M
MerryMav
Hi, Guys!
Hoping someone can explain a few things to me in re Spybot:
1) I've got it set to auto-scan on "Start-Up" but it takes 45 minutes
to scan before I can even begin to use my system---is this normal?!
2) Lately, out of 73083 processes (?) to be scanned, my system freezes
up at 42522 on account of something called "AdMoke" so I never get to
that point, at the end, where I can click the "Fix problems"
feature---
I have to turn off the tower via the back button---so, I take it
problems aren't getting fixed...? Spybot has also frozen on:
a) MyWay.MyWebSearch
b) Microsoft.Windows.SecurityFirewallOpenPorts
c) Hotbar
d) Vario.AntiVirus
3) Exactly, how much do I really need Spybot? Somebody else installed
it, someone who was visiting all kinds of dubious sites as well as
downloading alot from Bittorrents sites 24/7---this person no longer
has access to my system but he insisted Spybot was essential,
especially, if my tower was directly connected to my ISP (my cable
modem box through Time Warner Cable). He claimed there was no
Firewall, therefore, Spybot was needed in this instance more than ever
Any advice would be GREATLY appreciated---I've got McAfee running for
viruses and there is a Firewall icon on my Control Panel (a feature of
Windows XP?) but am not sure if it is enabled.
Doesn't Time Warner cable have some kind of a built-in Firewall?
Should I have one and which do you recommend?
Thanks a million!
---MM
Hoping someone can explain a few things to me in re Spybot:
1) I've got it set to auto-scan on "Start-Up" but it takes 45 minutes
to scan before I can even begin to use my system---is this normal?!
2) Lately, out of 73083 processes (?) to be scanned, my system freezes
up at 42522 on account of something called "AdMoke" so I never get to
that point, at the end, where I can click the "Fix problems"
feature---
I have to turn off the tower via the back button---so, I take it
problems aren't getting fixed...? Spybot has also frozen on:
a) MyWay.MyWebSearch
b) Microsoft.Windows.SecurityFirewallOpenPorts
c) Hotbar
d) Vario.AntiVirus
3) Exactly, how much do I really need Spybot? Somebody else installed
it, someone who was visiting all kinds of dubious sites as well as
downloading alot from Bittorrents sites 24/7---this person no longer
has access to my system but he insisted Spybot was essential,
especially, if my tower was directly connected to my ISP (my cable
modem box through Time Warner Cable). He claimed there was no
Firewall, therefore, Spybot was needed in this instance more than ever
Any advice would be GREATLY appreciated---I've got McAfee running for
viruses and there is a Firewall icon on my Control Panel (a feature of
Windows XP?) but am not sure if it is enabled.
Doesn't Time Warner cable have some kind of a built-in Firewall?
Should I have one and which do you recommend?
Thanks a million!
---MM