my computer is all messed up, it is going MUCH slower than normal does. almost every time i go to a new page it says....
"shockwave flash - - the plug-in has performed an illegal operation. you are strongly advised to restart firefox."
alot of times it will close the page and say that it has encountered a problem or something.
if i watch a video it will freeze up the page and i have to close it. it also closes aim....
so ive asked for help and ive defragged my comp, ive tried to do some virus scan thing that didnt work, ive tried to update my flash even though i dont know what that means.... i called the dell support number only to find out my computer wasnt under warenty anymore and it would cost like $100 to fix it and it sounded like it might not even work....if you can actually help me please let me know!!!! im getting frustrated!!
2006-09-30 05:34:35 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
Sounds like you might have alot of spyware in it.
so you may have to take it to a shop and have it cleaned.
sorry.
2006-09-30 05:45:24 · answer #1 · answered by steve 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Before you do anything, clean your temporary files and your browser cache, especially if you are running Firefox; corrupted files are causing the freezes and crashes.
Download and install this free utility called CCleaner
http://www.ccleaner.com/
(there is a tutorial to show you how to use it)
- make sure you tick the boxes for Firefox:
In CCleaner's main window you will see a tab marked "applications"
you will find settings for Firefox here; also under Multimedia, tick the box for Macromedia Flash Player
Make sure all your browsers are closed
RUN THE CLEANER!
Now download Flash Player here:
For Internet explorer
http://www.filehippo.com/download_flashplayer_ie/
For Firefox
http://www.filehippo.com/download_flashplayer_firefox/
install them and run Firefox or Internet Explorer
You can also download Shockwave Player if you need it
http://www.filehippo.com/download_shockwave/
If you need a good antispyware download and do a scan with Adaware Personal and Spybot Search & Destroy (both are free) - you can safely use both. You may well have some spyware infecting your system and slowing down your pc
http://www.filehippo.com/download_spybot_search_destroy/
http://www.filehippo.com/download_ad-aware/
2006-09-30 05:52:03 · answer #2 · answered by zoomjet 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's very difficult to offer advice for these kinds of things, because there are so many things that could be slowing a computer down. It is impossible to know which one it could be just from your description, and the only way for me to even attempt to come up with an answer is if i had physical access to your computer, and even then it would take hours if not days, and I might still not find out. Sorry
2006-09-30 05:38:05 · answer #3 · answered by Onyx Blackman 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you want to uninstall flash... Click on your start menu, then open the control panel. Look for "Add or remove programs" and open that. Then go down the list to Macromedia Flash Player (it might be Adobe Flash Player if you installed it recently). Click on it, then click "Change or remove." You can reinstall it later. It won't do any harm.
2006-09-30 05:39:51 · answer #4 · answered by MailorderMaven 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have the suspicion you have two much shiit downloaded including two anti virus or two firewalls? am I right?
2006-09-30 05:39:27 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/1 get ewido and avg free versions and run them shuld help you out...
2006-09-30 05:37:49 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋