Further to my note concerning the free system checks by PC Pitstop and the
possible connection to Aureate, here's a note from Pitstop taken from
today's Langalist for those who don't subscribe to that excellent journal.:

     "[We've] put up a page at
     http://www.pcpitstop.com/pcpitstop/AureateCheck.asp  that
     checks for Advert.DLL automatically, since so many users
     have trouble even viewing the DLLs in Windows\System. If the
     damned thing is there, it offers a link to an AutoFix that
     will rename Advert.DLL to Advert.old. If you rerun the
     AutoFix later, you'll be offered the option to name it back
     (if you discover that you like your freeware more than you
     fear the Aureate "spyware")."

Looks like this site is squeaky-clean after all.

Seems I wasn't the only one concerned.

Don Penlington


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