Tarun

Sadly, Gibson is a moron. The only thing he did that went well was SpinRite.

I want a job and/or Microsoft stuff (hardware, software, etc.)!

AVG ruined ewido, really. The memory scan now acts more like a memory defrag program; making it more harmful than good.

Well he's using AVG AntiSpyware, not the Anti-Virus. If you notice any suspicious behavior, document it and let us know.

Start > Run rundll32.exe setupapi.dll,InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 132 C:\WINDOWS\inf\sr.inf You might be prompted for your Windows installation media.

Don't worry, we all hate Norton. No need to double post, though here's what you need. I use this tool constantly at work to kill leftovers of Norton. Norton Removal Tool Generally, I try to uninstall all of it that I can, then I simply run the tool above and the computer tends to work like new once Norton is gone.

Use Avast instead. CA eTrust misses the standard EICAR test viruses.

Leave the services alone people. They're there for a reason.

I use Outpost Pro v4 with some plugins stopped. I agree with Comodo as a firewall choice too.

Complain on their forums about it and use the Slim build. It can be found hidden away under Other Builds.

You can also post a HijackThis log and we can analyze it for malicious activity. I can also work with you to help you tighten the security on your computer.

I like how the first link doesn't even point to anything but a dead thread. The fact that it's a vBulletin forum also makes me believe the original link was changed.

Standard is the default view. Top left of this topic is Options. Click that and choose Standard.

Ha, yeah, I'm not too worried about the password itself (mine is 17 alpha-numeric characters), it's that **** secret question... But I think I've got a way to trick some people... Secret question: What's your favorite pet's name? Answer: <favorite video game or something totally unrelated>

Is that your only hard drive or is it a media only hard drive? If it's your only hard drive, you can remove *.tmp, *.bak, *.old and other temporary files. You can also remove items in any temp directories. You may also remove items in the Config.msi directory. I can provide more if needed.

Welcome

I use Standard and I've never had it change on me once.

AV: Avast Firewall: Comodo Anti-Malware: Ad-Aware, Spybot, AVG-AS, SpywareBlaster, IE-SpyAds, Firefox.

Only real change would be you might be able to get to sites should your real/primary DNS go down.

... wow. Sorry but that was just bad...

Why not make a webmaster@msfn.org email address and let the forums use that instead of your own? Then you won't get those bounce-back messages.

I've found that either way it takes the same amount of time, due to how long it takes to install.

Glad I could help Mike. I use Autopatcher all the time, I mainly keep Windows XP updates on my pocket hard drive (5GB) in case of any issues.

Autopatcher

Since i have to deal with using anti-virus and anti-spyware applications, I have used ewido and others before. So I look around inside my Program Files and I looked in ewido. I found the file and unregistered it, thus getting rid of the context menu extension. Outpost Pro is extremely lightweight and adds a great amount of protection, it also is passing all known firewall tests. ZoneAlarm has memory leaks and numerous other bugs that can mess with the end user machine in bad ways. Just Google ZoneAlarm issues and you'll find a lot.