[Closed] What's annoying you currently? II

Avast is quite useful and free and doesn't behave strangely on my system. Of the minor virus alerts I've encountered all have been corrected without a problem.

That's what I'm doing now as far as getting rid of it. Of course the spamming from my address book is, who knows

I also recommend AVG. Been using for over two years and no problems so far.

What's wrong with Norton Antivirus in general? It's the preferred A/V in my univ and all students get it for free.

Used the tool and removed all of Norton. I will now trust D and install what he recommends
Thomas

As I'm posting I'm finding that MT isn't working right

Pando is installed but my computer motor sounds like it is running at full revolution, yikes

I've wasted so much time on this antivirus nonsense. I'm guessing that there is something wrong with the Pando too. My machine shouldn't run so fast. It acts like it is 100 degrees outside and it is 60 in my apartment and 30 outside.

Use nothing/no anti-virus, it causes always more problems than it solves. Just watch out, like Martijn previously mentioned.

Did you update via internet, or the program Tom? Perhaps you did install a virus. I recommend to back up your documents, run some of the suggestions Demetris proposed some pages ago, otherwise you'll keep on having troubles.

If all else fails, run Combofix, or re-install Windows. Ask help if needed.

Hi Tom. If you're like me then you may find this whole computer issue both annoying and leaving you with a feeling of being completely out of your depth. I certainly felt this a few weeks ago when my PC was acting really slowly.

The first thing that came to mind when you mentioned your PC making a noise was that perhaps your computer was working really hard doing an initial index of your PC after having added new anti-virus software. Perhaps leaving the PC running for a while may complete the index and it will then calm down.

Perhaps if you download the utility Process Explorer I find this a really useful tool to help me see what's running on my PC at the time. It's a glorified Task Manager (you can set the options to replace Task Manager) and allows you to kill processes that are a drain on your system. I'd also recommend Defraggler which is a great defragging tool (aparently better than the utility that comes with Windows).

I'd recommend what Demetris says above. I've been using Revo Uninstaller the last few weeks and it's a great utility for removing programs. One thing I would say though about this program is that for the uninitiated the registry clear-out steps towards the end of a program unistall can be a bit daunting. I'd recommend ignoring these steps, and leaving the remaining registry entries in place rather than deciding which of them to delete (some may be shared with other programs). Once Revo Uninstaller is finished run CCleaner (using the Registry part) and this program will pick up a lot of the now redundant registry entries that remain from the previously-uninstalled program. I've had no problems removing all the highlighted registry entries and no problems running my PC after they have all been cleared out.

And if you do want a free anti-virus package I now use Avira Antivirus. It's not a drain on my system and the recently updated version has a much improved automatic updating system.

So, Tom,

- Install Revo Uninstaller*, Process Explorer, CCleaner & Defraggler
- Uninstall all your unwanted programs (and use CCleaner to do a tidy up)
- Use Revo Uninstaller to look at your start up process
- Use CCleaner to tidy out things like temporary files, etc
- Defrag your PC with Defraggler

As Demetris mentions, remember to remove programs using Revo Uninstaller (which uses the program's own uninstall process as part of it's removal process). Don't use the Add/Remove Program option in Control Panel then Revo because Revo Uninstaller cannot help clear out programs that have not been deleted by Revo Uninstaller. If you have a lot of programs that you've uninstalled using the Add/Remove Programs and you think that there's a lot of rubbish left behind then I think they recommend that you re-install the previously-removed program and then uninstall it with Revo Uninstaller. This will clear out all the remnants.

512 RAM and a 2ghz pentium 4 processor.
Thomas

Take heart...that's a better spec than my archaic machine!

Tom, what we propose is generally accepted and tested, as far as pc's maintenance goes. Care to elaborate on more details on your last problem? Clearly, the frustration you're facing has to do with the state of the pc (not the specs alone, which are acceptable - maybe the small size of ram is a problem, but it can't be causing all this alone) but generally the overall state of your software (and hardware). Is it a desktop or a laptop? What error did you get exactly on this last time you reported back?

As I mentioned above, Tom, my PC is a lower spec than your one and I was able to sort things out to an acceptable level until I get a new PC.

It's definitely worth chipping away at the problem.

Horrible Climate - this really annoys me. I am getting terrible body pain on every morning just because of bad chill weather. This is because of damn global warming.