Posted on 12/05/2004 4:13:30 PM PST by Sally'sConcerns
Before anyone asks I have AVG, Spybot, Ad-Aware, SpySweeper (paid for) and TrojanHunter. SpySweeper runs nightly as does AVG. I run Spybot every couple of weeks as back-up for SpySweeper. I'm on cable modem and the only protection I don't have is a firewall. I plan on securing that when my computer whiz son visits at Christmas. (I'm an almost computer idiot)
So my computer's been acting hinky and I don't know why. I decide to go to http://www.pcpitstop.com to check my computer. For some strange reason I click on the free scan from Stop-Sign. Stop-Sign finds stuff and the only way I can get them to "correct/fix" it is to purchase their program. Is it worth the money to buy their program? They did find several things such as the remains of IWon and AllAdvantage which none of the other programs found.
Thanks for the response.
I think I stumbled onto the problem and it now appears to be working.
Thanks I am trying to delete MSIE it keeps telling me there is a file or user that is keeping me from deleting this program
I cannot find anything that is open. any suggestings?
I think safe mode will get you out of this one too.Windows loads part of IE into memory when you boot up.Safe mode loads just the bare essentials so it will allow you to delete things that otherwise would be in use.Now why do you want to get rid of IE?Even if you're not using it as a browser you might need it for some other stuff like windows update or media player.IE is built into Windows and it may not even be possible to completely delete it.
I think there might be spyware on MSIE is it safe to keep it on my computer
Considering that virtually all the anti spyware programs were written to work in IE you should be able to get it cleaned up.There may be some extensions available that allow Media Player and Windows Update to run on Firefox I would install those and make sure they work before completely removing IE.Also if you know the filename and path of IE you might be able to reinstall it from your system disk without reinstalling the whole OS.
Thanks I was hoping I could download mozzila and never see IE again so sick of spyware
I keep getting a weird message when I reboot that says "autoupdt.exe" had an illegal operation or something or similar computer jargon and could not run.
I don't know what the heck autoupdt.exe is and can't seem to figure it out. My spyware scans come up dry though.
Is RSS where you can do a newsgroup feed on pretty much any site?
I have heard of it, but haven't tried it out in my Firefox.
That description is a bit misleading. Newer drives still have the analog connection just like the old ones. Depending on the O/S, any of the drives can just send the sound data to the program (through the ribbon cable) to be converted to analog there. This would, of course, be necessary for surround sound. In no CD/DVD drive does the analog, stereo sound signal travel via the IDE cable, AFAIK. I have been a PC specialist since MS-DOS 3.3.
I will have to upgrade to that......am going to wait a couple months before considering upgrading to SP2 due to probs some people in my dorm have had.....but as of now, all I am using for firewall (have a lot of spyware/virus protection stuff running, probably too much) is just the XP1 version, which is not enough.
I don't know what the heck autoupdt.exe is and can't seem to figure it out. My spyware scans come up dry though.
I'm forwarding your question on to some of the people who've helped me. I could only guess what that might be and would probably guess wrongly.
linux is easier than Windows? I always thought it was really complicated, but then again, I never actually tried it, just thought I heard that.
That was then. This is now.
http://www.kde.org/screenshots/kde330shots.php
Wow.
That doesn't look difficult.
Is there a way to have both XP and linux on teh same machine and you choose which OS to load? For the sake of roommates etc., I would not want to switch over completely, but there is one program I would like to run that is only available for linux...
Yes there is. In Fact, many version of Linus, and my favorite (SuSE 9.2 - owned by Novell) will even shrink your XP partition to make room without losing any data.
Lots of users start this way, and then slowly drift away from Windows. Makes a good non-tramatic conversion tactic.
One of your programs that has an automatic update feature is malfunctioning.AVGs auto update feature is a little buggy, try tuning that off and rebooting see if that fixes it.Here's what I would do, one by one try turning off automatic updates in your programs and rebooting to see which one is the problem.Once the error message stops you should know which program is causing the problem you could either re install it or just live without the auto update feature.Come to think of it AVG updates at boot-up open the program, do a manual update and see if that solves the problem mine did the same thing not too long ago.
I suspect that it's a trojan. Go to Start > Run and type:
msconfig
then OK.
Click on the Startup tab and see if autoupdt.exe is is anywhere in the listing. If so, uncheck it.
It may look something like: "autoupdt = C:\WINDOWS\AUTOUPDT.EXE".
Once you do this, then reboot.
Now go to C:\WINDOWS (or wherever it lives) and rename AUTOUPDT.EXE to AUTOUPDT.old. This will disable the file but should it turn out that you need it, it can still be renamed back to the original. If you find that you dont need it after a couple of weeks, just delete it.
Use the Windows search function to find the file on your hardrive is it is not in C:\Windows.
rw, check reply 117 and 118 on this thread for answers to your question about your computer problem.
LH says: 'For goodness' sake, go to ZoneAlarmPro.com and buy their fire wall program, don't wait for your son. I was just like you and bought it and my son, who had set up my computer was so impressed with it, when his fire wall came up for renewal, he bought ZoneAlarm.'
thanks, and bookmarking as reminder to self.
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