Patricia J Weisshaus wrote: > Both Ad-Aware and SpyBot have been added to my husband's laptop, but I > have no idea how to use either. I'd try Spybot first. Once installed, you start it in the usual way. Click the Update button on the left, then the "Search for Updates" button. Click all the update boxes that appear from the search, then click "Download Updates". When the updates are finished, click "Search and Destroy" on the left. Then click the "Check for Problems" button. This will take a long time (watch progress bar at the bottom). If spyware is found (quite likely), click the "Fix selected problems" button after the scan ends. There are a couple OK's after that to click, too. Ad-Aware is similar. Click "Check for Updates now", then "Connect". When the update has downloaded, click Finish. Then click Start, then Next. When the scan is done, check all the boxes for everything found (Spybot automatically does this). Then click the box (forgotten its name) to remove everything checked. > Your website under No. 1 says it is "forbidden." What do I do now? Apologies. I forgot that you have to register to use the forums. Be sure to use a real Email address, as the site will send a message with a link to click. When the message arrives, click the link. http://my.opera.com/community/login/index.pl?newuser=true Once signed up, if your cookies don't automatically take care of logging in, you can login at the boxes in the upper right at http://my.opera.com/community/index.dml Then try my link. > Pat > > At 12:42 PM 10/5/2004, Jim Raehl wrote: > >> Several possibilities often mentioned in the Opera browser forums >> (http://my.opera.com/forums/: >> 1. Adware installed from web sites, usually due to using Internet >> Explorer browser. This junk eats memory and CPU cycles, while sending >> your browsing habits to the advertisers. See this thread for adware >> removal programs. I use both Ad-Aware and Spybot. >> http://my.opera.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=63734&highlight=adware+removal >> >> 2. Hard disk becomes fragmented. The disk heads whip all over the >> disk, taking lots of time and shortening the hard disk life. Use your >> Windows disk de-fragment program regularly. I run mine while I'm at >> church on Sundays, or overnight a couple times a month. >> 3. Slow browser, such as Internet Explorer. Fast alternates include >> Opera (http://www.opera.com) which is my favorite, Firefox >> (http://www.mozilla.org), or Netscape (http://www.netscape.com). >> 4. More obscure possibilities include poorly-written anti-virus >> programs such as Norton Systemworks (try searching Opera forums on >> keyword "NOD32" for a better one, or "virus" for others), too many >> programs running in the Windows system tray, and too many programs >> running in too little memory. >> >> Under normal circumstances, a disk reformat isn't needed, unless some >> adware program has trashed Windows. Adware removal, de-fragmenting, >> and uninstalling little-used programs is usually sufficient. I would >> just try to reinstall Windows, before I reformatted the disk. I >> haven't reformatted or reinstalled Windows for 4 years. >> >> Jim Raehl >> >> Joan Cybolsky wrote: >> >>> My computer is just getting slower and slower. Even to start it up >>> in the morning before I even connect to the internet is slow. Is >>> there some way I can check to see if the paths are messed up - sorry, >>> not the right technical terms, I know. It seems to be working way >>> too hard to do routine things like load windows. Would Norton >>> Systemworks help, or can someone suggest something like that to help >>> me. Or is it time for a reformat? Running Windows XP, the computer >>> is only 1 yr old. >> >> >> >> ==== GEN-COMP-TIPS Mailing List ==== >> DO NOT open unexpected file attachments from people, even if you know >> them. Verify with the sender first. This may be your only line of >> defence, other than AV Software, against mail "viruses" >> >> ============================== >> You can manage your RootsWeb-Review subscription from >> http://newsletters.rootsweb.com/ > > > > ==== GEN-COMP-TIPS Mailing List ==== > Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites of the Internet: > http://www.cyndislist.com > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > >