I was referring to what the article called "black screen." And I don't think it would matter what antivirus he is using or if he's switched, they can still miss things, unfortunately. Ruthie & The strongest muscle in the body is the TONGUE. "We are more than the sum of our parts." Private mail is *always* welcome. MSN Messenger ID: clark.ruthie@xxxxxxxxx AOL ID: chaosynchronous We are the few, Who speak for the many, Who cannot speak for themselves. We are the many, Who speak for the one, Who could not speak for herself. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Reginald George" <sgeorge@xxxxxxxxx> To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 10:06 AM Subject: [real-eyes] Re: Microsoft Security Essentials > He had the problems before switching. They started when he had AVG 8 on > there I think. Security Essentials takes less overhead, but it hasn't > solved the general lock ups. I just read a huge thing about HP laptops > with > defective video chipsets that overheat that the company won't replace. > But > I think his is a dell. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "&Ruthie" <clark.ruthie@xxxxxxxxx> > To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 9:27 AM > Subject: [real-eyes] Re: Microsoft Security Essentials > > > Jose, I had heard about the November updates possibly causing some > problems, > but here is an article that says they exist but that the updates aren't > responsible for them. What it describes though might be your problem. It > also mentions a particular kind of malware that could be causing the > problem. Link below. > > http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2009/12/01/reports-of-issues-with-november-security-updates.aspx > > > Ruthie & Murphy's Third Law: In any field of scientific endeavor, anything > that can go wrong will go wrong. "We are more than the sum of our parts." > Private mail is *always* welcome. MSN Messenger ID: clark.ruthie@xxxxxxxxx > AOL ID: chaosynchronous We are the few, Who speak for the many, Who cannot > speak for themselves. We are the many, Who speak for the one, Who could > not > speak for herself. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "jose" <crunch1@xxxxxxxxx> > To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 3:45 AM > Subject: [real-eyes] Re: Microsoft Security Essentials > > >> yah so far so good. Now if I could get my vista hp lap top to not >> freeze >> on me when ever it wants to, now that would be cool. It did something >> freaky >> with jaws the other day, I was working on something, and jaws stop >> working. >> I herd the drive still churning so I didn't want to restart. just for >> grins >> I tried restarting jaws. and shore enough it restarted with no problem. >> It >> was like maybe jaws stopped working and windows killed it. I have been >> having problems with this machine since before I installed windows >> defender. >> >> if anyone has any tips please let me know. thanks. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Reginald George" <sgeorge@xxxxxxxxx> >> To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 8:12 AM >> Subject: [real-eyes] Re: Microsoft Security Essentials >> >> >>>I have replaced my AVG with this, and it's great. So has Jose and others >>>I >>> know. I know it is a very accessible interface. It may not have E-mail >>> monitoring, but it does have real time and download protection. In any >>> case, it's worth it for me on my XP system because it seems to take so >>> much >>> less overhead than AVG. >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Tig Aga" <tig_aga@xxxxxxxxx> >>> To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>> Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 5:53 AM >>> Subject: [real-eyes] Microsoft Security Essentials >>> >>> >>> Microsoft Security Essentials provides real-time protection for your >>> home >>> PC >>> that guards against viruses, spy-ware, and other malicious software. For >>> more read it from here, >>> >>> http://www.ezdia.com/Microsoft_Security_Essential_/Content.do?id=750 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> To subscribe or to leave the list, or to set other subscription options, >>> go >>> to www.freelists.org/list/real-eyes >>> >>> >>> To subscribe or to leave the list, or to set other subscription options, >>> go to www.freelists.org/list/real-eyes >>> >>> >>> >> >> To subscribe or to leave the list, or to set other subscription options, >> go to www.freelists.org/list/real-eyes >> >> > > To subscribe or to leave the list, or to set other subscription options, > go > to www.freelists.org/list/real-eyes > > > To subscribe or to leave the list, or to set other subscription options, > go to www.freelists.org/list/real-eyes > > To subscribe or to leave the list, or to set other subscription options, go to www.freelists.org/list/real-eyes