Re: What is wrong with my Windows XP Pro?!

From: Rock (rock_at_comcast.nospam.net)
Date: 08/13/04 

Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 14:09:56 -0700

Devil May Care wrote:

> Hi!
> I would really appreciate someone helping me, seeing as Microsoft
> (ironically) sells us a product that does not work, has glitches and is as
> frustrating as hell to seem to configure things properly or work
> alltogether...and the kicker is that they want us to Pay once again for them
> to fix THEIR problem! Unbelieveable!
>
> On to my question:
> My XP is popping up(while on the Internet Explorer)
> -debugging messages,
> -line errors,
> -error messages(404, etc),
> -at the bottom of the screen it says "! done but with errors",
> -redirects me to other sites,
> -stops in middle of uploading a website,
> -says done at the bottom of the screen while there is nothing on my screen,
> -fonts are incorrect in my hotmail,
> -page unavailable,
> -shuts down or freezes sometimes
> -lost info
> - ETFC!
> I know My computer and computers in general, I am not a big time expert but
> I ain't no fool. That being said, my firewalls, my anti-viruses, my programs,
> etc are all properly configured. I use the Panda program to fix all my
> glitches.
> I clean my cookies, history, temp files on a daily basis and manually
> I regularly do manual searches to clean up excess, broken links, etc.
> I update on a regular basis all my programs
> My computer as a lot of memory, cache, size/etc...
>
> I am very frustrated and I Know it's a Microsoft problem....PLEASE HELP ME!!!
> K.

To start with check your system for malware. No one program, no matter
how good, catches it all. Panda is an AV program. There is a whole
world of nasties out there that AV programs don't catch. Also one AV
program will catch viruses that another misses. Wish we had a nickel
for each poster that though MS was the problem when the problem was what
they installed on their own system. You don't mention if you running a
firewall. That is also imperative. And lastly consider installing SP2.
  It has all kinds of improvements to security, but don't do it until
your system is clean and working well. Otherwise the problems could be
carried forward.

Run these programs to check for spyware/malware. After installing
update them, then boot into safe mode and run them. You should update
and run them weekly.

Cwshredder
http://209.133.47.200/~merijn/files/CWShredder.exe

Ad-aware SE
http://www.lavasoftusa.com

Spybot Search and Destroy
http://www.safer-networking.org

Bazooka Adware and Spyware Scanner
http://download.com.com/3000-2144-10247783.html

After your system is clean use these programs to help keep it clean:

Spywareblaster
www.javacoolsoftware.com/sbdownload.html

Spywareguard
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/sgdownload.html

IE-SPYAD
http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~ehowes/resource.htm

For viruses:

Online and Downloadable Virus Scanning:

Bit Defender Online Virus Scan:
http://www.bitdefender.com/scan/license.php

Symantec Online Virus and Security Scan:
http://security.symantec.com/ssc/home.asp

TrendMicro:
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/housecall/start_corp.asp

McAfee Online Virus Scan:
http://www.mcafee.com/myapps/mfs/default.asp

Panda ActiveScan
http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/com/activescan_principal.htm

RAV AntiVirus - Scan Online
http://www.ravantivirus.com/scan/

McAfee Stinger, Downloadable Virus Scanner:
http://us.mcafee.com/virusInfo/default.asp?id=stinger

Make sure you have a firewall active at all times. If nothing else use
the one built into XP, but there are a variety of free third party ones
that do a better job from Sygate, Zone Alarm or Kerio.

Sygate Personal Firewall
http://smb.sygate.com/products/spf_standard.htm

Zone Alarm
http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/company/products/znalm/freeDownload.jsp?lid=staticcomp_za

Kerio Personal Firewall
http://www.kerio.com/kpf_download.html

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