What advice can anyone give me about these computer issues??? Please read!!!!?

I have had to completely reinstall my operating system due to a virus...ugh. But I am pretty much updating every application and driver, however my hp pavilion dv4150us notebook (xp pro sp2)seems to have alot of tasks running in the task manager and folders/files that I don't know if I need? Maybe malware/spyware/virus? I have ran my norton antivirus numerous times, but nothing...Does anyone know of a good helpful free website (not microsoft) where I can find out what these files and drivers are for so I can delete the unnessary ones? Also if i have norton systemworks premier installed on my computer should I continue to have Windows Firewall on? Oh and What does microsoft.net framework do? Do I need this? And what does the group policy setting "NT Authority" for?

What advice can anyone give me about these computer issues??? Please read!!!!?internet security 2006

First, my condolences about your reinstall. There are some people around here to whom reinstalling seems to be something they do often and without a second thought. I had to last September, and I also went through the reinstallation of all my other software. It took months before everything was back in order.

The general good advice about deleting things that don't seem to be doing anything worthwhile is a loud DON'T TOUCH THEM!

There is no absolute list of what's necessary because computers are so complicated. What might be useless on your machine could be critical on your wife's. We could draw up a list of things that are essential to every Windows XP machine, but it would soon bleed over into the "well, maybe" area.

Are these programs/applications supposed to be on my computer?? They look questionable??

I have had to completely reinstall my operating system due to a virus...ugh. But I am pretty much updating every application and driver, however my hp pavilion dv4150us notebook seems to have alot of tasks running in the task manager and folders/files that I don't know if I need? Maybe malware/spyware/virus? I have ran my norton antivirus numerous times, but nothing...Does anyone know of a good helpful free website (not microsoft) where I can find out what these files and drivers are for so I can delete the unnessary ones? Also if i have norton systemworks premier installed on my computer should I continue to have Windows Firewall on?

Are these programs/applications supposed to be on my computer?? They look questionable??internet security software

My solution in the past, when I've had questions like this, is to Google each program individually. Sometimes I see an identification for software, sometimes not. But it's easier than trashing my system by deleting something i need.

Good luck.

Anti virus security provided by yahoo?

i already have avast antivirus software installed. will there be a conflict if i install the free inti virus provided by yahoo? (Norton Security)

Anti virus security provided by yahoo?internet security

Never install more than one antivirus program on your pc, there is a high likelihood the two will conflict. And instead of increasing your protection you are likely diminishing it. Just use Avast and forget Norton.

Anti virus security provided by yahoo?network security

dont run 2 .. and for damn sure dont put norton on your system ...is a piece of crap!!!!!!

Need some computer help?

can anyone tell me what is the top 5 best anti spyware and antivirus that can detect and remove trojan, dial, and ad aware

for free

Need some computer help?internet

Go to http://download.com and look there. You can find reviews from experts as well as from users and download everything you need there.

I personally use, Avast AV, Spy-bot Search %26 Destroy and Ad-Aware se Personal for the detection of the things you listed. I got them all from dl.com for FREE. Avast has a paid, version, too, as does A-A, but the free versions do just FINE!

Just remember that all the anti-malware progs you can get won't do you a bit of good if they're not UPDATED on a REGULAR basis. (I do mine at least once DAILY.) AND you MUST scan with them at least once a week. (Again, I do this every day before I shut off my computer. The less time stuff is in there the less opportunity it has for doing a LOT of dammage.)

Just for insurance I use this online scanner:

http://support.f-secure.com/ols/scanning...

Sometimes a real NASTY will disable your anti-malware progs.

Good luck!

Need some computer help?network

The best spyware available is

http://www.download.com/3000-2144-101221...

For free antivirus, try

http://www.download.com/AVG-Anti-Virus-F...

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Internet security?

I am buying a new laptop with windows vista, and 2 gigs of memory. With that in mind I need to know of a good antivirus. I have heard of Norton, and McAffe, but I also heard they slow down you computer. I dont want a free software, (I used a free software on my old computer and got a virus....).

So I suppose what I want is a good antivirus to protect myself on the internet, that wont slow down my computer, and will be with a $60 maximum cost.

Please provide names and links if possible. Thanks and the most informative answer will get the best answer.

Internet security?kawasaki

You are going to need 2 things and I will give you the best:

1. Kaspersky anti-virus:

http://www.kaspersky.com/

and secondly, a really good anti-spyware.

You could choose one of the following:

CounterSpy: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/

or Spysweeper: http://www.webroot.com/consumer/products...

Regards, Zyfert

http://spyware.cybersprout.com

Internet security?nortan antivirus

Norton and Mcafee are the only reliable ones I know of that aren't "freeware".

Yes they do slow down your computer (because things constantly run in the background to ensure that you're protected), but would you rather sacrifice a little speed or risk geting a virus?

P.S. Microsoft also has a new program (Windows Live Onecare). I'm not sure about it's performance, but it is about $30 (I think), and you can download a free 90 day trial at microsoft.com.
You may want to consider getting an internet security suite. This will house both antivirus/antispyware products with the addition of other safety programs.

By using a security suite, you cut down on the amount of conflict that can occur when you are using multiple software.

Hope this helps!

http://www.delete-computer-history.com/i...
I am currently using Trend Micro PC-cillin. It came with my Dell and others have highly recommended it. Best Buy sells it.

Faster Computer??

My computer has AMD athlon on it with about 1799MHZ or whatever it has like 60.0GB space and its not that fast????? I have Windows Care Personal, Super Charger program, AVG ANTI VIRUS, PC Tools Antivirus and more, but is there any program that WORKS AND IS FREE AND WILL BOOST UP YOUR COMPUTER? some links plz?

NO ZIPS IDK HOW TO DO THEM

Faster Computer??ktm

Using a registry cleaner can clean up your computer and then make your computer faster,Why?the reason is that there may be some regsitry errors and remnant,corrupt files and temp files in your computer to cause "computer slow".

Everytime you install and uninstall software on your computer and surfing online you create junk in the computer registry.over time, the registry can grow to enormous proportions, especially if the various programs you've installed do not do a good job of deleting and/or updating it's Registry entries.You need to scan and clean your computer with registry cleaner to make it fast.Good Regisry Cleaner will improve your computer and Internet performance dramatically!

There are some comparison and review of TOP 5 registry cleaners.

http://www.make-pc-fast.info/

You can download and scan your computer for free.

Faster Computer??nortan

Try using ccleaner to remove all the junk.

Help with removing rootkit?

so apparently i have two rootkit files on my computer

they have been detected by spy sweeper and trend micro antivirus (which were recommended to me by best buy) but for some reason they will not get rid of them.

after having surfed the forums on how to get rid of them i tried out bleeping computer and avg free anti-rootkit

with avg antirootkit it came up with 14000+ hidden files and i am unsure wether to delete them all. does anyone know of a free anti-virus, trojan, rootkit or whatever i have that can get rid of these things?

i also downloaded avg antivirus and that scan came up with nothing although it was not an in depth scan

thanks in advance

Help with removing rootkit?liveupdate

spysweeper and trend micro thow off false positives sometimes for root kits......when u ran avg anti rootkit did u disable ur anti-virus and spyware programs while scanning as well as browsers/messengers...it is important taht u do so

i would recommend sophos anti rootkit or rootkit revealer w/out anything else running then if anything is found go on their anti-rootkit forum and sek answers they will b better equipped to assist u there.........

Help with removing rootkit?nortin

ur computer is infected by spyware/adwares/malwares, these spyware and adwares r used by web masters to advertise thier website using trojans, when ur pc is infected, trojans will show pop ups in ur pc and alert messages, AVG is anti virus tool its not a spyware removal tools that why AVG is unable to remove spyware rootkit from ur pc, anyhow it can detect it and identify it only as spyware is a virus, dont b worried, spyware can be removed using spyware removal tools,u can download spyware killer and adware removals tools from the google link below

http://www.google.com/custom?q=download+...
I would suggest getting Ad-Aware from www.download.com (it is free).

http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-2007/30...

Also try running the "free scan" on McAfee's website.

http://us.mcafee.com/root/mfs/default.as...