-=PCTechTalk=- Re: freezing
- From: "Mike" <mikebike@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 16:06:52 -0800
Hi Kathy,
did this just start?
Have you recently installed some software or downloaded something?
Is your AV program recently updated, and actively scanning your mail and
files?
Have you checked for spyware and Trojans?
Here are some good program for that;
Ad-aware
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/
Ad-aware Standard Edition is THE award winning, free*, multicomponent
detection and removal utility that consistently leads the industry in
safety, user satisfaction, support and reliability.
With its ability to comprehensively scan your memory, registry, hard,
removable and optical drives for known datamining, aggressive advertising,
and tracking components, Ad-aware will provide the user with the confidence
to surf the Internet knowing that their privacy will remain intact. Let
Ad-aware protect your privacy.
Spybot - Search & Destroy
http://spybot.eon.net.au/
Spybot - Search & Destroy can detect and remove spyware of different kinds
from your computer. Spyware is a relatively new kind of threat that common
anti-virus applications do not yet cover. If you see new toolbars in your
Internet Explorer that you didn't intentionally install, if your browser
crashes, or if your browser start page has changed without your knowing, you
most probably have spyware. But even if you don't see anything, you may be
infected, because more and more spyware is emerging that is silently
tracking your surfing behaviour to create a marketing profile of you that
will be sold to advertisement companies. Spybot-S&D is free, so there's no
harm in trying to see if something snooped into your computer, too :)
Browser Parasite List
http://allentech.net/parasite/list.phtml
Below is a list of all browser parasites currently in our database. Click on
any parasite name to see the full information we have available. Please note
that filenames, registry keys and paths sometimes change faster than we can
keep up, so your system may vary from the information we present here.
"Homepage Hijacking" a form of spyware.
http://tiemdesign.com/features/hijacking.htm
You have been surfing all over the web for hours and hours, you close your
browser and take a break. You come back to your PC a few hours later and
fire up your browser.
Wait a minute! That isn't my home page! What happened to my home page? You
realize that your normal home page is no longer there and some new page is
there and pop-up ads start appearing from out of no where, even when your
browser is closed.
HijackThis 1.97.6
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=3D3155
HijackThis, a general homepage hijackers detector and remover. Initially
based on the article Hijacked!, but expanded with almost a dozen other
checks against hijacker tricks. It is continually updated to detect and
remove new hijacks. It does not target specific programs/URLs, just the
methods used by hijackers to force you onto their sites. As a result, false
positives are imminent and unless you are sure what you're doing, you should
always consult with knowledgable folks (e.g. the forums) before deleting
anything.
See my Spyware article from ABC here;
http://personal-computer-tutor.com/abc2/v18/mike18.htm
What version of Windows are you useing?
Cleaning out the Tempoary Internet files will often help.
Cleanup3.1! is a good free cleaner;
Freeware Registry Editor
for Windows 2000/NT/ME/9xregistry~~~
Windows CleanUp!
http://cleanup.stevengould.org/
~~~~
EasyCleaner
http://www.toniarts.com/ecleane.htm
EasyCleaner is a small program which searches Windows' registry
for entries that are pointing nowhere.
I use both of these cleaners on my Windows XP Pro computer without problems.
Mike ~ It is a good day if I learned something new.
Editor MikesWhatsNews see a sample on my web page
http://www3.telus.net/mikebike
<http://www3.telus.net/mikebike/mikes_virus_page.htm>
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On 14/01/2004 at 3:28 PM Kathy M wrote:
Hi ....my computer tends to freeze up and hangs constantly trying to open
programs or browser etc etc...any suggestions....p.s..it even freezes when
i use cnt alt delete...Smiles Kathy
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