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I understand your cynicism and I have no idea what proportion of posts similar to mine are actually genuine; this is one of those possibly rare cases. My concern about zincite etc. was real! If anybody actually gives a fig then I'll happily provide proof that this is indeed the pc of a friend and not one I'm trying to hack. I've scanned the pc's of several friends using the i.p.'s taken from email headers (where possible), purely out of curiosity. My leanings are whitehat not black, which is why I choose this forum.
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Sparda, thanks once more for the pointers, I'll see what gaps Google can fill.