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
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
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 lcms0...@comcast.netwrote:
I tried AVG and, Avast. Neither one of them finished installing. So I had
to get rid of both of them. I tried McAffee
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.
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
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 lcms0...@comcast.netwrote:
mike wrote:
What OS?
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.
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.
You are correct. Well, sort of. According to
http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/resources.aspx?mkt=en-uss=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
