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11-03-2003, 03:03 PM
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GOod firewall/antivirus
aiight heres the deal basically, my computer is acting very strange , im gettin lag on CS with a 128mb vid card . my homepage is always changed to this beat *** webpage everytime i restart and when i press cntrl alt del , i get no control menu, nothing pops up cept in the right icon tray for about 2 secs. So what im thinkin is doin a clean install of xp and installing all this not sure what else.
please watch the language
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11-03-2003, 04:32 PM
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Get Norton AV , AND ZoneAlarm
Nothing like running around the internet with your pants around your ankles!! 
And DITCH I.E. too , run Mozilla ~ and keep outta the "free porn" , that will go a long ways to a system that's not whacked in two month's time. http://www.mozilla.org   Robert
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11-03-2003, 04:42 PM
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| http://mjc1.com/mirror/hjt/ << page hijacking "fix" http://www.zonealarm.com <<< firewall http://www.lavasoftusa.com/ <<<< spyware remover
and of course your obligitory NAV .....
running msconfig might allow you to eliminate some start ups that aren't needed also.
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11-03-2003, 04:46 PM
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Along with Ad-Aware, make sure you get Spybot. There are some spyware that Ad-Aware doesn't detect but Spybot does and vice versa.
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11-03-2003, 04:49 PM
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You tell 'em crouse !!!!
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11-03-2003, 04:54 PM
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I would go with Norton Anti virus, Zone Alarm, Spybot - Search and Destroy, and Ad-Aware. These software will have your computer safe and in good conditions. And make sure you get Service pack 1 (which I consider great, in my experiences) and the neccesarry patches.
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11-03-2003, 05:12 PM
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I'd go with Dan's recommendations but I'd substitute Sygate for ZoneAlarm. I don't care for ZA much..
EDIT: I'd substitute Norton for AVG - I don't care much for Norton either..
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11-03-2003, 05:21 PM
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Current in use for me:
NAV 2003, Ad-Aware 6.0 (for spywares), and sygate firewall.
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11-04-2003, 09:23 PM
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Ok so now i got a question i got AV 2002 and the virus / trojan whatever i have wont let me use it.... ^_^ any ideas?
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11-04-2003, 09:38 PM
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| Quote: Originally posted by c0mputa_n3rd
Ok so now i got a question i got AV 2002 and the virus / trojan whatever i have wont let me use it.... ^_^ any ideas? | Its possible it is because some virus has disabled your AntiVirus program.
Go Here and run its free online virus scanner to rule out virues.
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