS

Also did the repair on MS Office and things seem to be normal.
thanks Steve

[G]

Glad to hear :)