Hardware, Software and Network Issues

[machiavelli]

I am glad you got it fixed GuGu.

All in all, "Tech Help" is a huge guessing game unless you're right in front of the computer(Even then). You either hit or miss. Unless the problem is blatantly obvious.

I am neither a Networker nor a professional at networking. Although I did work for the Geek Squad for a period of time and my brother happen to be a be a Networker for AIRGAS lol.. I merely suggested somethings to do that might be a fix for his/her computer. She/he could've followed it or couldn't have. When your computer is breaking down, you'll try anything/everything for a solution (I know from experience). No amount of knowledge will prepare you for the type of technical malfunction your computer randomly accesses.

So I give a pat on back to Netdriftr. You were right, I was totally wrong.

[GuGu]

I am glad you got it fixed GuGu.

All in all, "Tech Help" is a huge guessing game unless you're right in front of the computer(Even then). You either hit or miss. Unless the problem is blatantly obvious.

I am neither a Networker nor a professional at networking. Although I did work for the Geek Squad for a period of time and my brother happen to be a be a Networker for AIRGAS lol.. I merely suggested somethings to do that might be a fix for his/her computer. She/he could've followed it or couldn't have. When your computer is breaking down, you'll try anything/everything for a solution (I know from experience). No amount of knowledge will prepare you for the type of technical malfunction your computer randomly accesses.

So I give a pat on back to Netdriftr. You were right, I was totally wrong.

Thanks so much for your help too, sorry I didn't mention it earlier.

Please don't take what Net says to heart, he's just being an *** and we all know it. @ Net

Everyone took time out to help and I am very thankful for that. If you guys start taking what Net wrote and admitting you guys were 'totally wrong' I for one am afraid to ask for more help, cause now I have this issue with virus protection.

THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR ALL OF YOUR HELP!

[imthatlady]

can someone please tell me why my damn internet is so ****ing slow?! i have dsl..n i've been taking VERY GOOD care of it in the past 3 years that i've never allowed neone else to even TOUCH it. until the one day that i finally decided to allow my lil bro to use this for his games or his other useless shits..the internet takes forever to load a ****ing page. he's lucky i'm getting a laptop soon since i'm heading off to college or else i would've done some damage to that punkass.

what can i do to make it to the speed that it was before!?!?

n oh, it only takes a long time to load a page..but if i was dowloading a file/music..it's still pretty fast. wtF?

[LuNaR]

ur little bro is probably dling porn lol j/k maybe he has bit torrent on. bit torrent will make loading webpages slower. try shutting down his comp and loading a webpage on ur comp, if it still loads slow, then it is not his comp's problem

[imthatlady]

^ huh? what r u talking about o_o'
he used MY computer to play games on the internet..

[LuNaR]

^ huh? what r u talking about o_o'
he used MY computer to play games on the internet..

ooo maybe he installed a lot of games in ur comp? i dont think playing games on ur comp should have any effect on it

[NetDriftr]

Please don't take what Net says to heart, he's just being an *** and we all know it. @ Net

hahaha u know me GuGu

u should always use protection to avoid catching viruses

[GuGu]

hahaha u know me GuGu

u should always use protection to avoid catching viruses

Shuddup, I wasn't talking about that kind of protection.

Anyone have any suggestions? The kind I used expired and I don't want to waste money on something that won't protect me. I get all these pop up suggestions but I am told not to trust any pop up stuff.

[LuNaR]

Shuddup, I wasn't talking about that kind of protection.

Anyone have any suggestions? The kind I used expired and I don't want to waste money on something that won't protect me. I get all these pop up suggestions but I am told not to trust any pop up stuff.

try avast. i use it and its very good + free . a lot of people like the avg, but i tried it and its useless. avg detects everything but it cant delete anything.

and yes, always use protection

[GuGu]

try avast. i use it and its very good + free . a lot of people like the avg, but i tried it and its useless. avg detects everything but it cant delete anything.

and yes, always use protection

Where do I go to get Avast? And it's wonderful that it's free .

Gugu has no need to use that kind of protection, she's not active that way.

[LuNaR]

http://www.avast.com/

i got it 2 years ago and it was free then, im pretty sure it is free now but check first.

not active i dont believe u

:edit: o yea ur only 14 j/k

[NetDriftr]

Shuddup, I wasn't talking about that kind of protection.

Anyone have any suggestions? The kind I used expired and I don't want to waste money on something that won't protect me. I get all these pop up suggestions but I am told not to trust any pop up stuff.

hahaha..

ok seriously.. i suggest u get a security suite that includes anti-virus, anti-spyware, and firewall... my recommendation is Zonealarm Internet Security.
however if you dont want to pay for it, perhaps look for some freebies out there like AVG and AVAST

[Bangs]

@Bangs, you were the first one to help me. Thank you so much. Even if Net was right, he didn't give me the info on time. I was already at home without internet when he posted his suggestions. So the only help I had was from you, hkopinions, and JamesG. Thank you guys

Nah, I'm really not offended at all. Net's an ok dude to me, I'm just countering his sarcasm.

About antiviruses I don't have much experience which is best and which works for you. I can only say from experience that no antivirus can give you a 100% protection, not even close. For spywares I use cracked programs like spysweeper which I got from torrents, I don't regularly update nor run antiviruses since I don't get any viruses coz I know how to avoid them. I don't recommend buying commercial antivirus and anti spywares because they aren't full proof and you can easily get a new virus if misfortune befalls you not to mention you'll have to pay them a subscription fee just to keep your software updated. I do suggest using backup programs or better yet burn your important files into cds/dvds or have a separate hard drive for storing important files. The best way to remove a virus is to reformat your computer which is likely what you are going to do when you get a new worm that can't be removed. Of course you'll have to know how to reformat a pc and install drivers for your devices.

[GuGu]

Nah, I'm really not offended at all. Net's an ok dude to me, I'm just countering his sarcasm.

About antiviruses I don't have much experience which is best and which works for you. I can only say from experience that no antivirus can give you a 100% protection, not even close. For spywares I use cracked programs like spysweeper which I got from torrents, I don't regularly update nor run antiviruses since I don't get any viruses coz I know how to avoid them. I don't recommend buying commercial antivirus and anti spywares because they aren't full proof and you can easily get a new virus if misfortune befalls you not to mention you'll have to pay them a subscription fee just to keep your software updated. I do suggest using backup programs or better yet burn your important files into cds/dvds or have a separate hard drive for storing important files. The best way to remove a virus is to reformat your computer which is likely what you are going to do when you get a new worm that can't be removed. Of course you'll have to know how to reformat a pc and install drivers for your devices.

Nothing is important on my computer. They're mostly just series and movies that I've downloaded. And that whole 'worm' 'install drivers' and stuff makes absolutely no sense whatsoever to me. All I can do is, if something goes wrong with my pc and I can't fix it, I'll just buy a new one. I'm one of those people who gets really angry when something doesn't work when it's suppose to work. Earlier this week I was going to pack up my computer and throw it out on the lawn and put up a 'free' sign on it. Good thing I didn't do that. I guess I'll download that avast program that Lunar suggested and see if the problem goes away.

Thanks guys!

[NetDriftr]

if something goes wrong with my pc and I can't fix it, I'll just buy a new one.

when that happens, can you ship your 'broken' computer to me? i'll fix it up and sell it on eBay

[GuGu]

when that happens, can you ship your 'broken' computer to me? i'll fix it up and sell it on eBay

Of course, I know I can trust you with all my 'deleted' information on my computer.

[NetDriftr]

Of course, I know I can trust you with all my 'deleted' information on my computer.

nothing is really deleted unless you're a paranoid sonofa***** and use those 3rd party delete tools to delete your files

[GuGu]

When I get to the avast site do I just download the Virus Cleaner and then run it? Help me, I keep getting this window pop up that says my computer is infected with a high risk virus!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[NetDriftr]

When I get to the avast site do I just download the Virus Cleaner and then run it? Help me, I keep getting this window pop up that says my computer is infected with a high risk virus!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

stop visiting pr0n sites GuGu!

those popups are lame, they just want to trick you into clicking the popup link!

[GuGu]

stop visiting pr0n sites GuGu!

those popups are lame, they just want to trick you into clicking the popup link!

LOSER! I don't! I went to this site to watch movies for free and it told me I had to download something and I did it. And then all of a sudden like 10 pop ups came up saying I have a high level risk virus thingy and i needed to download these virus cleaner stuff! I think it's serious because there was a little yellow triangle with an exclamation mark that popped up on my taskbar in the lower right corner that also told me my computer was infected with a high level virus or something! Can you just tell me one protector that will stop all of these stuff and will automatically protect my computer without me having to do anything?