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calling all computer geeks (pg. 3)
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| DigiNut |
| quote: | Originally posted by trancebrat
You really need to purchase something to at least attempt to protect your computer. Nothing is perfect or fool proof, but it is better than the alternative. |
Purchase? PURCHASE!? Oh my, you have much to learn young grasshopper. :p
| quote: | | Make sure you are clearing out your cookies and temporary internet files because they can bog down your computer by wasting hard disk space with unnecessary file storage. Granted some pages might load faster when it recognizes the cookie stored on your machine, but it also may not be allowing you to view updated information. |
That's good advice and all but it doesn't really have anything to do with the problem he has... |
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| trancebrat |
| quote: | Originally posted by DigiNut
Purchase? PURCHASE!? Oh my, you have much to learn young grasshopper. :p
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Awww...you called me young. I just might learn to like you DigiNut. :tongue2
Yes, sometimes you need to purchase. I will admit that I have some bootleg software installed on my computer, but sometimes you need to make sure that you're not getting crap. If you were not talking about bootleg then please disregard my previous statement. ;)
| quote: | Originally posted by DigiNut
That's good advice and all but it doesn't really have anything to do with the problem he has...[/FONT] |
I know it doesn't, but it can't hurt to make suggestions. :D I know this isn't what Vivid Boy is talking about, but who knows who might read this. When I had three people ask me to look at their computers because they were locking up I simply cleaned out everything first and for two of the computers it was like night and day. They had never cleaned them out before...ever. I used both ad-aware and spy sweeper and went through all the programs they had running. All three of them thought that had a virus on their computer and none of the computers did.
All in all I would delete any programs that you don't need. Some of that crap is a gateway for other things to get inside of your computer. If you have Gator, Hot Bar, My Search Now, or anything like these installed on your computer...get rid of them! They are crap. |
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| EldamRy |
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| kewlness |
vividboy... i am wondering if you downloaded the latest version of messenger plus???
because the exact same stuff started happening to me after I downloaded what seemed to be legit but turns out to be a haven for spyware....
Plus, it tends to mess up with the html pages and make wierd links appear all over the place... :whip:
I just uninstalled messenger plus... and it's all gone.. what a piece of software for messenger... NO ONE DOWNLOAD IT... (at least the new version) |
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| Arbiter |
Go here:
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/index.html
Get CWShredder and HijackThis. Try using CWShredder, that mysearchnow url sounds suspicious. If that doesn't work, post your HijackThis log here and I'll see what I can do for you, or you can post it on the spywareinfo.com forums and they should be able to help. I might not be able to get back to you in the next couple of days though, as I'll have limited internet access.
You also may want to consider installing the Sun Java Virtual Machine instead of using the Microsoft one. It has fewer security holes that spyware can use to install itself on your system.
Good luck,
Arbiter |
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| DigiNut |
| quote: | Originally posted by trancebrat
Awww...you called me young. I just might learn to like you DigiNut. :tongue2
Yes, sometimes you need to purchase. I will admit that I have some bootleg software installed on my computer, but sometimes you need to make sure that you're not getting crap. If you were not talking about bootleg then please disregard my previous statement. ;) |
Bootleg, heavens no! Bootlegged still implies you bought it from someone, I'm talking about getting it for free! :p |
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| trancebrat |
| quote: | Originally posted by DigiNut
Bootleg, heavens no! Bootlegged still implies you bought it from someone, I'm talking about getting it for free! :p |
All of mine have been free...whether bootleg or legit. Now tons of people are going to start sending you PM's. :D |
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| DigiNut |
| quote: | Originally posted by trancebrat
All of mine have been free...whether bootleg or legit. Now tons of people are going to start sending you PM's. :D |
I'm not too worried, I think most people on the forum already know where to find s:thepirateftware.
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| trancebrat |
| quote: | Originally posted by DigiNut
I'm not too worried, I think most people on the forum already know where to find s:thepirateftware.
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It was a joke...once again. I'm sure that you already knew that. |
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| Boomer187 |
| quote: | Originally posted by DigiNut
I'm not too worried, I think most people on the forum already know where to find s:thepirateftware.
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The computer store? |
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| Rostros |
| Internet Explorer has more Holes than a shop in Bayroot, It can be exploited every way possible, updating versions makes things worst and un secure, back to spyware i presume you have some .exe or .vb files in your System folder keep updating your IE Preferences, Personally i use Mozilla or Konquerer Web Browser secure as the Pentagon, and of course open source. Better still switch to Linux |
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