Yo, Computer nerds...

[FREAKgeek]

Rumor is that Apple will be going out of the computer hardware business in a few years anyway.

do you know how long they have been saying this?

[jpm101]

Heard that rumor about 5-6 months ago. As you know, Apple has always been in the hardware business mainly, and Microsoft in the software business. That's why Apple is so limited with their own software programing. If they had coded their machines to run Microsoft or been more focused on software development they would rule the computer world. They want to go in another direction now with phones, gaming, etc.

[HTexan]

x2

.....and i look at ALOT of porn on the internets and my mac still runs as fast as the day i bought it two years ago

truth, not much maleware out there for osx right now.

[epic_alien]

every pc ive ever owned, or any pc that anyone in my family or people i know have owned, have eventually been overwhelmed with spyware/popups/viruses. every last one. they can be cleaned up, but still it is an enormous pain in the ass.
i bought a little mac mini for 500 bucks, the whole thing is as big as a couple stacked coasters, its faster than anything else ive owned and ive had ZERO popups/spyware/viruses. thats all i know.

quoted for truth

anyone who believes they are safe with a  dip shit windows device has a short memory, or alzhiemers

[Captain Equipoise]

I have a bit of a problem with my P.C. Every time I enter a search into google and try to click on one of the links I either get sent to some completely different site trying to sell something or redirected to the google home page. If i enter a search into this new google site and click on the link I get sent to the site I intended.

I was previously using Norton and they didn't pick anything up during the scan and have switched to avast and still no joy. Someone told me to run anti-melaware software (whatever that is) and still no joy.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thankyou please.

Hahahaha, loser

[HTexan]

quoted for truth

anyone who believes they are safe with a  dip shit windows device has a short memory, or alzhiemers

quoted for truth

[Purple Aki]

Spybot hasn't worked, so i'm going to try some of the other things suggested.

*goes to shed to fetch a hammer*

Hahahaha, loser

Oh, what cutting wit you possess.

[Ropo]

every pc ive ever owned, or any pc that anyone in my family or people i know have owned, have eventually been overwhelmed with spyware/popups/viruses. every last one. they can be cleaned up, but still it is an enormous pain in the ass.
i bought a little mac mini for 500 bucks, the whole thing is as big as a couple stacked coasters, its faster than anything else ive owned and ive had ZERO popups/spyware/viruses. thats all i know.

So, you haven't have any antivirus software in your PC:s? How stupid is that?

[brooklynbruiser]

Spybot hasn't worked, so i'm going to try some of the other things suggested.

*goes to shed to fetch a hammer*

WOWsers...what in hell have you got on that thing? Good luck...You might be better off nuking it from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

[HTexan]

reinstall windows and run eset  or something this time noob.

[240 is Back]

I have my A+ certification and use an anti-spyware program, but I still get hit every now and then.  All the knowledge of number of SDIMM pins in the world doesn't help all that much.

My solution is just to take it in to a local computer shop. 

Costs 40 or 60 to fix, and is way faster and less stressful than scanning for hours and finding 10 scripts hidden, none of which is the original problem. 

[epic_alien]

or avoid al that bullshit,

and buy a mac

[dawakaman]

Buy a Mac.I've used almost all the Windows versions('95-Vista),last year I switched to a Mac and I'm not going back,ever.Still as fast as when I bought it,nice design,only froze up on me once in almost a year of use.

Peace

P.S.:That,or make a backup and do a clean new install.

[HTexan]

Buy a Mac.I've used almost all the Windows versions('95-Vista),last year I switched to a Mac and I'm not going back,ever.Still as fast as when I bought it,nice design,only froze up on me once in almost a year of use.

Peace

P.S.:That,or make a backup and do a clean new install.

yeah, macs love ram.

[nder98]

I have a bit of a problem with my P.C. Every time I enter a search into google and try to click on one of the links I either get sent to some completely different site trying to sell something or redirected to the google home page. If i enter a search into this new google site and click on the link I get sent to the site I intended.

I was previously using Norton and they didn't pick anything up during the scan and have switched to avast and still no joy. Someone told me to run anti-melaware software (whatever that is) and still no joy.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thankyou please.

Download and install this http://download.cnet.com/Malwarebytes-Anti-Malware/3000-8022_4-10804572.html?tag=mncol

Run the full scan and remove whatever it finds..  Youll be all set after that..

[The_Punisher]

save your important files, then rebuild the damn PC. it's faster that way. your windows registry is corrupted. even if you clean these worms, they gonna come back

[HTexan]

save your important files, then rebuild the damn PC. it's faster that way. your windows registry is corrupted. even if you clean these worms, they gonna come back

Yup, yup Everyone wants a faster computer, but no ones wants to reinstall windows. 

[Purple Aki]

For fuck sake, all I wanted to do was look at pics of naked ladies. If I had known it would end up in such a ball ache, I would never have bothered.

Damn you Norton anti virus and damn you johnnynoname for posting links to tubegalore.

[brooklynbruiser]

Mate, in the future, you need things like NoScript and AdblockPlus running in Firefox in conjunction with AVG Antivirus and Spybot on your computer. It prevents 99.9 of the BS.

Since I can't see your comp in the flesh, I'd advise a backup of important data and reformat. Sorry...

[HTexan]

For fuck sake, all I wanted to do was look at pics of naked ladies. If I had known it would end up in such a ball ache, I would never have bothered.

Damn you Norton anti virus and damn you johnnynoname for posting links to tubegalore.

johnny has a mac so he doesn't need to worry about those links

Use a ubuntu live CD when you want to look at those links.

[Captain Equipoise]

Spybot hasn't worked, so i'm going to try some of the other things suggested.

*goes to shed to fetch a hammer*


Oh, what cutting wit you possess.

Heh, get back to me when you reach 3,000 posts newb.

[tallandfat]

use the go back in time feature
go back a week before you surfed to bigsosage.com and got the virtus