Computer help thread for the ignorant

[6 Angel @angel Moderator Staff]

Mmmmm

[1 BioTech @biotech Member]

What do you need help with Angel?

[6 Angel @angel Moderator Staff]

Everything..

Spybot..How can it help my computer..

What does it do..Think it cleaned out my computer

Surprised i’m still on the net

http://www.safer-networking.org/

[1 Raj @raj Member]

subtle sweetie 😉

i will get to it :obey::obey::obey::obey::obey::obey:

[6 Angel @angel Moderator Staff]

My mediaplayer is a part of Win XP

Can i delete it ?

VLC What,why and how ? :crazy: :crazy:

Can you keep up raj ?

[1 Raj @raj Member]

virus
a virus is a piece of code [usually hidden in some thing else] which is damaging to your PC and spreads via execution of its code

free antivirus scanner

http://free.grisoft.com/doc/5390/lng/us/tpl/v5#avg-free

if you are already using a virus scanner and you arer happy with it thats fine, if you have one running you dont like then remember to uninstall it first otherwise your PC will get very huffy

trojan
is a kind of virus so called because it is like a trojan horse [looks useful until you open it and then it can be very nasty indeed]

spyware
are pieces of code that you normally get [and agree to hidden in the EULA -end user license agreement] with programs that you think may be useful and which collect information about what you do on the net and send it back to the people who created the code
adware
is embedded in programs and is used to target ads at you – does this by collecting information on where and what you do on the net
malware
this is the malicious form of the two abobe – the most common example is a dialer hijacking code – you visit a website , it downloads to your machine and then everytime you try to do something you end up at a website you have no interest in eg a porn site

free adware/spyware/malware removal tools include:

spybot search and destroy http://www.safer-networking.org/ [choose your own language:wink:]

Adaware personal edition
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/
download link
http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-SE-Personal-Edition/3000-8022_4-10045910.html?part=dl-ad-aware&subj=dl&tag=top5

anyone else have any comments /suggestions?:groucho:

[1 Raj @raj Member]

angel wrote:

My mediaplayer is a part of Win XP

Can i delete it ?

yes
go to start menu
go to control panel
go to add/remove programs[wait for this to load]
go to add remove windows components
go to the bottom of the list and untick windows media player
hit the next button
it will be removed [might ask you to confirm]
gone

angel wrote:

VLC What,why and how ? :crazy: :crazy:

Can you keep up raj ?

VLC home page
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

my preferred media player so i am biased

requires less system resources to run than other media players and is free

windows download link is
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-windows.html
choose a source and download [to somewhere you can find it]
once it is downloaded double click on it and it will install itself [one of very few programs i allow to do this]

NB if you decide to use this you will have to paste the new radio link into it as follows:

1- open VLC studio
2- select the File drop down menu
3- select open network stream (Ctrl +N)
4- open the file tab in the Open window
5- paste the link in the box
6- hit return
and off you go:horay::horay::horay::horay:

alternatively just right click the link and off you go :groucho:

[1 globalloon @globalloon Member]

two other useful tools are

google toolbar: http://www.google.com/tools/firefox/toolbar/index.html which blocks all kinds of spyware

and zonealarm http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/company/products/znalm/freeDownload.jsp

adaware hasn’t found anything since i’ve been using these two, and it saves you from doing all those long boring scans

[6 Angel @angel Moderator Staff]

raj wrote:

yes
go to start menu
go to control panel
go to add/remove programs[wait for this to load]
go to add remove windows components
go to the bottom of the list and untick windows media player
hit the next button
it will be removed [might ask you to confirm]
gone

VLC home page
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

my preferred media player so i am biased

requires less system resources to run than other media players and is free

windows download link is
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-windows.html
choose a source and download [to somewhere you can find it]
once it is downloaded double click on it and it will install itself [one of very few programs i allow to do this]

NB if you decide to use this you will have to paste the new radio link into it as follows:

1- open VLC studio
2- select the File drop down menu
3- select open network stream (Ctrl +N)
4- open the file tab in the Open window
5- paste the link in the box
6- hit return
and off you go:horay::horay::horay::horay:

alternatively just right click the link and off you go :groucho:

I thought the mediaplayer was using more space..No need to delete it then..
I also have Itunes…I like that one
And have quicktime..Dont think i use it very often and it take a lot of space..Can I delete that???

I need space on my harddisk,but i dont know if I can delete anything
My computer come up with pop-ups that there are not enough space on my harddisk(is it called harddisk in the UK)
I delete Cookies and temporary internet files 2-3 times a day,drives me crazy…

[1 Raj @raj Member]

well spotted glo
:oh_god::oh_god::oh_god:
i totally failed to put up a firewall and zonealarm is a great one [we have a hardware firewall but used to use zonealarm before we got it]

is the toolbar good?

[6 Angel @angel Moderator Staff]

I have the google toolbar..I like that too..

Didnt do any good at the link i tried on Level-1 yesterday though:groucho: :groucho:

Lot of pop-ups

[6 Angel @angel Moderator Staff]

have firewall too (i think)

[1 Raj @raj Member]

angel wrote:

I thought the mediaplayer was using more space..No need to delete it then..
I also have Itunes…I like that one
And have quicktime..Dont think i use it very often and it take a lot of space..Can I delete that???

I need space on my harddisk,but i dont know if I can delete anything
My computer come up with pop-ups that there are not enough space on my harddisk(is it called harddisk in the UK)
I delete Cookies and temporary internet files 2-3 times a day,drives me crazy…

mediaplayer does take up space but microsoft dont want you to remove it so they tell you it doesnt

uninstall quicktime by going to the add/remove program box and scrolling down the list until you reach quicktime
then click on the remove button and it should uninstall

[6 Angel @angel Moderator Staff]

Ill try..

If it crashes my computer ill see you sometime in the future:cry: 😥

[1 Raj @raj Member]

i use this one:

http://www.ccleaner.com/

just dont tick any boxes it doesnt and always let it back up the registry if it asks to

start with the cleaner tabs
after that go to the issues tabs [spring cleans the registry for bad links, etc]

if you are unsure what to do at any point always ask here first :groucho:

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