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| Thread ID: 57582 | 2005-05-06 16:25:00 | No drives | cooly291 (8053) | Press F1 |
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| 352853 | 2005-05-06 16:25:00 | OK, I was on a website last night, using f*cking Internet Explorer (I am not allowed to download the safe and secure FireFox, and a porn site popped up....well I clicked out of it, except my mother f*cking computer froze. WEll, since my dad was walking in the room, I turned the power chord off (fife minutes later) and rebooted. When I logged back on, I was checking to make sure everything wwas ok, and clicked on "My Computer" the "E" drive and the "F" drive wern't listed. I went crazy ('tis my dad's computer). So, I system restored my computer, to the day before, it didn't work. I opened Window's Media Player, and went to copy to CS or device, and it said no device detected. I put in a CD, and nothing happened, and went to "run" "E:" nothing happened. I went to command prompt, and said "E:" and it said not know drive. I clicked on "C", and instead of listing the usual (Docs and Setting, Program Files, etc.) It listed that AND a **** load of ".AM" and ".BM" files. Any clues to what that is? Today, I am going to try and reinstall my drives, when I get home, but other than that, I am clueless, and ****ed. I don't know what to do, and as soon as my dad finds out, my ass is grass. I am really stressed about this.....so please, some one, help. | cooly291 (8053) | ||
| 352854 | 2005-05-06 21:13:00 | Print out the spyware FAQ from Press F1 (pressf1.pcworld.co.nz 16) and show your parents, explaining that a new browser is much more secure than IE. Why did you turn it off - you could have left the screen there and pointed out to your Dad that these sort of pop-ups will happen - unless you went there on purpose? Anyway, you need a firewall, spyware checkers (more than one), spyware blockers and anti-virus. And preferably a different browser and email program. A reinstall is a bit drastic - try cleaning it out with anti-virus and anti-spyware first. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 352855 | 2005-05-06 21:18:00 | It has nothing to do with your browser - first it'll be from the type of site you were visiting to start with (may not have been a porn site, but other sites offer porn pop-ups), and secondly you need a pop-up blocker, and spy/ad ware blockers. I don't get pop-ups like that (even with the pop-up blocker disabled), and I solely use IE. Similar pop-ups can occur in other browsers if you haven't activated the right blocks in the browser settings to block them and you go to the right (or wrong ;)) sites. Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 352856 | 2005-05-06 22:39:00 | thanks....I restored my system to Sunday, and everything is back to normal. I was on a crack site that some how got into my google search...packed full of serail numbers and cracks....I do think it is IE, because I use FF at my moms house, and have no trouble at all. Anyway, thanks for the support and everything is fixed! I still will protest to my dad about letting me us e FF... | cooly291 (8053) | ||
| 352857 | 2005-05-06 22:53:00 | Pleased to hear that all is fixed, but do make a point of leaving out all the ******* which featured in your earlier posting. Cheers TonyF |
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