The Old Tolbooth Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 Ok, I'm not very good at this so go easy on me. I turned my PC on this morning hoping to get on with some work, and for some reason my spyware detector is shutting down pages that I'm opening (I'm not even sure how long I'll get to do this) I tried opening my emails through IE and it shuts down automatically, and it's even shutting down Firefox too saying that there is suspicious behaviour at IP address xxxxx and that it's shutting down the pages because of it. I'm currently running full anti virus and spyware scans but nothing turned up so far. I use Norton (I know it's not the best but don't know what else to do) and for anti spyware I paid ?15 for Max secure spyware detector 2.0 (I found a site which reviewed the best products for this and this one came out on top) Any help would be greatly appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamboAl Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 Ok, I'm not very good at this so go easy on me. I turned my PC on this morning hoping to get on with some work, and for some reason my spyware detector is shutting down pages that I'm opening (I'm not even sure how long I'll get to do this) I tried opening my emails through IE and it shuts down automatically, and it's even shutting down Firefox too saying that there is suspicious behaviour at IP address xxxxx and that it's shutting down the pages because of it. I'm currently running full anti virus and spyware scans but nothing turned up so far. I use Norton (I know it's not the best but don't know what else to do) and for anti spyware I paid ?15 for Max secure spyware detector 2.0 (I found a site which reviewed the best products for this and this one came out on top) Any help would be greatly appreciated I'm told AVG is good - and free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walter Kidd Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 Stop looking at porn you dirty old man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Old Tolbooth Posted July 18, 2008 Author Share Posted July 18, 2008 Stop looking at porn you dirty old man. I wish I had time Got work to do and cant get on with it, god I hate being PC illiterate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Old Tolbooth Posted July 18, 2008 Author Share Posted July 18, 2008 Suspicious network connection is what it's telling me, does that mean someone is trying to hack into my internet connection or do I have a virus? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Digby Chicken Caesar Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 go to command prompt, and type in netstat -a That will list your open ports and what they are connected to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walter Kidd Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 I wish I had time Got work to do and cant get on with it, god I hate being PC illiterate You can't lick windows in this weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigC Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 Can I suggest that you back up all your work/photos and other vauable files before you do anyting else. YOu do back up regularly don't you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Old Tolbooth Posted July 18, 2008 Author Share Posted July 18, 2008 Right, basically just managed to get back online after having my neighbour work on my laptop for me all day long (very decent guy) It seems I've been conned with some software that I purchased for to stop spyware stuff last year, it has picked up virtually nothing and he identified it as a phishing scam, so I'm ?15 lighter now He then told me that Norton was pants and he immediately uninstalled it and replaced it with AVG 8.0 (free version) and then added Spybot search and destroy, and did various other things including some major firewalls (don't as me what!) and tuning up the programmes he added. Anyway, the bottom line is that my laptop appears to be working superbly well now and seems a lot faster than before, and I now know what to do with the applications he added. I bought him a box of beer for his troubles and as luck would have it he said that he doesn't drink anymore and ordered me to take them away Thanks for all your responses though, much apprciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Digby Chicken Caesar Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 It's probably working faster because Norton is a huge drain on your CPU, I hate them! Glad you got your puter fixed though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benny Factor Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 Right, basically just managed to get back online after having my neighbour work on my laptop for me all day long (very decent guy) It seems I've been conned with some software that I purchased for to stop spyware stuff last year, it has picked up virtually nothing and he identified it as a phishing scam, so I'm ?15 lighter now He then told me that Norton was pants and he immediately uninstalled it and replaced it with AVG 8.0 (free version) and then added Spybot search and destroy, and did various other things including some major firewalls (don't as me what!) and tuning up the programmes he added. Anyway, the bottom line is that my laptop appears to be working superbly well now and seems a lot faster than before, and I now know what to do with the applications he added. I bought him a box of beer for his troubles and as luck would have it he said that he doesn't drink anymore and ordered me to take them away Thanks for all your responses though, much apprciated. Aye right John... you knew fine well he didn't drink, didn't you?? :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Old Tolbooth Posted July 18, 2008 Author Share Posted July 18, 2008 Aye right John... you knew fine well he didn't drink, didn't you?? :p Ssssshhhhhhh It's the thought that counts apparently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor FinnBarr Posted July 19, 2008 Share Posted July 19, 2008 Get it pumped (but don't tell anyone whose name rymnes with dancer). yep, bad spelling but its a drunk thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chester copperpot Posted July 19, 2008 Share Posted July 19, 2008 Right, basically just managed to get back online after having my neighbour work on my laptop for me all day long (very decent guy)It seems I've been conned with some software that I purchased for to stop spyware stuff last year, it has picked up virtually nothing and he identified it as a phishing scam, so I'm ?15 lighter now He then told me that Norton was pants and he immediately uninstalled it and replaced it with AVG 8.0 (free version) and then added Spybot search and destroy, and did various other things including some major firewalls (don't as me what!) and tuning up the programmes he added. Anyway, the bottom line is that my laptop appears to be working superbly well now and seems a lot faster than before, and I now know what to do with the applications he added. I bought him a box of beer for his troubles and as luck would have it he said that he doesn't drink anymore and ordered me to take them away Thanks for all your responses though, much apprciated. Is this the guy that hit the kid. Jesus you've changed your tune. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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