Spyware ??

Reply #18

four4me — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 16:04:55 GMT

Thank you for this bit of info. i think when i downloaded aol9.0 optimised i had an option th load firefox. i searched for it on that pc and it isn't there.

My old pc has out lived it's usefulness as far as the internet is concerned. Its prossessor is just to slow. well maybe not so slow but with all the things aol has running in the background it has trouble keeping up with todays internet webpages many of which have active x controls and shockwave and things of that nature.

I haven't l... [ More ]

Reply #17

dx123 — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 14:06:32 GMT

Before you go any further, try the 'run' command and place 'regedit' in the box. When the 'Registry Editor' box pops up, go to Edit>Find. Place the name of that bug in the 'Find What' box and hit enter.

Do this several times, with the same name, until all is gone. Delete the registry entry that is highlighted. Its tricky, but you'll get the hang of it. You may get the name of the bug, and several KEY registry numbers and lines...delete them all, they are associated with that bug.

Rebo... [ More ]

Reply #16

BobP — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 06:38:18 GMT

Before you toss a perfectly good computer take the time to try some free fixes. Go to http://www.lotto-logix.com/games.html and scroll down to the link for AVG free anti-virus software which will go a long way toward healing your machine. You don't need to subscribe to better if your surfing the net for lottery information and other safe topics. Then scroll further down to the google box and do a search for Ad-Aware SE Personal which will take out any remaining spy and scum ware. BobP

Reply #15

four4me — Sun, 30 Jul 2006 20:06:03 GMT

I'd like to thank everyone whom replied to my posts. Basically i'd like to say to all those still using the phone line to connect to the internet . try and find some other way to connect to the internet. if your pc is 8 yrs old or older consider the posters suggestion to start saving up for the next generation PC.

right now or within a few weeks or more all the older models on the market will be lowering their prices. because the next generation processor will be the hot item to have. And th... [ More ]

Reply #14

KY Floyd — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 18:01:49 GMT

It sounds like you're pretty well set with the newer machine. As far as the old one, it's definitely time to get a new one. Using a machine built in 97 or 98 is like driving a car built in the 20's or 30's. Even if it's running as well as it can it's no match for today's demands. 8 minutes to boot is an eternity, but that's probably par for the course with a machine that old loading the stuff most people would have on it today. FWIW, one of the problems with most old machines is that Windows get... [ More ]

Reply #13

four4me — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 09:14:57 GMT

KYFloyd thank's for your response as this has been explained to me by several people it helps me understand things better. like i said i don't know a lot about the inner workings of a pc. So to help clear this up this pc i bought for the kids is working great. Is a low end compaq presario sr1500nx. cable connected Aol recommends 512 mb. Good thing is i can load up to i gig on it. I have them on kid controls so they cant download anything without permission.

My pc is a CTX built in 97/98 and... [ More ]

Reply #12

Lkydeb*594 — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 07:34:25 GMT

Hi four4me! B/c of all the things we r suppose to do to keep our pc in good shape, like guesser, I use firefox I also use system mechanic 6 to clean, fix defrag for me. I put it in automatic set time to do this when I'm not on-line. now I never have any problems.

Reply #11

KY Floyd — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 06:03:25 GMT

There are a few types of cache memory, so I'm not sure just what you mean. The processor has cache memory that uses very fast and very expensive memory. Unless you spend big bucks it's unlikely that the processor in a machine you might buy tomorrow will have more than 1 MB for the L2 cache, and the L1 may only have 16 to 64KB. Most people don't do much where a bigger cache (or even a faster processor) will improve their performance. Newer games and engineering require a lot of computing power, b... [ More ]

Reply #10

guesser — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 05:04:12 GMT

Use Firefox and 'most' of your problems will go away.

Reply #9

four4me — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 01:03:32 GMT

KY Floyd i have all but given up on that pc it's now just a stand alone unit with all my lottery stuff. On day when i get a new pc we will extract the lottery excel files. And load them on the new unit. This way i can get back to the work at hand i can't post anything from excel until i do that.

It seems to me that cache memory is most important. Apparently while online and surfing the net typing stuff etc uses a lot of it. It kills me that they don't put enough onboard cache memory since t... [ More ]

Reply #8

four4me — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 00:50:08 GMT

Wow i never said i got anything bad from lottery post. my other pc i said in a blog reply that i have trouble getting on lottery post with my old PC and navigating the site, posting messages etc. with it because it is old and must have some kind of conflict with (windows 98 plus). the explorer i use and whatever else might be hindering my experience on line. Every time you made major changes that old pc went nuts and drove me nuts trying to get everything acclimated to the new changes.

I dow... [ More ]

Reply #7

KY Floyd — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 20:44:53 GMT

Everything can be deleted, but some programs are written so that deleted files are replaced when you reboot. All programs can be uninstalled, but some are harder to get rid of than others. Plenty of programs that are normally easy to uninstall become difficult to uninstall if you've deleted a file that's needed by the uninstall program. If you think you've uninstalled comet cursor but it keeps coming back there are two likely possibilities. One is that you deleted a necessary file before you tr... [ More ]

Reply #6

Todd — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 19:52:30 GMT

There is no way for you to infect someone else's PC over the Internet, unless you sent them a vrius-infected e-mail. There is absolutely nothing you could do on Lottery Post, including private messaging, that would infect someone else's PC with anything on yours.

Reply #5

four4me — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 19:26:32 GMT

i think that might be the culprit with my other pc. Comet cursor had some nice cursors on their site years ago i tried to uninstall it but it's still on the pc somewhere. i even re loaded windows 98 and comet cursor was still there somewhere lurking. Every once in a while i would get a message about upgrading comet cursor. When i search for comet cursor and it bring s up the file page with comet cursor on it ,and i delete it clean my trash can and reboot. then type in comet cursor and the files... [ More ]

Reply #4

RJOh — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 17:12:02 GMT

The better free software usually has a notice that you have the option of reading before you down the program. It's usually long and boring but somewhere in it, you are told it collects information and how it is used. You have to decide if it worth the price.

Reply #3

Blackie — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 16:05:34 GMT

Yeah Lee , I try and run a scan after I download something from the net. Didnt know about this one though untill a little while ago. I downloaded that smiley thing 2 days ago. I zapped the cometcurser thing out now.

Reply #2

Todd — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 16:03:17 GMT

It doesn't surprise me at all. Although people like the free smileys, there is no company that would give away that many free graphics without expecting something in return. The price you pay for those simleys is spyware installed on your PC. That is the case with all those free sites.

There is no free lunch.

Reply #1

undress — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 16:01:01 GMT

Funny you said that Rob I am having the same problem....I ran spysweeper.....worked awesome....

Spyware ??

Blackie — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 15:50:35 GMT

Hi, I just did a scan on my computer and found it to have a spyware program on it. It was called

Spyware Comet Curser. or Spyware Cometcurser. It appears that I downloaded those little smiley's from smiley central and when I did I was asked to install activex installer. If this happens to you please be careful. Activex is the culprit.