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Ok....thx for ur adivse...
any good firewall u suggest??
Also one favor...if u have the AVG free can u gmail it??
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Posted: 2005-11-05 21:31:18
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just go on google and type in avg free. i can email it if you want though. zone alarm is ok. i dont really know a lot about firewalls. its just a google thing really.
dude_se
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Posted: 2005-11-05 21:49:15
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An e-mail would be great....pm'ing you my id.
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Posted: 2005-11-05 21:54:07
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AVG Antivirus:
http://free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php/doc/2/
I agree that you definately need more memory, but what worries me a little is that the slowdown occurs when you try to open a folder or application. That's often indicative of errors on the hard drive. chkdisk sometimes (although very rarely!) helps, but if I were you I'd be backing all of my stuff up just in case.
Hopefully, it'll just be down to Norton and / or spyware but bear in mind that it could well be your hard drive
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Posted: 2005-11-05 22:09:28
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@cycovision
what could have possibly caused any error on my hard drive?? Anyway I can find out if its ok or not?? And if there is any error, any way to fix it??
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Posted: 2005-11-05 22:25:01
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right click c drive. then properties. then error checking. then restart and it will do it. i would disable norton, install avg and buy some more memory first of all. then work from there.
dude_se
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Posted: 2005-11-05 22:37:21
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Thanks mate for all your help.
Installed avg got rid of norton. Will also go for some more ram....Lets hope this fixes the problem..
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Posted: 2005-11-06 02:17:00
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that should sort it out. if not post back here. more memory is a must anyway. just got myself a 128mb ram stick for £5 on ebay so they are not that expensive. just make sure you know which type to get.
dude_se
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Posted: 2005-11-06 13:37:20
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Hey all. Ive got a Sony 1gb high speed memory stick PRO duo. At first it wasnt recognized by my phone, or my laptop via either the phone over USB or a Sandisk mem card reader. I put it in my Sony T33 camera and formatted it. It still wouldnt work. After numerous attempts i got the phone to see it. The laptop still cant see it and neither can the camera any more. When i try and use it in the card reader and click it in my computer i get an error with something to do with I/O problem.
Anybody know what to do?
Thanks
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Posted: 2005-11-09 18:44:34
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I've had quite a few people PM'ing and MSN'ing me about their computers slowing down due to virus infection, spyware and adware lately (not that I mind
) so I though I'd post a series of little tutorials on how to sort it out here.
Most of you are probably pretty clued up on spyware and adware but for the benefit of those who are not, here's how I perform our 'full service'. It starts of with a virus scan, which in the workshop is actually done with the PC switched off. We use an external hard drive carrier to hook the infected hard drive up to one of our PCs so that it shows up in 'My Computer' and then we get Norton to scan it. The idea is that none of the viruses will be running which gives norton a much better chance of deleting them. Obviously, most people won't have the facility to do that at home, so you have to go for Plan B which is as follows:
1. Update your antivirus software (if you still have internet access, if you don't just continue with this anyway). Once you've done that, you need to restart the PC in safe mode. To do this, restart the computer normally and, when you see the POST (Bios test) info on the screen, start tapping the F8 key repeatedly. On some computers, this might take you to a 'Boot menu'. Select the option that lets you boot from the hard drive and keep tapping F8 again. Almost immediately, you'll be presented with the Windows advanced options menu. Use the arrow keys to highlight 'safemode' and press enter.
2. If you're using Windows ME, 2000 or XP, you'll need to turn off system restore. This is because many antivirus programs can't remove infected files that have been archived in the system restore folders and besides, you don't want to restore the PC to a point where it was full of viruses! Click 'Start', '(all) programs', 'Accessories', 'System tools' then 'system restore'. Click on 'System restore settings' and tick the checkbox next to 'turn off system restore...'. Click 'OK' to any warnings you might get, then 'OK' again to close the system restore settings box. You can turn system restore back on again when your PC is nice and clean if you want.
3.Start up your antivirus program and do a full virus scan. Make sure that the scan will include all of your hard drives if you have more than one, and that it does a 'Full' or 'Thorough' scan as opposed to a 'quick' or 'smart' scan. Once it's finished, follow any instructions it might give you to remove and / or quarantine any infected files. If it finds some files that can't be removed, make a note of their names and folder location on a piece of paper for the next bit!
4. If your antivirus did fail to remove any infected files, it's usually for one of these two reasons: The file is an executable (a program) that is actually running (even in safe mode), or the file is within a compressed folder (.zip file, .cab file etc.). You'll need to take them out manually. Navigate to each infected file using 'My Computer' or Windows explorer and delete the file by highlighting it and pressing the Delete key. Bear in mind that some of the files and folders may be hidden. To get them to show up, open any folder (My documents will do), click on th 'Tools' menu, select 'Folder options', then click on the 'view' tab. Look down the list and you'll see an option to 'Show hidden files and folders'. Make sure it's ticked.
Obviously, you have to be very carefull doing this, especially if you're deleting stuff from the windows, system, winnt or system32 folders. If you accidentally delete a legitimate file or if your not sure, just go to the recycle bin and restore it back again.
5. Done all that? Good, we're nearly ready for the next bit! First of all, you need to empty your temporary files and folders. Get on 'My computer' again and navigate to the following folders:
Windows 98 / Me:
C:Windowstemp
C:windowstemporary internet files
Windows 2000 / XP
C:windowstemp
C:windowsprefetch (XP only)
c:documents and settings(your user name)local settingstemp
c:documents and settings(your user name)local settingstemporary internet files
Delete the ENTIRE contents of each of those folders, including 'desktop.ini' or any 'system files' if it asks you for confirmation. One more thing, with 2000 and XP, you'll need to clear the temp files for all users in the documents and settings folders, not just your user name.
Sorted? Nice one! Now click on 'start', 'shut down the computer' and 'restart' to bring the PC back into normal mode for the next part.
By the way, if you haven't got an antivirus program and you can get on the internet OK, you can download AVG free edition from here:
http://free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php/doc/2/
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Posted: 2005-11-09 18:55:57
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