[pchelpers] Re: slow computer

Thanks for the good advice, John & Scott.  It is greatly
appreciated.  I'll figure out what I did or what was installed
and then follow your other suggestions.

Ming

-----Original Message-----
From: pchelpers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:pchelpers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of John Durham
Sent: March 13, 2004 10:05 PM
To: pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [pchelpers] Re: slow computer

I'm in favour of the spyware and virus precautions. The number of
cases
of this stuff turning a good machine into a slug is increasing so
that
I'm dealing with 2 serious recoveries at present.
http://www.trojanscan.com/
http://www.pestscan.com
(both require internet explorer).

Scott McNay wrote:

>Hi Ming,
>Did you make any change or install any software immediately
before
>then?  If so, that might be the cause of the problem.
>
>If you don't know if you have a virus or not, then you should
install
>antivirus sofware. Failing that, you should try one of the
online
>scans, such as this one:
>http://housecall.antivirus.com/housecall/start_corp.asp
>
>Also could be spyware, adware, or something similar.  Try the
software
>from http://www.lavasoftusa.com/ and/or
http://security.kolla.de/
>
>--Scott.
>

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