Spyware, viruses, & security : Avast too large for my pc?

it just keeps on rolling

Have you noticed how the entertainment just keeps on rolling after our "step-back-and-have-a-look" posts?
haha

Meini

Zeros do count... only to clarify

Whenever a post like this goes a bit off topic due to someone misreading or having no idea what was said and needs clarification, please don't get offended and feel like you have to apologize for the learning process. We are all "learning" even if it's about how to speak to others in a kind way and not put them down.

However, there are a few geeks, and I can be one of them at times, that get so caught up in being "right" that they don't put into perspective how the "other" person might feel about being chastised over grammar or even a few "0's".

Chalk this one up to one of those occasions and let it be.

This post, or so I thought, was to help out a "person" (no gender discussion here) fix something that needed to be fixed.

I am guilty of professing Avast's excellence simply because I have had experience with other programs that DO NOT work as well.
But maybe we all should "agree" that this is not a bash on other programs, or the AVAST forum banner ad to vent our own opinions about the multitude of options out there to choose from.

It's hard enough when trying to get rid of Malware, as we all should know, to come and go from this forum without any real answers as to how to fix the problem.

To reiterate what I said in my previous reply, go to MajorGeeks.com and the Removing Malware forum. They will tell you to down load a few programs that you may already have and post your results to the "experts" that will tell you exactly upon gleaning your reports, what needs to be done to your computer.

Don't forget to tell them that you have already posted discussions regarding your problem elsewhere and what you have already done to try and get your computer back so that they will have an accurate place to start with your situation. ONLY POST ON ONE FORUM so that you don't get too many people telling you what to do that "may" be more harmful to your computer.

Unfortunately, not everyone in these forums have your best interest at heart. That might sound cruel and not meant to offend anyone that has put in good info during this forum. However, we don't really know who the heck anyone is over the internet and going with a viable company that has a reputation of great service is always the best bet.

Personally, I have saved many a computer with the help of the Major Geek Squad and SpyBot search and destroy malware forums as well. :')

So, choose wisely before installing, uninstalling and deleting. Don't "surf" the net logged in as "owner" or "administrator" create a user id that DOES NOT have administrator rights so that your core won't be at such a risk. And before you run ANYTHING use the Avast pre-scanner and make sure it's not infected. Run 1 Anti-Virus, 1 Malware program and 1 Microsoft repair on your computer at one time. Using multiple programs may cause breaches in the programs so that something can slip through.

Once you get your computer back to normal, run a Hijack this log and get familiar with it. You will learn a lot going through the process you are in. Be careful however of the old saying, "a little knowledge is just enough to be dangerous". Once you become more familiar with your processes and Hkey's etc, you will know when you need another tune up for your computer. Like any working electrical item, cars included, you need to take care of it with regular maintenance and unfortunately fix it when it gets a boo boo...

Enough said, (maybe too much for some, lol) cheers to you all!

avast

u should check the task manager again because my avast didnt give me any problem even i have installed a lot of things inside my PC.

Processor Intel Core Duo T2350
(1.86 GHz, 533 MHz FSB, 2MB L2 cache)
Memory(RAM):1028MB
operating system: WINDOWS VISTA HOME PREMIUM

Avast is excellent

I have to agree that Avast is an excellent free program which I've used for a year. Before I used, Norton anti virus (yuk) and AVG free (good). Avast is best but please read the help file, that what it's there for.

(NT) No comprehend... Language problem :)

estersummerson

On the contrary,I don't think I was the least bit offensive or derogatory.I enjoy helping people and any time you wish,day or night,you can contact me directly for assistance.First,Ram sticks are placed in computers in pairs,if you have 32 Mgs of Ram,then you have twin 16's,1024mgs,twin 512 mgs Ram,unless yours is supremely different,you can't have 1280 Mgs of Ram,the 1024 of Ram is actually only 1,000 mgs techically.If your only running 128 Mgs of Ram,then it is pretty tough running much of anything,especially Windows XP which pretty much needs that amount of Ram to run at all,In that case,pick up a couple 512's and install them right where your 128 is now,side by side in the two slots,best not do it yourself lest you cause an electrical short,have a tech shop do it and your trouble will go away--IF--that's your only problem,not enough Random Access Memory.128 mgs of Ram was enough for Win95/Win98 even but not XP.Ram sticks are pretty cheap.As I said before,bring up your main settings screen in Avast,"terminate" the Outlook/Exchange and the Internet Mail engines and only place the remaining 5 engines at "Normal",see if that helps any.Let me know,okay?.