if you have computer probs...

mattttt25

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i had a terrible virus. nothing would get rid of it. led to tons of adware problems.<br /><br />i finally went to www.bleepingcomputer.com. i used their highjackthis program and posted at that forum. after about a week of running several advanced procedures with lots of obscure diagnostic programs, my system is 100% clean.<br /><br />i just had to give these guys some credit. they do this for free, but accept donations if they help you out. if you have problems, i highly suggest you let them help. it would have cost me a lot of money if i took my computer somewhere to get fixed.<br /><br />cool thing is i learned so much about computers over the past week. here's some things these guys recommend to avoid problems.<br /><br />- run a good virus software. make sure it has updated definitions.<br />- run ad aware se often.<br />- run spybot s&d often.<br />- run cwshredder often.<br />- make sure you have a firewall running at all times.
 

cuzner

Senior Chief Petty Officer
Joined
Feb 14, 2004
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Re: if you have computer probs...

Hey Mattt,I had a simular problem last month. Unfortunatly I had to have my harddrive re-formatted.Lost everything.Just wanted to add to your list.I was trying to instal msn pop up blocker,Hit the wrong hyper-link AND SOME LOW-LIFE COMPANY instaled a program that could not be removed short of re-formating harddrive. Make sure your downloading what you think you are!<br /><br /><br /> Jim
 

imstillatwork

Petty Officer 2nd Class
Joined
Jan 22, 2005
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Re: if you have computer probs...

USE FIREFOX.<br /><br />I'm almost to the point where I DON'T help my friends / family anymore because they never listen to me when I tell them how NOT to get spyware / viruses.<br /><br />I have not had a virus or spyware app on my pc for the last year. It's really not that hard!<br /><br /><br />but man, the people that make it need to be beaten in public...
 
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