Comments | meg_levins: A Cry for Computer Help

meg_levins

A Cry for Computer Help

Dec 10, 2007 15:38

As many of you know, I've just gotten the computer set up and internet turned on at my new apartment. I pushed, and the decision was made for us to get a cable connection to the worldwideweb so I could start writing more in the evenings ( Read more... )

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sloooooowness colibri29 December 10 2007, 21:25:11 UTC

I have 2 seconds, because my poor son has been waiting all day for me to take him out of the house. But it sounds like your computer is the first and primary problem. You need to clean it up big time. Then you can worry about the internet connection.

Sorry I can't be more specific, but I'll try to help later:)

xoxoxox

Re: sloooooowness colibri29 December 11 2007, 13:29:03 UTC

keith is right -- but I'm one of those lazy (and scared!) people that need computer-savvy people to do re-insallation stuff like that for me. Doesn't sound like you have someone there (have you started blabbing about your computer problems to everyone? You should, maybe you have a friend there in MI who would come over and take a look ( ... )

keithgrant December 11 2007, 06:38:37 UTC

Yeah, this is pretty much adware. Maybe some attendant spyware to boot, though that's not as common as people would have you believe.

My advice, back everything up that you can't bear to lose on whatever form of removable media you can find and reinstall your OS. If that's just too much trouble, well... I'm for bed now, but I'll give you a list of free antivirus/antispyware applications tomorrow. In the mean time, stop visiting Czech porn sites and opening all your e-mail attachments.