well norton got bad it used to rock. At 05:36 a.m. 26/03/2011, you wrote: >Oh, she did try reinstall, but shortly after it happened again. >Macafee is probably one of the worst virus scanners I know of, not from >experience but from what other people have said, most of whom know more >about computers and have more experience than I do. Whether it really is or >not, I don't know, I am just saying what others have said. I use Avast >because of the sound alerts, and it's ability to automatically take care of >things all by itself. >So, back on topic, I had the same problem myself, and reinstalled the game >and it works for the time being. > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Jack F" <mymonkeyboy2000@xxxxxxxxx> >To: "gametalk" <gametalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Sent: Friday, March 25, 2011 10:07 AM >Subject: [GameTalk] pipe2 problem > > > > Hi Raymond, > > This is why I don't use antivirus programs anymore. I actually used to > > use macathy virus scan on my old xp machine. It kept deleting files, > > it caused problems with certain programs I ran, and caused major > > problems with games. With almost all of those games, when I'm playing > > them, every now and then it would freeze and then come back up again. > > It would also become slugish after extended play. And I found out that > > it was my virus program that had false detections for those games. So > > when I switched to windows7, we told him to remove nortan or any other > > virus scan that came with it so that games could run smoothly. And he > > did so it wasn't a problem anymore. So tell your friend never to use a > > virus scan or to always disable it before running games. Or if she > > wants to use one, she should try avira antivirus, it has no false > > detections. And the same problem that you were talking about did > > happen to me once. For me all I had to do is reinstall and it was > > fine. > > best regards, > > jack > > ==================== > > > > To unsubscribe or manage your GameTalk subscription please access the > > following link: > > > > http://www.BscGames.com/bsc_gametalk.asp > > > > The list archive can be viewed at: > > > > //www.freelists.org/archives/gametalk/ > > > > ==================== > > BSC Games > > Computer Games For The Blind Or Visually Impaired > > www.BscGames.com > > > >==================== > >To unsubscribe or manage your GameTalk subscription please access >the following link: > >http://www.BscGames.com/bsc_gametalk.asp > >The list archive can be viewed at: > >//www.freelists.org/archives/gametalk/ > >==================== >BSC Games >Computer Games For The Blind Or Visually Impaired >www.BscGames.com ==================== To unsubscribe or manage your GameTalk subscription please access the following link: http://www.BscGames.com/bsc_gametalk.asp The list archive can be viewed at: //www.freelists.org/archives/gametalk/ ==================== BSC Games Computer Games For The Blind Or Visually Impaired www.BscGames.com