Riva, > Excuse my ignorance - what is the pagefile?
It's a dedicated area of the hard drive that gets used as virtual memory when you run out of RAM - this is known as "paging" or "swapping", and slows you right down. First google result I got for "page file" was http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.php which looks like a pretty decent explanation. > I am seeing some pages online that say that I should > download HiJack and run that. I have never even heard > of that. "Hijack This", AFAIK, but I've never used it myself. The MS AntiSpyware beta is surprisingly good, but will stop working in two months or so: http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mpsx Of course, if you're seriously paranoid you can't trust anything on an infected machine, leaving you with no option but a complete rebuild ;-) Cheers Jon -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by Swift Internet, and is believed to be clean. ____ � The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM � ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or use the web interface http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ Send Your Posts To: [email protected] To change subscription settings, add a password or view the web interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=wdvltalk ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
