Dave A
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Registered: 10th Dec 03
Location: County Durham
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laptop is running slow, been told its worth downloading some free software such as a registry cleaner and some spyware detection stuff?
whats worth downloading?
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smack
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Registered: 7th Jul 04
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ad-aware by lavesoft (sp) is a real good adware and spyware program i belive.
and its free
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DannyB
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Registered: 6th Feb 08
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go to download.com and look for ad-aware,ccleaner,bitdefender,nod32..theres quite a few free trials out there.
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Doug
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Registered: 8th Oct 03
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Get ad-aware and AVG Free.
Ad-aware looks for advertisment programs etc (malware) and AVG Free is a free virus scanner that is very good!
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Dave A
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Registered: 10th Dec 03
Location: County Durham
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cheers, alredy got the virgin broadband virus scanner.
google spyware doctor any good?
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Dave A
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Registered: 10th Dec 03
Location: County Durham
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adaware wont download for some reason so I have downloaded google spyware doctor.
so far found 4 trojan thingamybobs.
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DannyB
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Registered: 6th Feb 08
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Try and get ad-aware from filehippo.com then, good programme.
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Aaron
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Registered: 9th Aug 04
Location: Cottingham, East Riding
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Format TBH
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Dave A
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Registered: 10th Dec 03
Location: County Durham
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explain aaron? format the hard drive?
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Gaz
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Registered: 24th Aug 03
Location: Widnes, Cheshire
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Yes,
Back up you bitsand bobs on CD, Then format with original Windows disk you got with laptop.
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Dave A
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Registered: 10th Dec 03
Location: County Durham
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have had to do this a few times on my pc, always works!
I dont have the windows disk, is there another way of doing it?
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johnhara1
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Registered: 19th Oct 06
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
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SuperAntiSpyware
http://www.superantispyware.com/
Removed fappin everything: Detect and Remove Spyware, Adware, Malware, Trojans, Dialers, Worms, KeyLoggers, HiJackers, Parasites, Rootkits and many other types of threats.
AND ITS FREE!!!
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pow
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Registered: 11th Sep 06
Location: Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire
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Dave, flip the laptop over and read off the Operating system sticker, the exact name (not the product key).
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