Urgent help needed...

Jonbo298 · 03-09-2005, 03:48 PM

Try hitting ctrl+alt+delete to bring up Task Mananger and see if anything is running that shouldnt be.

Blackmane · 03-09-2005, 03:53 PM

I have a feeling your machine is being bogged down with some sort of spyware. That is why it is extremely slow to open. Check your task manager for weird file names that look obviously spyware-ish.

But, the easiest solution is to dl and use a different browser (Mozilla). My brother's computer is doing the same thing and his IE is slowing down so badly. So, I dled Firefox and that works so much better. He just leaves IE alone because it still isn't working.

Shadow_Link · 03-09-2005, 03:55 PM

Yeah, there seemed to be a LOAD of crap on it...

Where can I download a good spyware/popup ad remover?

Happydude · 03-09-2005, 03:56 PM

my dad's 4-year old laptop has XP on it...and it only has like 64MB ram...i think...WinXP doesn't actually need a good system to run it. i suggest you try it if you're going to re-install windows, might as well try installing XP first, and if it doesnt work out, you can un-install it and install 98.

Blackmane · 03-09-2005, 03:58 PM

Noadware i think is a good one.

Seriously, once you get the spyware off, DON"T USE IE! That lets in so much stuff. Get Firefox.

Shadow_Link · 03-09-2005, 04:00 PM

Cool, I'll definately try that!

It's time I got a new PC anyway... My current one:

AMD Athlon 600Mhz, 128 MB RAM, 27GB, 32 MB TNT2 Nvidia graphics card

Happydude · 03-09-2005, 04:12 PM

heh...you won't have any trouble running WinXP

also - 'SpyBot - Search & Destroy' is a good program for spyware/adware

Jonbo298 · 03-09-2005, 04:33 PM

As I said above

Ad-Aware SE and Spybot are 2 good programs

Teuthida · 03-09-2005, 04:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shadow_Link

Cool, I'll definately try that!

It's time I got a new PC anyway... My current one:

AMD Athlon 600Mhz, 128 MB RAM, 27GB, 32 MB TNT2 Nvidia graphics card

My old PC is Intel III 498Mhz, 128MB RAM, 8GB, Rage graphics card and it's still kicking...though kicking very slowly. I had to resurrect it countless times. But your comp can't run XP? Mine is worse that yours and it had XP Pro since it was released. It gave new life to my dusty piece o' crap.

MuGen · 03-09-2005, 04:44 PM

IE works fine for me, and the only reason it lets in Adware and Spyware is because you have programs that run the ads. It doesn't work with Firefox because it uses a different algorithm then IE.

I used to get popups all the time from programs like WeatherBug/PrecisionTime/Kazaa but once all that is removed, or you pay for them.... IE runs fine with no popups or nothing, at least for me I got NOTHING popping up on IE... and right now I still believe IE is the best browser to use until Mozilla releases a much better Firefox because it still has bugs.

Maybe when they release Firefox 2.0

Shadow_Link · 03-09-2005, 05:04 PM

Yay... I ran Spybot - Search and Destroy and it seems to have cleared some crap... IE now opens, and without much delay either! WOOOO!

Thanks guys! + rep for you all... Or do we handle out doubloons now?

GameMaster · 03-09-2005, 05:06 PM

Don't forget to run Ad-Aware SE.

I'd like doubloons if you don't mind.