boyracer2002
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Got norton anti-virus 2004 andad-aware 6.0 on mi comp, run them regularly and spent half of the day running them over the comp today wiping all the virus's  my msn e-mails open but stops loading half way along with shit loads of pop ups - especially since i downloaded the more emoticons on msn i always get the pop ups and some shitty tabs on my internet explorer window. After doin the virus scans i got more pop ups and its doin my head in and crashin comp 
Anyone know how to get rid?:
[Edited on 27-12-2004 by boyracer2002]
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Matt H
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burn your PC & move to china. get a sex change op & then return & buy a new pc
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Matt H
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or install the google adress bar thingy that blocks pop ups
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boyracer2002
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quote:
Originally posted by Matt H
or install the google adress bar thingy that blocks pop ups
from where - matt u wanna find me the link 
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Matt H
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http://www.google.co.uk/downloads/
top left
you owe me a kiss for this X
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boyracer2002
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fekin hell matt
downloaded it - completely crashed mi comp then switched back on and got 6 pop ups, 2 porn ones and the rest loads of shit including a foreign google
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Matt H
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worked fine for me though 
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Matt H
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http://www.lastminute.com/site/travel/flights/section_index_country.html?country=China
http://www.soyouwanna.com/site/syws/sexchange/sexchange.html
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/
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boyracer2002
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al pass on all of those links cheers, the top 2 will give me more pop ups and pc world r wank they couldnt fix it so they said once before took it to mates and was workin within 5 mins LOL
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Dave
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Use Firefox instead of IE. Everytime I open IE I get about 10 sites popping up at once and the comp freezes for a bit.I've got the Google tool bar, run adaware and various others but can't get rid of it.
Downloaded Firefox instead and use that for all browsing now and it's been faultless so far.
Only problem is if I get an e-mail on my MSN and open it from the little window that pops up, it automatically uses IE and it all kicks off again
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boyracer2002
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Cheers dave
also wondering how to get rid of this:
The line under the address bar with "my web search", "search" "smiley central" "screensavers" etc
Anyone know how to get rid as i just wanna keep the google search line ?
Cheers
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boyracer2002
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Also wot number/version firefox as the one i found is version 1.0 is there a new upto date version?
cheers
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Gavin
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download central have a download tool to remove it.... ive not tried it before so dont know how effective it is???
http://www.download.com/Smiley-Central-and-MyWebSearch-Removal-Tool/3000-8022_4-10341552.html
pew pew pew pewwwww
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Dave
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Think 1.0 is the current one, thats what I'm on anyway.
As for the toolbar thing, can you not just right-click and untick it?
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boyracer2002
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quote:
Originally posted by CorsaDave
Think 1.0 is the current one, thats what I'm on anyway.
As for the toolbar thing, can you not just right-click and untick it?
Cheers mate wouldnt work at 1st now worked and am on with downloading the firefox
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MarkW
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right...
goto add/remove programs and remove any shit in there u dont recognise, smiley central and all the other crap will be in there too. Also things like Gator / Precision Time / weather cast - anything tht looks bollocks get rid
once you've got rid of most of that stuff, restart the computer and hold down F8 whilst it's booting, this should give you a boot menu, use the cursor keys and move it down to 'safe mode' and press enter - allow the comp to load up and press ok when asked (dont worry if the desktop dont look pretty its running everything minimum) do a full virus scan using norton 2004 (as long as you definitions are up to date) and also do a full adaware scan....... once both of these are done, reboot the computer and see how its running.... if there's still loadsa crap u need to manuall disable stuff on startup which u don't need to load....... to do this:
got Start>Run & type in msconfig will bring up a screen saying system configuration utility - Clcik the tab that says "startup" scroll through there and you see some fairly obvious programs running which shouldn't be, just go through each one and take a look at it, if you don't like the sound of it then uncheck each box for tht particualr program. once your happy close it and the utility will ask you if you want to restart, click yes..... if certain programs are not running, or you think you have messed up go back into msconfig and retick certain programs until everything is running fine 
sorry about the essay, but its the only way to sort it really
any problems u2u me
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boyracer2002
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lol thanx a lot mate al give it a go - if im not on for the next day or so ul know i have destroyed my comp
(best print this out as forgot already :lol
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MarkW
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quote:
Originally posted by boyracer2002
lol thanx a lot mate al give it a go - if im not on for the next day or so ul know i have destroyed my comp
(best print this out as forgot already :lol
lol if your worried about screwing it up goto Start>Programs>Accesories>System Tools and then System restore - set a restore point for now, so if you do mess up, just use them steps above go into safe mode and u'll be able to return it to its current fuked up state seriously though what i've said especially msconfig, if u go through it carefully, and dont untick anything u'll obviously need, i'll guarantee ur comp will be running better
[Edited on 27-12-2004 by purple5]
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Davido
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quote:
Originally posted by Matt H
http://www.lastminute.com/site/travel/flights/section_index_country.html?country=China
http://www.soyouwanna.com/site/syws/sexchange/sexchange.html
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/
pmsl
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Steve
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get rid of norton for a start its absolute crap and is just bloat ware
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MarkW
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quote:
Originally posted by GSiSteve
get rid of norton for a start its absolute crap and is just bloat ware
thats a great plan when he's got viruses
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boyracer2002
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quote:
Originally posted by purple5
quote:
Originally posted by GSiSteve
get rid of norton for a start its absolute crap and is just bloat ware
thats a great plan when he's got viruses
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James_DT
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quote:
Originally posted by boyracer2002
Cheers dave
also wondering how to get rid of this:
The line under the address bar with "my web search", "search" "smiley central" "screensavers" etc
Anyone know how to get rid as i just wanna keep the google search line ?
Cheers
Right click the address bar where it says "Address" and deselect "MyWebSearch".
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MarkW
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^^^ tht gets rid of it for a while but it will come back when he reboots his computer
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boyracer2002
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Cheers mate figured it out now and deleted the whole choise of having it on or not
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