Re: [CGUYS] Antivirus software
On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 4:09 AM, db wrote: > If your googling doesn't turn up any other similar incidences/ symptoms > relating to viruses/ trojans etc, you might also run chkdsk (right click on > the C: drive icon/ Properties/ Tools/ Error checking / Check Now/ put the > checks in the two boxes and reboot... it will run during the reboot process > ) ... you may have some Windows OS file corruption. > If you end up doing a wipe and reinstall, read up on boot sector viruses > and take the appropriate measures before reloading. > > I generally use times like these to install a larger drive and clean install on the new hardware. Then you can attack the problem on the old drive with a clean system. -- John Duncan Yoyo ---o) * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Antivirus software
If your googling doesn't turn up any other similar incidences/ symptoms relating to viruses/ trojans etc, you might also run chkdsk (right click on the C: drive icon/ Properties/ Tools/ Error checking / Check Now/ put the checks in the two boxes and reboot... it will run during the reboot process ) ... you may have some Windows OS file corruption. If you end up doing a wipe and reinstall, read up on boot sector viruses and take the appropriate measures before reloading. db mike wrote: Try installing in safe mode, running any antispyware you might have in safe mode... If all else fails, you may just have to bite the bullet and reinstall if you think you've been compromised. On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 5:24 PM, Christopher Range wrote: mike wrote: What OS? Some viruses keep AV from installing. Try malwarebytes and see what you find. XP Pro SP3 * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Antivirus software
You are correct. Well, sort of. According to http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/resources.aspx?mkt=en-us&s=1#mainNav it runs on WinXP Sp2 or Sp3, Vista, And Win7. Nothing about a 64 bit limitation. I know my own install is Win7 64 bit and it works. On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 1:13 AM, Art Clemons wrote: >> FWIW, I've been using the new MS AV since I installed Win7. Not bad. >> But it only works with Vista & Win7. > > No, the Security Essentials program although designed for Vista will > install and run on both 32 bit WindowsXP and Windows 7. > > I don't think it will run on the 64 bit version. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Antivirus software
> FWIW, I've been using the new MS AV since I installed Win7. Not bad. > But it only works with Vista & Win7. No, the Security Essentials program although designed for Vista will install and run on both 32 bit WindowsXP and Windows 7. I don't think it will run on the 64 bit version. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Antivirus software
FWIW, I've been using the new MS AV since I installed Win7. Not bad. But it only works with Vista & Win7. Anyway, if you can't even install an AV app, clearly it's time for a clean OS reinstall. There's stuff building up in there and you're fighting a losing battle. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Antivirus software
Can you name another OS with very nearly the entire marketshare of desktop OS's? On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 5:54 PM, tjpa wrote: > On Nov 21, 2009, at 7:26 PM, Christopher Range wrote: > >> Buy a mac >>> >> yuck >> > > Tom says: yuck, yuck, yuck. > > You could also try Chrome or Ubuntu or many other alternatives. I know of > only one OS so severely defective that it requires propping up with > 3rd-party security patches. > > > > * > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > * > * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Antivirus software
Try installing in safe mode, running any antispyware you might have in safe mode... If all else fails, you may just have to bite the bullet and reinstall if you think you've been compromised. On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 5:24 PM, Christopher Range wrote: > mike wrote: > >> What OS? Some viruses keep AV from installing. Try malwarebytes and see >> what you find. >> > XP Pro SP3 > > > > * > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > * > * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Antivirus software
No help can I offer, but to say that I have installed AVG on Windows XP and used for years without any problems. Perhaps you ought to try a free virus scan of your computer -- the free scan won't fix the problem but can detect if one exists. I would also search the web for a forum that specializes in virus scan problems to see if this problem has happened to others. Christopher Range wrote: I tried AVG and, Avast. Neither one of them finished installing. So I had to get rid of both of them. I tried McAffee Security Suite via Comcast. It never properly installed. I went back to Norton Internet Security and, every time I try to do a full system scan, I get a BSOD(Blue Screen Of Death). Yet, I can do a quick scan without any problems. I know the Windows Installer is working. Because I wouldn't have been able to install Firefox or, Thunderbird. All ideas appreciated. Christopher * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Antivirus software
mike wrote: What OS? Some viruses keep AV from installing. Try malwarebytes and see what you find. XP Pro SP3 * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Antivirus software
On Nov 21, 2009, at 7:26 PM, Christopher Range wrote: Buy a mac yuck Tom says: yuck, yuck, yuck. You could also try Chrome or Ubuntu or many other alternatives. I know of only one OS so severely defective that it requires propping up with 3rd-party security patches. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Antivirus software
mike wrote: PS, before Tom can say it Buy a mac yuck * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Antivirus software
PS, before Tom can say it Buy a mac On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 3:24 PM, mike wrote: > What OS? Some viruses keep AV from installing. Try malwarebytes and see > what you find. > > > On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 2:49 PM, Christopher Range > wrote: > >> I tried AVG and, Avast. Neither one of them finished installing. So I >> had to get rid of both of them. I tried McAffee Security Suite via Comcast. >> It never properly installed. I went back to Norton Internet Security and, >> every time I try to do a full system scan, I get a BSOD(Blue Screen Of >> Death). Yet, I can do a quick scan without any problems. I know the >> Windows Installer is working. Because I wouldn't have been able to install >> Firefox or, Thunderbird. >> >> All ideas appreciated. >> >> Christopher >> >> >> * >> ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** >> ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** >> * >> > > * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Antivirus software
What OS? Some viruses keep AV from installing. Try malwarebytes and see what you find. On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 2:49 PM, Christopher Range wrote: > I tried AVG and, Avast. Neither one of them finished installing. So I had > to get rid of both of them. I tried McAffee Security Suite via Comcast. It > never properly installed. I went back to Norton Internet Security and, > every time I try to do a full system scan, I get a BSOD(Blue Screen Of > Death). Yet, I can do a quick scan without any problems. I know the > Windows Installer is working. Because I wouldn't have been able to install > Firefox or, Thunderbird. > > All ideas appreciated. > > Christopher > > > * > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > * > * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
[CGUYS] Antivirus software
I tried AVG and, Avast. Neither one of them finished installing. So I had to get rid of both of them. I tried McAffee Security Suite via Comcast. It never properly installed. I went back to Norton Internet Security and, every time I try to do a full system scan, I get a BSOD(Blue Screen Of Death). Yet, I can do a quick scan without any problems. I know the Windows Installer is working. Because I wouldn't have been able to install Firefox or, Thunderbird. All ideas appreciated. Christopher * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
