----- Original Message ----- From: "Martin Clark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2008 11:03 PM Subject: Re: [canals-list] IE Help please - OT
> Ann wrote... >>Can anyone point me in the direction of some software which will help me >>get >>rid of whatever is bugging my PC? It keeps freezing in IE and there is >>obviously something lurking around in there :-(. As recommended on here a >>while ago, I use the free version of AVG and I thought of buying the full >>version but if AVG let the bug in , is it worth buying their full version? > > It doesn't sound like a virus. No need to buy the "full version" of AVG > - it doesn't do a better job of detecting viruses, but has some > additional functions than you can get free equivalents from other > sources. > > A good start for you (and anyone who is worried that their anti-virus > program may have let something in) is to scan your computer online at > Trend Micro's PC_cillin site - > http://housecall.antivirus.com/us/index.html > This takes a while and may have long periods with nothing apparently > happening but it is good. Even if it doesn't find what is causing your > problem it will probably pick up a few things that AVG regarded as low > risk. If nothing else, it will put your mind at rest. > > The next thing you could do is to check for spyware and adware. The > following have all been highly recommended, and unlike anti-virus > programs, you can have more than one installed at a time: > Spybot Search and Destroy - http://www.safer-networking.org/en/ > AdAware - http://www.lavasoft.com/ > Spyware Blaster - http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html > > I had trouble with Firefox freezing a while ago and I found that I was > using too many add-ons and some of them were conflicting, so I turned > them all off (at which point the problems I had been having stopped) > then I turned just some of them back on, with no further problem. I > don't know whether you have added any additional features to IE7 but if > you have it may be worth turning them off and seeing what happens then. > > Someone might find these pages of mine useful: > http://www.ashton-under-lyne.com/internetguide/viruses.htm > http://www.ashton-under-lyne.com/internetguide/freesoftware.htm > -- > Martin Clark Thanks, Michael, I will strart the scan now and see how I get on. Ann
