My wife just called me and said there was a loud beep and then the pc just shut off. My guess the beep could have been the pc but could also be the Battery Backup. The power never went off this morning though. When she restarted it, the keyboard wasn't working. Two days ago an update popped up on the screen and looked like it either updated windows media player or itunes. I think it was the media player. The thing is, I disabled all of automatic updates on eveything. I didn't pay attention to what was on the screen when the update part came up, and I also tried to disable/ cancel anything. SOMETHING did go through though/update. It also asked me about some security setting on media player after it happened. After I click no or cancel the pc kinda locked up/slowed down for a minuteNow I'm just not sure what it is or what I can do to check it out. Any ideas?
As you know, I don't have a router. I just use the Windows one and my pc is up and running constantly.
2007-01-31 01:50:34 · 5 answers · asked by peterkolozvary 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
I hope you have a firewall. www.zonelabs.com has a free version of ZoneAlarm, and it's way better than Windows firewall.
Make sure you have virus protection. free.grisoft.com has a free version of their AVG virus protection, and it's very stable.
Make sure you have spyware protection. www.lavasoft.de has a free version of Adaware, and it can remove spyware. If you have XP, you can use Microsoft's Defender. I recommend "Spybot Search and Destroy", too. Use them all, they're free.
2007-01-31 01:58:57 · answer #1 · answered by Starry Wisdom 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
start, control panel, add remove programs, at the top is a little box that includes updates click it, it will now display any updates with the date it was installed...I also advise to download spybot and restart the computer in safemode...while in safemode run the spybot program, a few times, restart the computer in regular windows startup, now get rid of any programs in the start up menu,(not delete the program, just stop from starting automaticly) you probly have a lot of programs running in the background that start when you start your computer, this causes alot of the "my computer is slow" problems,,,,good luck
2007-01-31 10:02:56 · answer #2 · answered by megasparks0101 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use Proxomitron to mask your browser signature.
Nearly impossible if you have current Windows security downloads. But possible indeed.
2007-01-31 09:59:06 · answer #3 · answered by James M 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need to install a software firewall, on your hard drive immediately. A router has a built in firewall.
2007-01-31 09:57:55 · answer #4 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You just remove ur whole hard drive and make parteation and then u insert any anti viros software ur pc will be secure
2007-01-31 10:13:57 · answer #5 · answered by M Ajmal Khan 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋