Antivirus 2009 Beware

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  1. Marley Farley

    Marley Farley Affable Admin! Staff Member

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    :D:D:D:D:D Shiney.... Nothing wrong with being Paranoid...!!!!!:D:D:D:D:D:D I do seem to have a pretty safe setup now & that is worth much more than the inconvenience of the bliddy thing being choked by Malware etc...:eek::eek:
    :thumb: Plus my machine runs very fast..!!! It is surprising even with all that stuff on here, I still clean some of rubbish out on a daily basis.. Mainly cookies, but they cause problems...:D
     
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    :D:D:D:D:D Shiney.... Nothing wrong with being Paranoid...!!!!!:D:D:D:D:D:D I do seem to have a pretty safe setup now & that is worth much more than the inconvenience of the bliddy thing being choked by Malware etc...:eek::eek:
    :thumb: Plus my machine runs very fast..!!! It is surprising even with all that stuff on here, I still clean some of rubbish out on a daily basis.. Mainly cookies, but they cause problems...:D Yes Zone Alarm does has a very high rating...!:D
     
  3. Kandy

    Kandy Will be glad to see the sun again soon.....

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    Sorry Shiney,I have just been upstairs before I had seen what you had written and asked Mr Kandy and he said that Zone Alarm is good but that Defender was the rubbish one.:D I really ought to clean my ears out and wake up properly:rolleyes::D

    Marely I forgot to ask you in the other post what Maleware is.Sorry for seeming thick but I am not into all this computer talk.I leave that to the experts
     
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    :thumb::thumb::thumb: Agree with that one Kandy....:thumb::thumb::thumb::thumb::thumb:
     
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    The only way I know to get rid of it is to download Smitfraudfix from http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/resources/link243.html and unpack it to your desktop. Then run the program from "smitfraudfix.bat" and choose "Item 4, Update" from the menu. Then close Smitfraudfix.
    Reboot the PC into safe mode, and run smitfraudfix again, this time choosing Item "2, Fix"
    When It's completed reboot and install Superantispyware,from http://downloads2.superantispyware.com/downloads/SUPERAntiSpyware.exe update it and run a FULL scan.
    Hopefully this will sort it for you, if not you may need to repeat a couple of times.

    *edit* Combofix also gets rid of it and all it's varients
     
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    I believe that the BT browser is based on internet explorer so technically it's just as insecure...:thumb:
     
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    Hi Everyone thank you for your kind wishes,I am now on this Laptop the one which Noah had on the Ark:D half the keys have given up the space Bar only work now and again:D but it is still doing a grand job.I have wiped my PC clean put the Recovery disk in and I am now downloading 2 to 3 hours of all the Drivers.But like Arnie I will be back.:thumb::)
     
  8. Marley Farley

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    :thumb: Well a steam machine is better than none Woo....:D Look forward to seeing you up & running later then...;) Loaded to the gunnel's this time with anti-virus & anti-spyware & I hope, Mozilla & no Internet Explorerer...;);):)
     
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    Hi Everyone This is Captain W.Owl speaking I am now flying again its 3.45pm and I have co pilots A.V.Kaspersky and Mr Mozilla Firefox The Cabin Crew are Hostess W.Defender and Miss Z.Alarm:D and there's still room for some more:) Thank you all for your help.:thumb::)
     
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    Woo, wlecome back into the fleet :thumb: :). May you have many happy hours cruising the airways :D.
     
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    :thumb:;) Welcome Capt'n Beaky..!!! Glad to have you back aboard, ready n cruisin'...!!!;);):D
    ;) Think I might add "Little Mis Spy-bot".. As an added bonus to your crew on the spy-ware front Woo & as you have room...:thumb:;):D
     
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    Thank you Marley I will go and find her now:thumb::)
     
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    The little mis Spy Bot is on board and and serving the Drinks:D:thumb:
     
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    Did a reload myself a couple of weeks ago WOO.
    Takes about 25 mins to delete everything and get back on
    line/Broadband but I find the thing that takes most time is
    re-installing all the programmes I use.

    Very satisfying when everything is at last up and running again
    isn't it!

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