Security - February 2007

My brother Jake (being the avid porn browser he is) donated his computer to me. I well aware that the computer contains some kind of black that stores everything like websites and such. I also know that even if you delete something it may not completely be deleted. So how do you go through your computer and completely delete and get rid of these specific things with out completely erasing the whole hard drive?

2007-02-05 02:58:31 · 4 answers · asked by Selym 3

I have norton 2006 which could not detect 14 spywares but when I down lowaded the free version of AVG Spyware it detected and removed! So what is the use of having a very heavy anitivirus and anti spyware as norton?

2007-02-05 02:17:08 · 23 answers · asked by Rajesh 1

2007-02-05 02:01:20 · 5 answers · asked by Alan Y 1

When I am in e mail and go to tools and open up options what does it mean at the security section "Block images and other external content in HTML in e mail". Am not very computer literate and dont know what HTML means and should I unclick the little box ?

2007-02-05 01:49:06 · 4 answers · asked by Isobel M 1

We just upgraded our computers and were about to donate the old computers to Salvation Army when our neighbor advised us to destroy the hard drives and hence the files in the hard drive before we do so. Seems to be such a waste of still very good computers. Any way out of this? Is there a software that will delete personal and other files in the hard drive?

2007-02-05 01:40:11 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

My computer was recently invected vwith the zlob virus and spyware with anti vermins so i bought spy sweeper and downloaded prevx and both say my computer is compleatly free of spyware. The problem is often when i try to start my computer it just freezes and fails to respond:the power button dosent even turn it off so i have to remove the battery (its a notebook) my isp anti virus software states i still have the zlob virus in four system restore files but even when i tell it to delete the virus it just keeps reappering every time i turn my computer on despite it having previousely having said virus deleted. Any help about how i should go about fixing this situation would be much appreciated.

2007-02-05 01:25:42 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

evert day i get an error 104 ?

2007-02-05 01:23:50 · 3 answers · asked by tazz111 1

2007-02-05 00:33:52 · 2 answers · asked by Kenda W 1

Its probably a msn worm. When i scan my computer it shows up as ' Trojan Downloader.Generic3.NPE'. I've tried to use window defender and avg virus scan but it still appears after i heal or delete it. When i tried to go online to the anti-virus website, the worm somehow stops me from going there. Can someone tell me how to get rid of the virus pls? I got the worm from my friend on 1st februray 2007

2007-02-05 00:24:50 · 9 answers · asked by MSlightning 2

with a warning saying high.what is this.thanks

2007-02-05 00:00:28 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

I initiated security to check children access to Sex,Nudity,Violence sites via Tools-Internet options-Content-Settings. I initiated a password for SEX,NUDITYand VIOLENCE; and click on apply and ok; to enable it. But each time I tried to open just any site even YAHOO MAIL! it will request for a password and it will NEVER allow me check my mails and other normal sites I wish to visit. Infact, the restriction is on all sites. Please, how can I solve this problem. My problem is to restrict kids from accessing SEX,NUDITY, VIOLENCE and other Illicit sites

2007-02-04 23:51:03 · 2 answers · asked by gibash 1

I haven't been able to log on for several days now! Someone told me periodically they shut down for reconstruction...

Is that true?

Or does anybody know anything else that may be happening?

I get paranoid - So I thought I was the only one getting blocked out -Anybody else feel like that?

2007-02-04 22:52:47 · 9 answers · asked by STARLITE 4

2007-02-04 22:45:56 · 4 answers · asked by carol w 1

2007-02-04 22:29:22 · 10 answers · asked by brian w 1

i am looking for .free download security sites .and checked for virus/trojans . trusted sites only.

2007-02-04 21:36:11 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

On 6.5 I would go to File-Security and so on, but security not found on 5.0 between tools and preferences...

2007-02-04 20:41:03 · 2 answers · asked by Sini H 1

Somehow when I visit a website I get a tracking cookie attached to the website. Is there a Way I can BLOCK those cookies already there by deleting them. And is there a way by program or something to stop them from ever coming back?

2007-02-04 20:23:57 · 9 answers · asked by cribmonster12 2

2007-02-04 19:12:36 · 4 answers · asked by Mahdi ghasemi vala 1

hello there.....i hava a problem right now....i try to found free antivirus for my pc......and i want to know what is keagen or creak...maybe you all can settle my problem

2007-02-04 18:28:15 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

f someone hacks into your email account? and get your ebay info what can you do about it. someones been reading my mail.

2007-02-04 18:22:45 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm just looking to get my computer running back up to normal and remember people if you could please keep it SIMPLE i'm not to computer literate.

2007-02-04 17:35:21 · 7 answers · asked by Jeff S 1

2007-02-04 17:25:58 · 3 answers · asked by got a query q 1

What can hacker do?? i mean can they hack in to my pc?? like follow every step i go in the internet line.. hack my email id ..get in to my pc stuff file?? r so so like that

2007-02-04 17:23:18 · 6 answers · asked by x.sassy_girl 1

windows xp or windows 2000

2007-02-04 17:08:44 · 7 answers · asked by chriswinter82 1

its causing my homepage do be hijacked by http://aprotectedpage.com

2007-02-04 16:27:53 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-02-04 16:09:22 · 8 answers · asked by rainfingers 4

What I mean is what software gives good protection, but doesn't suck up too much processor and memory power...

For example, I have heard that Norton is very bad for gaming computers. Is this true?

I have Windows XP Media Center.
I have a Gateway Desktop featuring an AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ if it matters.

2007-02-04 15:51:07 · 7 answers · asked by JDH1820 3

Please can somebody direct me to a site or guide me, so I can
generate a new email adress afiliated to mine and/or how can I decode a email that I already have. Thanks ?

2007-02-04 15:47:16 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

This is the message that i get "Norton Antivirus has detected & removed a virus from your computer."

It gives me the object name, virus name: Downloader, & action taken: The file was automatically deleted.

When I click OK on the dialog box another virus alert dialog box comes up with the same message, but with a different object name.

I have updated my virus definitions & restarted my computer in safe mode having disabled system restore. While in safemode I have ran a full system scan. The "downloader" virus showed up and I deleted it. And when i returned to normal mode, the message that I'm talking about pops up everytime.

Any suggestions on what to do?

2007-02-04 13:45:07 · 4 answers · asked by luckystar 1

My mom told me that she thinks a website I visited, tickle.com, has spyware. So I have some questions.
1. Is it going to give our computer spyware?
2. What's a good, free spyware removal program I can use to get rid of it?

2007-02-04 13:40:12 · 4 answers · asked by jasdlkdfhd 3