On Sun, 25 Oct 2009 13:15:01 -0700, Shodobe
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> Thanks for your reply and I disagree with your choices of spyware.
You're welcome, and feel free to disagree with me as you see fit.
> I haven't
> heard of any of them and have used PC Doctor for many years and have had no
> problems. Obviously that is your choices. yes I did make a mistake in
> refering Avast as a spyware program. I do not think that is a problem since I
> disabled it completely and still had problems. I think my problem lies in the
> registry and I need to go in and clean out unnecessary start ups and such.
> PC Doctor is an excellent choice and I would recommend it to anyone over
> unknown programs. Thanks again though
>
> "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 25 Oct 2009 08:36:01 -0700, Shodobe
> > <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> >
> > > I have two computers, one is a lap top, that run on XP Home. I use Avasti as
> > > my security program.
> >
> >
> > Avast! (not Avasti) is not a security program. It's an anti-virus
> > program. It doesn't protect you against spyware. It's an excellent
> > choice.
> >
> > You say below that you also run PC Doctor, which does protect against
> > spyware, however it is *not* a good choice. The two best anti-spyware
> > programs are MalwareBytes AntiMalware and SuperAntiSpyware (freeware
> > versions of both are available), and I recommend that you install and
> > use them both instead of PC Doctor.
> >
> > I can't tell from your description of the problem, but a spyware
> > infection is certainly a possible cause.
> >
> >
> >
> > > The problem that I am having is watching videos, like
> > > from YouTube and transfering music from one computer to the other. I have
> > > absolutely no problem in watching anything from YouTube on my lap top but the
> > > desktop has buffering issues. It stutters and re-buffers the video loop. I
> > > check to make sure the settings were the same on both computers, and they
> > > are. I have also turned off the security settings on the desktop to see if
> > > that would help, it didn't. The only thing I didn't disable was PC Doctor, i
> > > use for spam and such. The only problem is it is the same as for the laptop.
> > > iTunes has a new feature where you can share music libraries on the same
> > > network. I have no problem transferring songs from the desktop to my laptop
> > > but in reverse it bogs down and takes forever. Anything I should check for
> > > that I might be missing? I defrag all the time and always keep my temp files
> > > deleted. I must be missing something on the desktop but can't figure it out.
> > > Thanks
> >
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