Crashing

[Ben]

Until last week, my computer worked absolutely fine. Several days ago,
though, I started to have a series of problems simultaneously. I started to
get loads of pop-ups which had previously been blocked by the Google
toolbar. More importantly, though, IE began to crash, often causing XP to
crash as well. In addition, whenever I shut down now, I got several windows
saying that IE is not responding and I have to hit the "End Now" button.

I've run several virus scans, and detected some adware, which I deleted. I
also ran every Norton test available and installed a firewall. Nonetheless,
none of the problems have gone away. Is there any way to fix this?

 

[Guest]

Do you have Spybot and Ad-aware? You seem to have some
type of garbage on your computer. An Anti-Virus program
will not keep you protected by itself.

Download both programs. Be sure to read the instructions
After you installed and BEFORE you scan check for updates.
Spybot - http://www.safer-networking.org
Ad-aware - www.lavasoftusa.com

It is recommended every computer have both programs (or
alternatives) on top of your Anti-Virus Program
Make sure they are always updated and run them regularly,
especially after you have downloaded a program or your
computer/browser begins acting different/strange.

SPYWARE INFO-PROTECT YOUR COMPUTER
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/
http://www.unwantedlinks.com/intro.htm
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://www.pestpatrol.com/
http://www.aumha.org/
http://secunia.com/

FORUMS
http://computercops.biz/forums.html
http://boards.cexx.org/
http://www.techsupportforums.com/
http://forums.techguy.org/
http://forums.net-integration.net/index.php
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/

 

[Jan Il]

Until last week, my computer worked absolutely fine. Several days ago,
though, I started to have a series of problems simultaneously. I started to
get loads of pop-ups which had previously been blocked by the Google
toolbar. More importantly, though, IE began to crash, often causing XP to
crash as well. In addition, whenever I shut down now, I got several windows
saying that IE is not responding and I have to hit the "End Now" button.

I've run several virus scans, and detected some adware, which I deleted. I
also ran every Norton test available and installed a firewall. Nonetheless,
none of the problems have gone away. Is there any way to fix this?

It is possible you may have parasites on your system causing the problem.
Download, install, update the programs to be sure they have the latest
definitions, then run the programs below. They are free and very effective.
Be sure to run both SpyBot and Adaware, as what one does not detect the
other may. Follow the directions carefully:

SpyBot Search & Destroy: Free
http://download.com.com/3000-8022-10289035.html?tag=lst-0-2
or
http://majorgeeks.com/download2471.html

AdAware: Free
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download/
or
http://www.majorgeeks.com/downloads31.html

HTH

Jan