Fucking autoinstallers

Verbal · 2004-09-25, 09:55 AM

That sucks man I feel your pain. Not too long ago I had to re-install WinXP 3 times in one month due to stuff auto-installing and taking over my machine.

The last time I re-installed Windows I did the following, and haven't had any problems since:

- Stop using Internet Explorer and use Firefox or a more secure browser
- Use an antivirus program like Norton AV 2005
- Install Ad-Aware and run it daily
- Install Spybot S&D to monitor your systems
- Make sure you have all the latest Windows updates

Actually, since I stopped using IE I haven't had Ad-Aware find anything, whereas it used to find tons of stuff daily. Hope this helps.

2004-09-25, 09:55 AM	#1
Verbal Verbal prefers 56K Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 563	That sucks man I feel your pain. Not too long ago I had to re-install WinXP 3 times in one month due to stuff auto-installing and taking over my machine. The last time I re-installed Windows I did the following, and haven't had any problems since: - Stop using Internet Explorer and use Firefox or a more secure browser - Use an antivirus program like Norton AV 2005 - Install Ad-Aware and run it daily - Install Spybot S&D to monitor your systems - Make sure you have all the latest Windows updates Actually, since I stopped using IE I haven't had Ad-Aware find anything, whereas it used to find tons of stuff daily. Hope this helps.