Genealogy Chat

Denise: My apologies, I forgot the ( ) so the full address didn't show up. http(:)//majorgeeks(.)com/download(.)php?det=506 Scroll towards the bottom, to DOWNLOAD FROM and choose PLANET MIRROR. The download for Ada-ware should be begin. As for Lavasoft, Lavasoft is the manuacturer of Ada-Ware. Spyware you don't want as this is what Ada-ware removes from your computer. Judy

Can anyone help please, Just been to the Ad-aware site, there are sooooo many, which one do I choose, any of them ? I noticed 'free*' on one advert, I dont like little astrix. Do I need Ad-aware, spyware, or Lavasoft. Advice would be much appreciated, Denise M/C

Thank you for your help, have to go shopping soon, been trying to add this reply in between pop-ups. I thinkI do need it badly. Maybe this will answer the question of why my disc clean-up wont clean, done everthing else, but it just does not like cleaning.

Denise: You can get adaware at this link: http://majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=506 Scroll towards the bottom of the page to the subheading DOWNLOAD FROM and choose Planet Mirror. There will be several links for ada-ware listed. Click on anyone to start the download. Once in a while one of the links doesn't work from the list....just try the next one until one will allow you to download. Irene: Receive your e-mail and will respond back when I get home from work! Judy

Just been to Ad-aware, could you please tell me which one it is Geeves has given me a list of many, tried Ad-Aware,com but would not show the page even after re-fresh.

Irene: Hope you don't mind, I've e-mailed you direct. Judy :)

Judy Thanks for that will back up tonight, just in case. I have norton's anti virus and it is updated regularly and scans, its set up to do it. I also have Windows XP. Will get someone to look at the hard drive I think you said. Not sure about Ad (what ever) but will look into down loading and installing it. As for the defaging was it (all this new terminology is new to me) will try and do that as well. Thanks again. Robert thanks for that will look into that as well. Irene

Irene, if you have been stung by a dialler you may have the basis of a claim. In the UK this is controlled by ICSTIS. This is from their site. “The use of any dialler found to activate a premium rate service rate remotely, without the intervention and informed consent of the user, will be in breach of the code. The provision of services and the use of diallers which automatically re-configure a computer program to a default setting or setting a premium rate number as the default setting, will also be in breach of this code.” There is more on http://www.icstis(.)org.uk/icstis2002/pdf/Guideline_11.pdf Bob

Irene: If phone bill reflects calls not being made by members in your household, you could very well have a dialer program that has installed itself on your computer....worse than spyware, even though spyware is an invasion of your privacy, at least your not being charged for it! If you don't already have a program like Ada-Ware installed on your computer, download it, run it and remove whatever it finds. It should pick up the dialer. I would also make sure virus definitions are up to date and you scan your computer. As for the freezing up, there could be a number of things causing it. One could be spyware. Another could be the fact that cookies and temporary internet files need to be emptied, If your running Windows 98 you should be scanning and defragging regulary. XP users need only to defrag. All the above mentioned is part of what should be routine maintenence on your computer. Freezing could also be a sign that your hard drive is on its way out....make sure anything of importance on your computer is backed up OFF your computer, on a floppy disk or burn it to a CD disk. If you need directions on how to do any of the above, e-mail me and I'll send you step by step on how to do all. Judy

I have just had my phone bill in, on it was an 09 number premium rate 3 calls £36, no one remembers ringing it. Would this happen by these so call pop up things. Another thing my computer has been shuting down for no reason for the last month or so. Would be glad of some answers. Irene

Hi Georgina If the subject heading was PAYPAL it could have been the mimail virus. We had that problem, such a nusiance.

Thanks Mary

Privacey setting can be safely set at Medium. Judy

What should I put my privacy setting on? Mary

Bob Yes did that, I have to go back and load my Norton onto her computer. She had Norton anti virus 2003 but the updates had expired and the Norton Internet security hadn't been installed properly. I was there 5 hours and still haven't finished. I tried to use her puter last weekend and couldn't get on any website cause of all the pop ups everywhere. Drove me daft in 5 minutes, thats why I offered to sort her out. I have left her a long list of what she has to do each week. She doesn't seem to realise what risk she is putting her puter in, and her credit card when she shops online. I have her Firewall sorted just have to get the anti virus up to date. She is 22, and I could strangle her

I reckon my niece had the dirtiest computer in the world (LOL) I downloaded Ad-Aware on her computer and it found 385 spyware components. I told her she should be ashamed of herself!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She couldn't access a website without being bombarded by other sites flashing up. Margaret

Bob, What would I do without folks like you and Judy in the States. Please both of you keep explaining in simple terms, like you already do, this technical 'stuff' for simple people like me. I, like Maurice, keep getting all these vile porno e.mails. I really have no idea where they have got my e.mail address from. Is there any way I can stop them? Thanks to Judy I have downloaded and installed Ad-ware. Thanks. Jean.

Hi Bob For a non-technocrat like me that's really useful. Thanks. Anne

Hi Maurice, I was getting about 16 unsolicited e-mails per day but then suddenly I found I had 93 and as fast as I deleted them I found I had another hundred odd until I had to ring my internet provider. However, I noticed that they all had a particular e-mail address which was not my usual one and I sent everything with that address straight to the deleted file. All the spam stopped within 48 hours which was lovely but also showed that someone was monitoring me. Georgina

Thanks for all this really useful info. Of course, it meant I had to start a new file in word - GC PC Tips!! Kathy