After my net is connected within 5 minutes this starts. Small popo-ups tell me some mail(i did not even send) to some address(i do not even know) with some advertising spam has bee rejected by the mail server. soon it floods the desktop and the machine is bogged down. Can somebody say what has gone wrong and how to correct it?? Please...
2006-10-16 04:51:02 · 8 answers · asked by Probe24 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
Depending on how safe you surf, you may not need an active monitoring app,
such as TeaTimer, which is in Spybot S&D.
By installing the hosts file, IE-SPYADs, SiteAdvisor and WinPatrol,
you will have a pretty good line of defense which won't use up any resources.
this is the link you reqire for the apps http://temerc.com/hddncounttuts.html......
for anti virus use http://free.grisoft.com/doc/1
for spyware use ewido
http://www.ewido.net/en/download/
And of course a firewall is a must,
tho the XP SP 2 firewall is not sufficient in my opinion.
It only blocks incoming attacks, and should something get thru and that's always possible,
then it can call out to get more things installed or use your machine as a zombie
I'd recommend Zone Alarm, but one of the older versions from here:
http://www.oldversion.com/program.php?n=...
Either of the 4.5 versions seem to work best, less buggy than current on
2006-10-21 01:47:19 · answer #1 · answered by hfdsguy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you've got adware/malware on your computer. you need Adaware SE Personal from http://www.lavasoft.com
also get yahoo tool bar with norton anti spy and use both to scan your system. without knowing the name of the program it's trying to get you to buy, it's impossable to say. Some of these programs require a seperate proprietary program for successful removal. Try searching the web for the name of the program it's telling you it can't send.
Also try this ...
Click on your startbutton and click run
then type in services.msc
then in the list find Messenger
click it once then goto the top and click Action and select Properties
In Properties find Startup Type:
select Disable and click ok
restart your computer
Ive been using Norton Antivirus for 4 years now and it allways catches everything with no problems. I have no compaints with it.
Ive also heard Avast sucks but can't say for sure cause I haven't used it personally.
2006-10-16 04:58:02 · answer #2 · answered by webwriter 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No doubt your system is affected with Spywares. Do not unisitall Norton Antivirus. Let it be like that. You just download "Spyware Doctor" and try scanning. Hope you will realize the problem.
Good luck
2006-10-22 04:56:19 · answer #3 · answered by Haneef Puttur 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your best bet would be to unistall Nortan and get a more reliable Anti-Virus program like Avast. Not to mention, Avast is free, and works much better than Norton could dream of working.
2006-10-16 04:55:04 · answer #4 · answered by doomsday_propaganda 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Are you sure it is Nortons? Sounds like spyware to me that needs to be removed. Be sure nortons is set to check for spyware when you run a scan. And be sure to run full scans regularly...
2006-10-16 06:14:39 · answer #5 · answered by Elaine B 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
perhaps you can get a internet security software to scan for virus, adware and spyware .
i recommand you to try CA Internet Security Suite. It provides comprehensive protection against viruses, hackers, identity thieves, spyware, spam and other online threats that can jeopardize your privacy, your data, and your PC's performance.
you can get a more detailed introduction about CA Internet Security software.
http://network.sitesled.com/ca-internet-security-suite.html
Good Luck && Best Wishes!
2006-10-17 07:22:17 · answer #6 · answered by virus.geek 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
screw norton get rid of it now and get avg or aveast i like aveast better than avg but in the long run there the same
2006-10-23 17:48:34 · answer #7 · answered by Caboose 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get rid of norton,it sucks.
2006-10-22 12:23:06 · answer #8 · answered by George K 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋