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Twister Moderator
Joined: 21 Jul 2005 Posts: 2340 Location: Stockport
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Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 16:36 Post subject: "It's not working" |
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Just been given a laptop that "wasn't working" .
Not surprising really, it had 2 Trojans on it, 5 viruses, and about 50Gb of temp. files, not to mention all the broken links
Several hours cleaning it up, an overnight defrag and I've got myself a pretty decent machine . I've now got 1 PC and 2 laptops, all running different versions of Windows though
No wonder my head hurts _________________
"Tongue-tied and Twisted; just an Earth-bound misfit, I..." - PF
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mbw13 ****
Joined: 28 Jun 2005 Posts: 341 Location: New Zealand
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Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2012 8:30 Post subject: Re: "It's not working" |
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Twister wrote: |
Just been given a laptop that "wasn't working" .
Not surprising really, it had 2 Trojans on it, 5 viruses, and about 50Gb of temp. files, not to mention all the broken links
Several hours cleaning it up, an overnight defrag and I've got myself a pretty decent machine . I've now got 1 PC and 2 laptops, all running different versions of Windows though
No wonder my head hurts |
It's amazing what people throw away.
Was given a PC about 6 months ago which was apparently "too old to fix". Turns out it was running three anti-virus programs which once removed, ran like a charm. Offered the computer back to the lady but she'd already bought a new machine _________________ 1996 Mazda B2500 |
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Twister Moderator
Joined: 21 Jul 2005 Posts: 2340 Location: Stockport
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Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2012 11:34 Post subject: |
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This one had Norton on it, which just goes to prove what a total waste of space Norton really is . Give me AVG anyday. _________________
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DYLAN Moderator
Joined: 25 Sep 2006 Posts: 5115 Location: Chesterfield, Derbyshire
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Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2012 11:39 Post subject: |
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Norton is like a virus in itself! I hate the bloody thing, And try getting rid of all of it without the norton removal tool _________________
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Twister Moderator
Joined: 21 Jul 2005 Posts: 2340 Location: Stockport
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Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2012 12:07 Post subject: |
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Found a brilliant program remover online called Revo uninstaller. Get's rid of every single trace of a program .
The other one that's full of viruses is Google Chrome. God only knows how a company as big as Google can get away with putting such a *beep* product on the market _________________
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DYLAN Moderator
Joined: 25 Sep 2006 Posts: 5115 Location: Chesterfield, Derbyshire
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Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2012 12:24 Post subject: |
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I have never tried it and plan on doing _________________
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Joined: 08 Aug 2011 Posts: 331 Location: Walsall, West Mids
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Posted: Fri May 25, 2012 12:57 Post subject: |
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I got tired of Firefox crashing all the time, so am using Google Chrome now. I've not had any virus problems yet, fingers-crossed |
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