General Chat

Hi Puss :)

Two reasons I can think of off the top of my head :)

One, on the top tool bar does anthing appear there when you try to download anything, attempt the download again please and see if the top tool bar shows a click here:)

Are you running a strong firewall ?

Thanks, Colin !

I understand Maryanna lol

actualy you only need one AV program on your computer as long as its updated regulaly

having two running may cause conflicts and slow the computer down

also you can down load a free build of AVG from their web site thats as good as the paid one

hi colin i got onto the site but it wouldnt let me download it

I meant earlier that the virus was trying to sell antispyware not AVG !!

Hi Puss :)

Sorry to hear that, did the download happen so that it downloaded to the computer ?

Hi Steve yes we now have Norton and AVG. AVG seems to be a lot more "on the ball" than Norton, always giving updates. Don't know if thats a good thing ar not, Half scares you to death sometimes ! AVG were reccomended to us by PC World. have got it on a months free trial.

Hi Maryanna :):)

There seems to be a fair bit of this happening at the moment, not just here but other visited sites also.
A bad spate of advertizers popping up all over the web, often conning good sites into using adverts but then flooding people with trojans, spyware etc.

Some of these get into quite a few areas of the computer which make them difficult sometimes to detect straight away, hence the log we are considering.

The new versions of spyware, malware, etc are created by some pretty clever people, wasted people in my eyes they could probably be earning a mint elsewhere.

The best form of protection offered is keeping up to date. Making sure critical updates are done on a regular basis, making sure, people are aware of the differences between, malware, spyware, trojans viruses, worms etc pop up blockers.

Its not unusual for me to speak to people who say Ah but I have virus protection, Its not enough to have the one thing on a computer and preventing all of the newer things is a must also.

The recent thing with Flash Player attacks had even me asking what I was missing. I hadnt updated one of mine either :):)

ok it said security wont let it colin xx

No Maryanna

but if i read your post correctly your now running two anti virus programs ??

Steve :):) LOL

lol Daff

I dont think a Hijack this log would help you hun lol

~~~~~~~~waves back

Hi guys hope you don't mind me joining in. Have been reading various threads over the last few days with interest.
We had this problem a couple of weeks ago. Every few mins we would get a big advert pop up mostly for Dell computers and Beat the Quote and occasionally Bingo.
My husband kept cleaning out the files, but every time we switched the computer back on they would start up again.
They were being flagged up by Norton as a Trojan virus. I don't know very much about the ins and outs but it was attaching itself to tracking cookies. In the end the pop ups were almost permenantly on the screen and driving my husband loopy.
He ended up wiping Windows off completely and re-installing it. Which if I understood more is probably what you are saying to do !
We also installed AVG as well as the Norton, and fingers crossed, no more problems since Sunday, although I am constantly being informed that AVG has dealt with a threat. It seems to be that they are trying to sell anti spyware stuff, as before I kept being told I had a virus and to click on that button to clear it, luckily I was too wary to.
Anybody got any idea how this has got into the system, I see some noble gents have been trying to sort things out, could have done with you myself, if hubby hadn't banned me from the computer whilst he sorted things out. Good luck eveyone, hope I havn't confused anyone any further. !!!!

I have Vista too, which is why I've offered Puss my help..... I can see the same on the board as she should see.... and of course the info would help me understand mine as well.....

~~~~~~waves~~~~ to the home team as they go out to field

Love

Daff xxxx

phew lol

The site ive gone to is the one :):)

Why do I sometimes get an adrenaline flow when doing these lol

lol oh dear didnt think myself then lol

lol Daff tis fun aint it

Colin dont forget if puss is using vista she needs V2 of hjt lolol

i forgot this morning with a chap hehe

*sits happily on the touchline handing out cucumber sarnies* ;~))

Love

Daff xxx

ps Puss.... we might find Dickie wandering around here.... they have an *out for a Duck* thingie in cricket, lol!

Seriously... if you want me to do what we did before, just ring.

xxxxxx

im still here and its still bugging me thanks fred i tried it no luck

lol Daff, its pretty even at the moment but we havent played the best yet :))