Pig Posted December 24, 2005 Share Posted December 24, 2005 computer is bugging me so much, about 2 weeks ago restored back to factory with disks. now running REALLY REALLY slow (broadband 2MB). Tried downloading spy sweeper and one other but fixes for a few hours then its back to slow. what to do what to do. thought i'd ask you lot for help. Cheers Happy XMAS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edd_t Posted December 24, 2005 Share Posted December 24, 2005 try 'HiJack This'... it will show you all the stuff that starts up automaticly, and stuff that attaches to InternetExplorer. is ya firewall working? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pig Posted December 24, 2005 Author Share Posted December 24, 2005 dont even know if i have a firewall. whats the site for hijack this or should i just search for it? edit: downloading it a 5kb/sec Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pig Posted December 24, 2005 Author Share Posted December 24, 2005 Found 23 things but it wasnt me to register is there not a free one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPRALOOPY Posted December 24, 2005 Share Posted December 24, 2005 www.zonelabs.com down load the 15 day free trail of security suite but don't install it then pm me m8..if you want to that is:whistle: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edd_t Posted December 24, 2005 Share Posted December 24, 2005 i get HighJack This from Downloads.com never needed to register. erm broadband with no firewall is a very bad idea! people are gonna be dumping crap on your pc, trojans etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPRALOOPY Posted December 24, 2005 Share Posted December 24, 2005 here takes to the d/l page m8 http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/company/products/trial_zaFamily/trial_zaFamily.jsp?dc=12bms&ctry=GB&lang=en&lid=zassskulist2_trial Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPRALOOPY Posted December 24, 2005 Share Posted December 24, 2005 feel free and then pm me...full firewall and spyware and free updates for 52,000 days odd:rlol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pig Posted December 24, 2005 Author Share Posted December 24, 2005 downloaded the security one with all the X's lol. Hopefully this will help. if it doesnt i may just go and buy something from pc world or something lol! or...wouldnt mind advice of which one to hack or buy lol! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPRALOOPY Posted December 24, 2005 Share Posted December 24, 2005 downloaded the security one with all the X's lol. Hopefully this will help. if it doesnt i may just go and buy something from pc world or something lol! or...wouldnt mind advice of which one to hack or buy lol! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pig Posted December 24, 2005 Author Share Posted December 24, 2005 Was in the middle of it as you now know lol. Thanks both of you! Computer running like a beaty now! thanks to dave it will carry on like this now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pig Posted March 18, 2006 Author Share Posted March 18, 2006 Has anyone still got the code that dave sent us? If so, or if your dave Can you please send it to me again. Thanks Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren-K Posted March 18, 2006 Share Posted March 18, 2006 i had a lot of problems with allsorts,trojans ,spyware,.. spoof spy sweepers,. fake repair software,.worms and more,. there was one thats realy rare that i got and took me days of patience to remove..eventualy i got my computer as clean as a virgin however my advice would be to use a compilation of software to be certain, i use ( all free ) ( use google to find them ) Hjack this. ewido security suite. Avg free. spybot search & destroy. these will 100% sort you clean as a whistle . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew7 Posted March 19, 2006 Share Posted March 19, 2006 Pig, Get yourself Mozilla Firefox and use it instead of Internet Explorer, which will always be a security problem... When you have Zone Alarm the only programs you should allow to access the Internet are Generic Host processor for Win 32 services, Firefox, Your email Client, and your Antivirus update. Turn all cookies off if you can On Firefox properties (in "Options") turn off the option that allows website to install software. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz6002 Posted March 19, 2006 Share Posted March 19, 2006 Pig, Get yourself Mozilla Firefox and use it instead of Internet Explorer, which will always be a security problem... When you have Zone Alarm the only programs you should allow to access the Internet are Generic Host processor for Win 32 services, Firefox, Your email Client, and your Antivirus update. Turn all cookies off if you can On Firefox properties (in "Options") turn off the option that allows website to install software. my mate has zonealarm.... bless just get a good antivirus. overkill is still overkill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted March 19, 2006 Share Posted March 19, 2006 Don't buy anything, there's no need! Make sure you have a decent anti-virus software (AVG from Grisoft will also pick up some spyware as well as any viruses). Use a firewall, preferably hardware built in to your router. Use NAT if your router supports it, software firewalls aren't as necessary if you've got one on your router but the built in one with Windows XP SP2 is pretty good (Kerio Personal Firewall is another good free one though). Use Firefox instead of Internet Explorer (that'll stop you from getting most spyware!). You can also install the "No Script" extension that blocks any active content, AdBlock Plus is another good extension, blocks any ad banners on web sites. Download Microsoft Windows Defender it's pretty good as spyware detection programs go, and it's free! (AdAware is another pretty good one). ...and finally, I HATE zonealarm, it was too intrusive and popped up an error if you sneezed. Seriously, there are much better software firewalls out there than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew7 Posted March 19, 2006 Share Posted March 19, 2006 my mate has zonealarm.... bless just get a good antivirus. overkill is still overkill Gaz, Antivirus and Firewall are two totally different things....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew7 Posted March 19, 2006 Share Posted March 19, 2006 ...and finally, I HATE zonealarm, it was too intrusive and popped up an error if you sneezed. Seriously, there are much better software firewalls out there than that. Zone Alarm has stood the test of time (on my computer anyway for the last eight years) By "error" I am thinking you are talking about the warning alerts?.... The alerts can be switched off and you won't even know ZA is working in the background... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted March 19, 2006 Share Posted March 19, 2006 Zone Alarm has stood the test of time (on my computer anyway for the last eight years) By "error" I am thinking you are talking about the warning alerts?.... The alerts can be switched off and you won't even know ZA is working in the background... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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