-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Stymied here
- From: "Sandi Beach" <sandib2@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:34:14 -0500
I use AVG free from Grisoft and it can be downloaded from the internet. Some
say Avast is better but I have not used it. I think it is also free. I
have had no problems with AVG but I am very careful about opening
attachments, etc.
Sandi
----- Original Message -----
From: "bookworm54 tds.net" <bookworm54@xxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, August 30, 2010 1:49 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Stymied here
> I'm sorry I didn't make myself clear, this is not my computer and I know
> very little about it. As far as I can see, there is no active anti-virus
> software on it. I want to put something on, but with no CD drive, I don't
> see how I can. Will hook it up to the internet and see if it will let me
> download something, I guess.
> Jo Ann
>
> On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 11:39 AM, Sr. Dorothy Robinson
> <srdorothy@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> Jo Ann,
>> Are you running an antivirus software? With Windows, that is something
>> you
>> really can't do without. If you do have one, have you updated the
>> definitions lately (sometimes it's automatic) or run a scan? Results?
>> Sr. Dorothy
>> On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 8:05 AM, bookworm54 tds.net <bookworm54@xxxxxxx
>> >wrote:
>>
>> > I have a computer I'm trying to work on without much luck. It's a Dell
>> > Dimension E521 desktop running XP media edition. Friends said they
>> > think
>> it
>> > has a virus or worm as it keeps popping up virus messages. It has no
>> > PS2
>> > ports, only USB. The only drives it has are a hard drive and CD, which
>> are
>> > both SATA drives. The CD is seen and recognized in the BIOs, but
>> > doesn't
>> > show in my computer. When you put a disk in it the light blinks for a
>> > while,
>> > then stops, doesn't read the disk. There are no IDE plugs on the mobo,
>> and
>> > I
>> > don't have a SATA CD drive. How can I do anything with it? By the way,
>> > it
>> > boots and runs normally except for a disk seek error on startup which
>> > you
>> > can bypass by hitting F1. With no internet hooked up, it seems normal.
>> > Don't
>> > see any virus messages. Where to start?
>> > Jo Ann
>>
>>
>
>
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No virus found in this incoming message.
Checked by AVG - www.avg.com
Version: 9.0.851 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3102 - Release Date: 08/30/10
01:35:00
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