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Name: heavy__1
Date: June 20, 2004 at 04:22:40 Pacific
Subject: popups and weird things
OS: win xp
CPU/Ram: amd
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can spyware cause ur pc sound to skip lateley ive been getting a lot of popups and things and pcs been doin weird things. such as slowing down or crashing i used ad aware and spybot to get rid of everything i also got virus scanner and firewall running.

since ive started writing this message ive had 2 pop ups already what can i do my pc used to work fine b4 but now it feels like trash.

Thomas


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Name: Rocketmech
Date: June 20, 2004 at 12:57:16 Pacific
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Its good your using those spyware/adware removal programs. But you need alittle bit more layered protection. Prevention is needed.
For IE , install the Google Toolbar or MS Toolbar. Better yet, install Mozilla Firebird , everybody is doing it.
Get Spywareblaster and Spywareguard from www.javacoolsoftware.com . Update them and enable all protection. Be sure Spybot S&D is set to Immunize and enable the SD Browser Helper.
Keep them all updated regularly. That should help alot.



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