Tek-Tips is the largest IT community on the Internet today!

Members share and learn making Tek-Tips Forums the best source of peer-reviewed technical information on the Internet!

Register Log in
  • Congratulations derfloh on being selected by the Tek-Tips community for having the most helpful posts in the forums last week. Way to Go!

Search results for query: *

  1. Techview

    explorer.exe

    Yes - I had this problem yesterday! Some malware.. But there have been soo many more issues since... I can't remember exactly which thing caused or solved it... It was REALLY annoying! Is the problem maybe explore.exe (vs explorer.exe)? I'm so sorry I can't remember exactly - but I can tell...
  2. Techview

    spyware mostly gone but Internet is too - TCP/IP probelm

    SYAR - Yes- I love it!!! The WinsockFix is on my little usb drive along with Kazaabegone, Spybot, HijackThis and all of my other favorites! And here I was trying to fix the winsock manually when there's this perfect little program out there...! I'm finishing up this computer and I'll start on...
  3. Techview

    spyware mostly gone but Internet is too - TCP/IP probelm

    I'm cleaning up this XP machine - lots of adware, malware, etc. Ran Spybot, AdAware, CWShredder, got rid of a lot of junk. So now I'm trying to restore the internet. My problem is: I can't uninstall TCP/IP - and I can't delete my network connections. I tried deleting Winsock2 anyway and...
  4. Techview

    trouble with spybot?

    It depends on what you're getting - if your machine is relatively clean, Spybot will generally just pick up cookies. So if that's all you're getting, weekly is fine. Also, be sure to use the immunize feature!
  5. Techview

    trouble with spybot?

    Spybot and AdAware catch different things - you should use both of them. If you're having trouble downloading updates from Spybot - before you download, select a different mirror - I think the default is in Germany - pick one in the USA.
  6. Techview

    Spy Bot/Ad-Aware

    In addition to running spyware/adware/malware detection and removal, I agree with Kjonnnn - if you're going to use Internet Explorer, use the Google Toolbar (be sure to click that you DON'T want to send them information!) to block pop-ups. It's free, easy and best of all, very effective! Good...
  7. Techview

    For the Love of Pete...Can't Get on The Network

    Check to see if it's a hardware problem using the device manager.

Part and Inventory Search

Back
Top