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| Thread ID: 63550 | 2005-11-13 20:32:00 | avg letting in virus? | supergran (108) | Press F1 |
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| 404231 | 2005-11-14 07:46:00 | S5020AN and is now running 512 ram, I asked him to add another 256 from the 256 that was previously in it. And yes, I will certainly be running av before I install off the cd where all my back ups are, and as for the trojan, it is in a program that I haven't opened the zip file yet, that I transferred from my old puter 2 years ago, which was a screen saver pic type thing, that if I remember rightly come from the wallpaper site webshots. And it was virus checked before I installed on this puter. |
supergran (108) | ||
| 404232 | 2005-11-14 08:45:00 | hi gran there are a few drivers u may want to update before installing sp2 the main one probly invidia drivers ,no new bios since 2003 worth a read anyway ..h10025.www1.hp.com recovery of ure original system is quite simple, its just a follow the prompts | ferrite (4221) | ||
| 404233 | 2005-11-14 09:50:00 | Thanks for that Ferrite, and I found the pages about reformat, and copied them off, just in case. As for the invidia drivers, what are they under, as I looked at the link you left, and couldn't find them. Dial up is crap when you have to download, so am glad that I have sp2 and old microsoft updates on cd. Found what you meant about the invidea drivers, but I am running a S3 Pro savage graphics card so guess I shouldn't need that. |
supergran (108) | ||
| 404234 | 2005-11-14 10:05:00 | when u do ure reinstall everything reverts back to factory installed hardware tho, so i would take ure new graphix card and any new hard ware out first.and reinstall it all over sp2.have fun its a good learning curve | ferrite (4221) | ||
| 404235 | 2005-11-15 00:24:00 | I wouldn't trust a free A/V program as far as I could kick it. Take the plunge and buy McAffee or Norton A/V And Spybot doesn't do much good either. It's highly rated by those who use freeware but as far as I can see it only ever finds old stuff. What a load of rubbish. Norton's would certainly be the last one I would put on my PC. If you want to pay Nod32 is deffinately the best but AVG does very well for a free one. As for Spybot there is nothing wrong with it but you should also use another one as none pick up everything. That tech doesn't sound very good. ProcessExplorer (www.sysinternals.com) is a good program for finding out what is running. Much better than the Windows one. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 404236 | 2005-11-15 00:31:00 | What a load of rubbish. Norton's would certainly be the last one I would put on my PC. If you want to pay Nod32 is deffinately the best but AVG does very well for a free one. As for Spybot there is nothing wrong with it but you should also use another one as none pick up everything. That tech doesn't sound very good. ProcessExplorer (www.sysinternals.com) is a good program for finding out what is running. Much better than the Windows one. Well NAV is the first thing that goes on my comp. after XP. You've got your opinion and I've got mine. And I don't think much of spybot either :thumbs: |
JJJJJ (528) | ||
| 404237 | 2005-11-15 03:07:00 | Well NAV is the first thing that goes on my comp. after XP. You've got your opinion and I've got mine. How many systems do you do repairs on per week? I see examples of Nortons problems a LOT. Its a dog - even if some people haven't yet any any issues with it. Yet. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 404238 | 2005-11-15 03:17:00 | How many systems do you do repairs on per week? I see examples of Nortons problems a LOT. Its a dog - even if some people haven't yet any any issues with it. Yet. It may be a dog and I admit it is heavy on resources. But in my experience it does the job it is designed to do. Which is more than can be said for most,if not all, of the rest. Read the tests on A/V software that appear in all computer mags on a regular basis. Why is NAV always "editors choice", year after year? |
JJJJJ (528) | ||
| 404239 | 2005-11-15 03:21:00 | Why is NAV always "editors choice", year after year?Sponsorship If you want real results you will need to goto www.virusbtn.com or http://www.westcoastlabs.org/ |
Rob99 (151) | ||
| 404240 | 2005-11-15 03:44:00 | It may be a dog and I admit it is heavy on resources. But in my experience it does the job it is designed to do. well in my experience it doesn't and I would NEVER install norton if i had the choice it's garbage and you even pay for it........and i'm a tech .....and over the last say 5 years have repaired countless systems which had norton on them and its USELESS |
drcspy (146) | ||
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