I'm gonna throw this laptop out the window!!!!!!!

Rumzini · #1 02-09-2008, 12:35 PM

So I keep getting pop ups...after installing and scanning and removing with Adaware, Spybot, sQusi, Super Ad Blocker, Yahoo Anti-Spy, Windows Defender, Norton, a-squared! I STILL GET POP UPS!!! Even when I was running a scan with one of them a freakin ad popped up!!!! This is after a long break with no computer and I gotta tell ya I certainlly can go longer if this is what I have to deal with.

Does anyone have any insight....I sureley would appreciate it. I continuouslly have to click them sut to continue what I'm doing. HELP

MakiSupaStar · #2 02-09-2008, 12:36 PM

Stop looking at porn and get a Mac.

fenderhutz · #3 02-09-2008, 12:37 PM

Did you run any of those scans in safe mode?

Mon Rominee · #4 02-09-2008, 12:49 PM

Just went through this with the computer I'm typing on right now...got a Trojan Vundo virus...malicious adware...often offers it's own "fixes" which are disguised viruses. I tried to fix the registry, which was corrupted, and all the other routs as described in Wikipedia...to no avail.

I had to reformat the drive and start over. Thankfully, after installing Norton I migrated important stuff off the drive (music, photos, some studioware) and then got to work. I gave it a clean sweep. Not an easy process. Google "reformatting HD with Windows XP" (if that is the OS you're using) and get the processes if that is the route to take. You can't format the drive like you used to with Win 98...

Good luck.

CrazyArcher · #5 02-09-2008, 01:12 PM

Norton is wasteful and just bad. Use AVG antivirus and a non-sucky browser. Oh, and don't watch pr0n.
Go to 'Add/Remove Programs' at control panel, and check for any suspicious crap instaled there. If you know you didn't install that - try to remove it. Also, check the startup file for evil progs ('Start' -> 'Run...' -> 'msconfig' -> 'Startup tab'). If you see checked boxes which don't do any good, delete that crap directly (there's a path written there too). If it doesn't get removed, Google for help. You'll probably have to modify your registry directly. Again, once you spot what kind of beast you're dealing with, Google is your friend.

Am I the only one for whom the comp just works? I've had only issue only once with some crap called 'antivermins', and got rid of it. Nothing since then, especially since I'm behind a router.

Mon Rominee · #6 02-09-2008, 01:16 PM

I hear ya, I just took the first utility I found at work and used it to migrate stuff off....

Rumzini · #7 02-09-2008, 01:17 PM

I didn't run them in safe mode...at least I don't think so.

I also have Vista onthis machin....not XP.....however I'm wondring is there a way of getting rid of Vista and gong back to XP?

AlsoI believe I have many many many programs running in the background...I opened the performance monitor and he CPU's ar about maxed out. At this mometnt I'm burnng a DVD home movie. I used to be able to do this and surf the net without any problems with my old desktop machine was half the computer I have in this laptop...What gives?

I have this Toshiba recovery disk in front of me that I think I'm gonna use after I'm done burning. Start from scratch.

Mon Rominee · #8 02-09-2008, 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Rumzini

however I'm wondring is there a way of getting rid of Vista and gong back to XP?

Yeah. Microsoft offers this option...obviously yer gonna pay for it, but it's worth it....imo.

Rumzini · #9 02-09-2008, 01:28 PM

Any idea how much. Could ocal computer dude do it ya think..or is this something I'll have to send out?

Mon Rominee · #10 02-09-2008, 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Rumzini

Any idea how much. Could ocal computer dude do it ya think..or is this something I'll have to send out?

Oh you could defintely do it through a local guy, it's not that complicated...just the MS thing was an online-option, just throwin it out there.

Shouldn't be too much software & tech, prolly a hundred bucks...I see licenced copies of XP w/ SP2 on the Bay for 60 bucks all the time.

iamlowsound · #11 02-09-2008, 03:24 PM

Wipe the computer, then put linex on it. Or buy a mac

lowsound

**Eric Perry** · #12 02-09-2008, 03:27 PM

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Originally Posted by iamlowsound

Wipe the computer, then put linex on it. Or buy a mac

lowsound

Or just spell Linux right...

**Eric Perry** · #13 02-09-2008, 03:28 PM

Run ALL of those scans again but in Safe Mode. First make sure all the definitions are up to date while in normal mode, then reboot into safe mode and run 'em. That may work....

iamlowsound · #14 02-09-2008, 03:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Eric618

Or just spell Linux right...

Yeah, me=fail.

lowsound

Rumzini · #15 02-09-2008, 03:58 PM

To the Mac suggesters...(who I knew would be chiming in), thanks, but no thanks. If you happen to have any real advice please continue to chime in. Otherwise...it's an old comment and a waste of time.

I was wrong in having Norton...I have McCaffe, (Norton just popped into my mind when I was frustrated)

To the others...I'll give the safe mode a try. I was able to get what I want off of the hard drive onto DVD. One last ditch effort before I boot up the recovery disc.

Oh yeah...I don't watch porn.

TrooperFarva · #16 02-09-2008, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by MakiSupaStar

Stop looking at porn and get a Mac.

That's the worst advice I've ever seen anyone give

Rumzini · #17 02-09-2008, 04:09 PM

Sorry to come of strong about the Mac and Porn advice. Just not in the mood and after searching many threads about the issue...it seems that's the obligatory piece of advice the Mac Men have about every computer problem that a novice computer user comes into contact with. excuse me for beeing a basic noob when it comes to figuring this type of thing out. At least I did search here and elsewhere...but I get a lil confused whe it comes to certain things. Such as registry crap. Otherwise if I had the expendable money i would have gotten a Mac. However with kids, wife, bills, etc.........

Rant off

Valerus · #18 02-09-2008, 04:13 PM

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Originally Posted by MakiSupaStar

Stop looking at porn and get a Mac.

pwnt, pwnt

**Eric Perry** · #19 02-09-2008, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by iamlowsound

Yeah, me=fail.

lowsound

David Lansen · #20 02-09-2008, 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Rumzini

Otherwise if I had the expendable money i would have gotten a Mac. However with kids, wife, bills, etc.........

Rant off

Then I have to second the Linux advice. I recommend Ubuntu (I use it myself), but you might like kubuntu - it's Ubuntu with a more graphical interface (called KDE) and friendlier to long-time Windows users.

It's a common misconception that PC = Windows, but Linux runs on PC, so you don't need to buy another computer. Linux itself is free.It's lightweight, so you might not have to upgrade your computer as much over the course of a few years (more savings).

You can read about these Linux distributions (Ubuntu, kubuntu, etc.) all over the internet. Even the Wikipedia pages can be pretty helpful to someone who has no previous experience with these systems. The next time your computer gives you any crap (and it probably will), you might just decide to switch.