need comp help... seriously

[Mikey]

aight boyz...
heres the deal, for the past week are two my comp has been running horribly.. my ping jumps from 60 to 300 none stop on the server... it restarts slow as hell... its just SLOW... so im thinkin its time to format it but ive never done this before, so im gonna need some help... ALOT OF HELP

so i need some people who know what there talkin about to help me out if yall dont mind

WTF do i do?

[Mikey]

btw.. its an amd 1700, 128mb ram, 64mb geforce2 mmx(or somethin like that)

[LA_MERC_LaTech]

Get a program called Ad-aware and run it on your pc. you can get that at: lavasoftusa.com
What it does is removes spy-ware crap from your pc.

I would also check what's going on in your msconfig file with stuff starting up. I know that I've had some stuff run at boot that slows down my PC bigtime.

[LA_MERC_i||ega|-op]

What operating system are you running on it?

[Maximus]

Get more RAM first...Geez, you're probably runnin like a slow arse mudpig as is anyways...But yeah, what OS are you runnin?

[Maximus]

Also, Tech, about the Ad-aware...How hard is it to remove once I get it all clear of spyware?

[LA_MERC_Dirge]

ad-aware is non-intrusive. You run it when you need to, otherwise it isn't running. It's a very nice prog.

[SnAkEbItE]

Yeah I would sugges that as well also I would run a full system scan with updated virus deff files. You could have a virus that is doing this as well. also could be your hard drive is full check and see how much space you have. you might defrag as well.

[LA_MERC_Andyconda]

OMG that ad-aware software rocks. I just completed a deep scan and it found 103 programs etc clogging up my system and popping up banners and using up memory. Thanks for the tip guys. Computer is running like a spotted ape (Remeber Mike Scwab that's a seen Ape, not one with spots, LMAO).

[SnAkEbItE]

Yeah I found that program awhile back it rock's I do a scan every now and then and make sure no one is watching me.. I don't like it... when someone watches me..

[Maximus]

OH GREAT! Here comes Andy's friggin spotted ape again! AHHH! Run for the hills! It has ebola!!!

[Mikey]

im runnin XP... and ill go download that program right now and get back to u

[Mikey]

is there a good virus scanner i can download somewhere?

[LA_MERC_LaTech]

Warez or the real Deal?

Also, I found Ad-Aware a while back and I tell everyone to run it that has problems with the interent. Especially if they use Morpheus or Kazaa.

[SnAkEbItE]

Here is a link to a company that offer's free virus software. You can also goto McAfee or Norton's sites and they offer online scan for free if you have high speed connecion you might try that as well.

http://www.grisoft.com/html/us_downl.htm?session=d7425b11c53b88770343154595d7a 337

[LA_MERC_Dirge]

kazaa ***cough*** Norton corporate ***cough***

[Maximus]

***COUGH*** IagreewithDirge ***COUGH COUGH***

[LA_MERC_Maverick]

***COUGH*** LMAO ***COUGH***

[tesarro]

Here is a link to a trial version of Fprot http://www.f-prot.com/download/getfpwintrial.html I have used it for a long time as a very good virus scanner and it has much sooner released updates than macafee and norton. Also klez doesnt stop this one from working.

[Mikey]

oops.. i have norton on my comp.. lol

scanned all 150000 files and found nothing
i ran ad-aware and found like 120 thingies
i defraged and they report when i finished still didnt sound to good but hell if i know

[Mikey]

thats my report from the defrag... translate that for me plez

[Mikey]

btw... about my HD... i have a 55gb hd and i have like 17gb free... thats good enough huh?

[LA_MERC_Dirge]

get Norton windoctor and run it, it will clean up a lot of windows problems. And yes, that is enough free space.

[LA_MERC_Diesel]

Yeah the ad-ware program is cool and also that Pop-up Pro id cool at stoping that crap from agrevating you. I Installed it and my computer runs like a striped chimpanzee, w00t! :p
:stick

[LA_MERC_Dirge]

wow the ever elusive striped chimpanze! Is that faster than the spotted ape?

[Cypher]

Originally posted by LA_MERC_Andyconda
....running like a spotted ape (Remeber Mike Scwab that's a seen Ape, not one with spots, LMAO).

WTF???

[Cypher]

aha Mikey, here's your problem...

\New Folder\Movies\The Little Mermaid.avi
\cheryl backup\movies\The Little Mermaid.avi
\cheryl backup\A Walk to Remember(fulll....WOrks).avi
\cheryl backup\kazo backup\Disney Cinderella (1950).mpg
\cheryl backup\kazo backup\DISNEY_THE_LION_KING_DVDRIP.AVI
\cheryl backup\kazo backup\Disney's Beauty And The Beast - The Enchanted Xmas (DVD).avi
\cheryl backup\kazo backup\Disneys Fantasia 2000 - (DivX, DVD rip).AVI
\cheryl backup\kazo backup\Harry Potter (2of2).mpg
\cheryl backup\kazo backup\Harry-Potter-ts-sz-Part-1.mpg
\cheryl backup\kazo backup\Monsters Inc[DVD-Rip][Full].avi
\cheryl backup\kazo backup\The Lion King 2 (Dvd Divx).avi
\cheryl backup\kazo backup\The Little Mermaid.avi
\cheryl backup\kazo backup\Walt Disney - Mulan - divx [uffowich].avi
\cheryl backup\kazo backup\Walt Disney's Hercules DivX.avi
\cheryl backup\kazo backup\[tmd]snow.dogs.ts.(1of2).avi
\cheryl backup\kazo backup\A Walk to Remember(fulll....WOrks).avi


Geez dude... pirated Disney movies??? WTF???

I hope all this is for "Cheryl", whoever that is... not you...

[Mikey]

LOL..cheryl is blakes mom... and she loaded my HD with all her junk... btw, wtf is wrong with disney movies?

[LA_MERC_i||ega|-op]

Well, for one, they are eating up your hard drive space which might be limiting your swap file space so REMOVE THEM.. burn them to cd and then delete them.

[LA_MERC_i||ega|-op]

Originally posted by LA_MERC_Dirge
kazaa ***cough*** Norton corporate ***cough***


***cough*** kazaalite ***cough***

[Cypher]

If y'all are griping about kazaa and morpheus, let me recommend Gnucleus to you. It uses the same network as Kazaa and Morpheus and all those other clones (so you can get to the exact same stuff), but there's no advertising and [as far as I know] no adware, etc. At least, I've never seen ANY evidence of adware. I'm about to run ad-aware on the pc that I run Gnucleus on... if I find anything that I know was put there by Gnucleus, I'll let you know. But really; I haven't had any problems with it. It gets me what I'm looking for, it's easier to use than Morpheus, and theres no ads or anything like that. www.gnucleus.com I think.

[Cypher]

oh and another thing about Gnucleus (I can't remember if any of the others are like this or not) -- there's no registration, no login, no username/password, or anything like that. You just run it -- totally anonymous.

[LA_MERC_Cowboy_From_Hell]

Question...I have 59 things detected by the adware prog. If I delete all them, will it cause some progs not to work or are they safe to delete?

Scott

[Lt.Dan]

yeah i have same question, i just put them all on the ingnore list, I did not delete them, does it make a difference.

[LA_MERC_LaTech]

WHen in doubt, back them up first, then delete. If things run fine...delete the backup. I've never had a problem with just deleting them though.

[LA_MERC_Cowboy_From_Hell]

kk....cool

Scott