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ENVOY



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On Sunday my lap top totally shut down and was unrecoverable a virus or something wiped my hard disc clean, luckily i have a new win xp start up disk, but no other programmes, after a couple of hours reprogramming i managed to (with the help of Landlord, i have to mention it or he will get upset) get back on line. i now have AVG antivirus, AVG spyware,Microsoft antivirus installed.
So far no problems Smile

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Post #72440 Wed Dec 27 2006 6:21pm
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Tim in Scotland



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Guys have any of you also regularly updated your XP or ME from the microsoft website. There are loads of free upgrades and patches available that close quite a few of the ;oopholes in MS systems. You will also get an upgrade of Windows Media Player to WMP11.

I have been running AVG for years now and have just invested in their Internet Suite which includes a firewall and antispyware. Have also been running Spybot and PC Tools Registry Mechanic and SpyDoctor programmes. I have also been running WinPatrol for a while. The only problem I now have is that if I powerdown the my computers they take an age to work their way through the start up next time I switch on again so now I tend to use XP's Hibernate and only shut down once or twice a week to let the programmes do their stuff on start-up. Anybody any ideas how to speed up the startup without disabling all these useful programmes.

BTW Spybot is very good at removing some programmes installed by websites. One of the guys on the ship lent his laptop to a friend who promptly went on line to a porno site that swapped the dial up settings to make the modem dial-up a premium rate ISP at £1 minute. Whatever the guy did to remove the icon and settings they re-installed themselves on start-up. I copied Spybot onto a floppy disk (it isn't a big program) and installed it on his laptop and ran it. He was delighted when Spybot removed all traces of the premium dial up from his computer. Spybot is also FREE!

Has anybody any experiences (good or bad) of running the new Microsoft antivirus and spyware programme - Defender? 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
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Post #72441 Wed Dec 27 2006 6:52pm
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Got a Trojon anyone know how i can get rid of it please?? RRS TDV6 Gone but still around
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JayMann wrote:
Got a Trojon anyone know how i can get rid of it please??



grab it by the goolies jay Shocked it wont come back in a hurry Whistle 

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ENVOY



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Laughing Laughing down load some of that free anti virus stuff off the net, thats what i did, it didnt work for me so i bought another laptop Whistle some of my Previous cars
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P38 Range Rover Autobiography
RRS 2.7 HSE Silver
RRS TDV8 HSE silver
FFRR Vogue black
Disco3 HSE silver
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AC Cobra
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Post #113968 Wed Jun 06 2007 7:13pm
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Brian Mason



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JayMann wrote:
Got a Trojon anyone know how i can get rid of it please??


Jay, go to download.com and give Ad-Aware SE Personal 1.06 a go. Free of charge, works for me. Whilst you're there, you could also try Spybot which is effective and also free of charge. Nothing to lose, may fix your problem.

I'm sure Kaine and Shmoogle will have further ideas to follow.

Good luck mate! Thumbs Up MY12 SDV6 HSE Sumatra/Ebony/Piano/Sidesteps/Privacy/Overfinch Olympus/JLR DRLs

Post #113971 Wed Jun 06 2007 7:29pm
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Kaine



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Jay - do you use AVG? make sure you have the latest downloads and do a full scan. AVG will find and remove Trojans

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ENVOY



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United Kingdom 2013 Range Rover Sport SDV6 Autobiography Arctic Frost

Jay I use AVG free edition and it did cure some of my problems, ive even installed the professional edition now which you can get on line, providing you can use the computer, failing that maybe you will have to wipe the hard drive and start again

 some of my Previous cars
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P38 Range Rover Autobiography
RRS 2.7 HSE Silver
RRS TDV8 HSE silver
FFRR Vogue black
Disco3 HSE silver
RRS 2.7 HSE silver
RRS 3.0 HSE BALTI BLUE
______________________________
current vehicles
RRS 3.0 L494 Autobiography
Audi R8 V10 Spyder
AC Cobra
Landrover Defender 90
Landrover Defender 110
Suzuki Jimney

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Brian Mason



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I use AVG too, often finds nasty little fuc Censored ers that the others miss. However, the more, the merrier.., whack them ALL on your computer and get cleaning!!!! Thumbs Up MY12 SDV6 HSE Sumatra/Ebony/Piano/Sidesteps/Privacy/Overfinch Olympus/JLR DRLs

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Tim in Scotland



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MAW wrote:
Agree - I had same - spybot sorted it eventually....Also I had a rougue IE program installed which needed removing through add remove programs - it mutated a couple of times but keep chasing it.


Maw you are a saviour! I have just spent most of the evening trying to fix my father's laptop which, while it will connect to the internet will not open any websites in IE. I tried all the usual Internet options and found that the cookies were set to reject and the privacy/ content to the highest filtering settings but even after resetting I couldn't get IE to download anything. I ran Spybot and it found nothing at all. The only thing I can think of is that he took the laptop to PC World for a health check recently and they have managed to reset something or get a worm/virus or whatever on it. I cheered to read somebody else has a similar problem. I think at the moment I'm going to have to uninstall IE and re-install it by downloading on another computer and copying it to my 8mb USB stick and re-installing that way............................ 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
2018 Melting Silver Mini Countryman PHEV - soon to be replaced
2015MY Corris Grey SDv6 HSE Dynamic, the best car I have ever owned, totally reliable only a cou0le of rattles in 3 years, now no longer in my care
Also in my garage is a 1996 TDi300 Defender 90 County HT made into a fake CSW

Post #113988 Wed Jun 06 2007 9:24pm
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MDP



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It's been great reading old threads - as for virus's I use adaware anf spybot Thumbs Up 
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Post #114005 Wed Jun 06 2007 10:12pm
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Tim in Scotland



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I know this has been discussed before but using Mozilla Firefox as a browser seems to attract far fewer trojans/worms/viruses or nasty wee bugs and problems than when I have run IE. The only time I use IE these days is when I open links from emails in my Hotmail account which automatically open IE. 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
2018 Melting Silver Mini Countryman PHEV - soon to be replaced
2015MY Corris Grey SDv6 HSE Dynamic, the best car I have ever owned, totally reliable only a cou0le of rattles in 3 years, now no longer in my care
Also in my garage is a 1996 TDi300 Defender 90 County HT made into a fake CSW

Post #114011 Wed Jun 06 2007 10:31pm
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Brian Mason



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MDP wrote:
It's been great reading old threads - as for virus's I use adaware anf spybot Thumbs Up


We're kindred spirits then MDP.., there goes your reputation mate!!! Whistle MY12 SDV6 HSE Sumatra/Ebony/Piano/Sidesteps/Privacy/Overfinch Olympus/JLR DRLs

Post #114017 Wed Jun 06 2007 10:57pm
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JayMann



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As you lot can't tell i haven't been about today so the shop pc is Censored Big Cry Big Cry Big Cry RRS TDV6 Gone but still around
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WINNER - 2008's Funniest Incident


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Post #114154 Thu Jun 07 2007 8:47pm
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Kaine



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Jay - I take it you have done the obvious system restore ?

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