Abu Dhabi

where would i get these CD cleaners? are they available at computer stores like Circuit City and the like?

^o^ also she's not my little sister, she's ten years older than me... but she's addicted to MySpace... and i let her borrow it so she HAS to give me a ride in the rare occasion that i ask!

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To delete cookies just go to Mycomputer then do a right click on the Local Disk(C, go to properties then click on disk cleanup. Once there is gonna give you a list of the stuff you may want to delete such as cookies, compressed files, temporary internet files and so on. I hope this can help you.

SasuraiHell

heh i forgot to do a disk cleanup and it freed up about 3gigs ^_^.

I'd also recommend when using your computer to do not leave programs(specially big ones) open for extended periods of time) because they take up alot of RAM on your computer. (close them or you can also close som unneeded programs that are in your tray down below where your clock is.)

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sukotsu9

I just worked on a friend's laptop with 256mb RAM and the Norton Security Suite + iTunes combo nearly kills it. I'd suggest unless you're reloading your iPod or downloading to exit or suspend iTunes. You'll save some memory and your system should be a little more responsive. Can't really turn off your security software and still feel safe... (Norton is pretty bloated, though).

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Violent

Sounds like a virus or trojan to me I had a problm once like this, one of my ex-friends put a virus on my computer to make it shut down at random moments with a blue screen, it would help if we knew what it said on the screen also. Try fixing the registry, look up some XP Registry fixers like XP Repair Pro 2007 or Registry Mechanic or TuneUpUtilities 2007 and fix the registry + defrag the registry. Try finding any viruses or trojans if possible since that would solve the problem if not the other suggestions.

If nothing that everyone said works and you can do a system restore and that would erase anything like viruses off your computer unless they embeded themselves into your restore. If you want a good virus scanner and you can pay 40-60$ get either of these 2 because they are the top AVs in my opinion

Low on RAM? NoD32
Antivirus Software - Eliminate Spyware and Adware with NOD32 Antivirus from ESET

Got an ok ammount of RAM, Kaspersky
Kaspersky Lab: Antivirus software

Sorry if I have any typos I'm in Germany on a Mac and it has no spell checker :/

If you have any other problems pm me.

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EijiAzurite

See the biggest problem is your sister is going onto Myspace. Most people do not realize it but Myspace has a bunch of profiles set up so once you visit their pics or what not their is malicious software installed onto your computer. This malicious does anything from recording every key stroke you do to recording every website you visit and sends back to the host. I wouldn't use Myspace unless you all real friends and know the person.

Like others said you should run Adware pro along with Spybot: Search and Destroy.

Another thing you can do is change what programs you have running. If your running windows:
1. Click start
2. Click run
3. Type "msconfig" in the open field
4. Go to the startup tab.
5. Click on the programs you do not want to run by clicking on the check box.
6. Click on the Ok button.
7. You will have to restart your computer after doing so.

Any more problems let me know.

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Violent

Myspace has no problems lol... most of the problems would be with downloading, if Myspace had trojans and viruses embeded with their pictures everyone on the net would be infected heh.

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pigtaru

Well, as a pc tech, I've seen this scenario many times before. Here's a list of things to try, as mentioned from above.

1. Remove any unnecessary software using control panel.
2. Run msconfig as state above
3. Defrag
4. Run windows cleanup
5. Run a registry cleaner as well
6. Download and run Microsoft's Malicious Software removal tool
7. Run Hijackthis to detect malicious software undeteced by 90% of spyware scanners out there.
8. Run windows memory test(do this if you get blue screens)

^_^ There are tons more but...those are what I would start with.

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FLawEdmiNd

First off I would recommend turning off all messenger, download programs etc, after doing a restart of the machine, going to start>run>cmd>netstat. The list that shows up will have a number of headings the first being 'proto.' Under the 'proto' heading it will say 'TCP' or it should. Each time that 'TCP' is listed is another connection to the internet that your computer is running, with windows XP, you don't want to see any more than about 3 of them.

If there are a lot more than that you are infected. I recommend doing some online virus scans specifically at support.f-secure.com and housecall.trendmicro.com and then trying the netstat command again If anything will remove these infections it's these scanners. If you're still having issues, you may want to try a system restore or simply taking it in to a technician for more work.

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