18 of my 56 running processes are viruses/worms.?
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First and foremost, these are MY opinions and have experienced several machines that had these on them,
as well as users using these products. Not to mention that I have ran each and every one of these myself
so as to not confuse those that think that I have not.
My findings in these products are useless and sometimes scare the normal user.
Also, these products are not for the normal user as normal user do not take the time to read the
manuals/docs for what they download and or buy, they just want to install and use.
Stop using the following software:
-- AVG --
-Maybe free, but be aware that this product is not the normal product that you would put on a machine.
Most if not all of your experts will tell you to leave this alone, avoid it like the plaque
-- Ad Aware SE --
-Ad Aware is a dangerous program if you do not know how to set it up, although it comes with the basic
'normal' user settings, those that go messing about will find after changing the settings, will remove
things from the Windows System and then be stuck in a bad situation.
-- Spybot Search and Destroy --
-Same as Ad Aware Se
-- Ewido --
-Made By AVG NOW
(see above AVG)
-- McAfee --
-System Hog. Although this product is and has been around for decades, it still isn't that great of a
product as it eats up resources like a hungry dog.
-- Housecalls --
-Not a bad product, but installs while online and no option(s) to UNinstall it.
-- Trendmicro --
-Not a bad product, but installs while online and no option(s) to UNinstall it.
-- Panda --
-Not a bad product, but installs while online and no option(s) to UNinstall it.
-- Norton --
-System Hog.
-Also this product has to use it's own UNinstaller to get rid of it, even if you take it out of Add Remove
and reboot your system, this pain in the **** software prompts the user to reinstall or it auto does it
-- eTrust --
-Now owned by CA
-- Kaspersky --
-Maybe free, but be aware that this product is not the normal product that you would put on a machine.
Most if not all of your experts will tell you to leave this alone, avoid it like the plaque
Decent programs to install and use
Removal Software
-- Norton Removal Tool --
Norton Removal Tool here (IF you have Norton):http://service1.symantec.com/support/tsg...
DirectX 9 Removal Tool
http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php...
Turning off Services
Turning off MS Messenger services http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using...
Double Click your Clock - Click the Internet Time TAB - Uncheck Automatically sync time. Click APPLY click OK
Anti - Virus'
AVAST HERE http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-...
Anti - Spyware
X-Cleaner http://www.xblock.com/download/xclean_mi... CLICK RUN
Same As Above But You see the site http://www.spywareguide.com/onlinescan.p...
Spyware Blaster http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/sbdownlo...
Super Anti Spyware http://downloads2.superantispyware.com/d...
Win Socket Fix
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/winsockxpfi...
DCOM Fix
http://www.grc.com/freeware/dcom.htm...
Misc Cleaners:
Ccleaner - http://www.ccleaner.com/
Easy Cleaner - http://personal.inet.fi/business/toniart...
Reg Seeker - http://www.hoverdesk.net/freeware.htm...
Removing Rouge Software
Rouge List - http://www.spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti...
Removing Virus Protect Pro http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/t...
pop up!
go to start>run>msconfig>start up and get rid of those programs. then in the same window, click the services tab and do the same thing. that should get rid of them.
What you need to do is get all the important things off of your computer. Put them on like an Ipod of thumb drive. Then re-install the operating system(XP or Vista) that you are using, then put your important things back on the hard drive.
Spybot S&D is better removing the spyware:
http://www.safer-networking.org...
Also helpful to avoid the spyware getting in, is Spywareblaster:
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareb...
If you're going to pay, buy Norton Antivirus or McAffee, they include antivirus, antispyware and firewall.
All the answers so far have been good. Another thing you can do is use Firefox instead of Internet Explorer.
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