Scary Computers

weeder · Post by **weeder** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 4:16 am

Outlook express just told me.... couldnt display any of my folders. In, out, sent etc.... Because of Low Disc Space... or No Memory... What the heck does this mean???? Is my computer CRASHING??? Im scared.

Between this latest scare... and Malware constantly tellin me that Trojans are present.... ( Which makes me think of condoms ) Which is very annoying, as there is no one here, in my life to wear condoms.... I am always a wreck.

Its gotten to the point where I think Malware is trying to send me a message like..... Whats wrong with you?? WHY are there no condoms, ( I mean Trojans in your life??????

Seriously....... is my computer crashing????? Anyone know???

SuzyB · Post by **SuzyB** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 5:42 am

weeder;693453 wrote: Outlook express just told me.... couldnt display any of my folders. In, out, sent etc.... Because of Low Disc Space... or No Memory... What the heck does this mean???? Is my computer CRASHING??? Im scared.

Between this latest scare... and Malware constantly tellin me that Trojans are present.... ( Which makes me think of condoms ) Which is very annoying, as there is no one here, in my life to wear condoms.... I am always a wreck.

Its gotten to the point where I think Malware is trying to send me a message like..... Whats wrong with you?? WHY are there no condoms, ( I mean Trojans in your life??????

Seriously....... is my computer crashing????? Anyone know???

LMAO:wah::wah: Sorry Laura but that post is soooo funny, I am not that great on puters but the best thing I have found is to never panic, the 2nd thing is phone someone who knows what they are doing. In all seriousness ask Spot, he'll know.

jpcme · Post by **jpcme** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 8:47 am

Puts on techie voice :---- Have you tried rebooting you computer.

booradley · Post by **booradley** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 8:56 am

think it might be time to delete some rubbish hun

weeder · Post by **weeder** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 11:46 am

SuzyB;693474 wrote: LMAO:wah::wah: Sorry Laura but that post is soooo funny, I am not that great on puters but the best thing I have found is to never panic, the 2nd thing is phone someone who knows what they are doing. In all seriousness ask Spot, he'll know.

Im glad you laughed Suzy..... That was the idea:wah: I had hoped that Spot would see my thread and respond. As for the condom thing.... I have been married twice, and involved in other disasterous relationships also,,,, and not a one Trojan has ever been in my house anyway.......

weeder · Post by **weeder** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 11:47 am

jpcme;693539 wrote: Puts on techie voice :---- Have you tried rebooting you computer.

I did reboot and then everything was fine.... but thoses criseses seem like WARNINGS that something bad is going to happen....

weeder · Post by **weeder** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 11:48 am

booradley;693543 wrote: think it might be time to delete some rubbish hun

I constantly delete..... maybe Im not deleting the right stuff. For crying out loud I have every kind of cleaning device.... virus device... security device,,,, known to man.... and still the scary messages come.........

Chookie · Post by **Chookie** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 12:01 pm

It sounds like you need to free up a lot of space on your Hard Disk. From reference to Outlook Express I assume that you are using some version of Windows (XP. needs at least 2Gigs to work properly)..... if so, it serves you right.

Seriously, I would never advise anyone to use Microsh1t.

Much more efficient and user-friendly browsers are Opera or Firefox.

minks · Post by **minks** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 12:04 pm

weeder;693623 wrote: I constantly delete..... maybe Im not deleting the right stuff. For crying out loud I have every kind of cleaning device.... virus device... security device,,,, known to man.... and still the scary messages come.........

Aliens?

Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 12:18 pm

If you cannot find anything obvious to delete then it could well be worth doing a Disc Cleanup followed by a Defrag (both in Accessories, System Tools) to give you the maximum contiguous free space.

It would also be useful to open a Windoze Explorer window and right clicking over your C drive. Then select properties and it will show you the size of the disk and the amount of free space remaining.

weeder · Post by **weeder** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 12:40 pm

Chookie;693629 wrote: It sounds like you need to free up a lot of space on your Hard Disk. From reference to Outlook Express I assume that you are using some version of Windows (XP. needs at least 2Gigs to work properly)..... if so, it serves you right.

Seriously, I would never advise anyone to use Microsh1t.

Much more efficient and user-friendly browsers are Opera or Firefox.

It is XP.... How do I free up space on hard disc? Could you tell me?

weeder · Post by **weeder** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 12:44 pm

Bryn Mawr;693636 wrote: If you cannot find anything obvious to delete then it could well be worth doing a Disc Cleanup followed by a Defrag (both in Accessories, System Tools) to give you the maximum contiguous free space.

It would also be useful to open a Windoze Explorer window and right clicking over your C drive. Then select properties and it will show you the size of the disk and the amount of free space remaining.

Thank You.... Thank You... Ill try to do this. I feel like a doctor.

neffy · Post by **neffy** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 1:25 pm

hope it goes ok for you weeder

along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 1:29 pm

Bryn Mawr;693636 wrote: If you cannot find anything obvious to delete then it could well be worth doing a Disc Cleanup followed by a Defrag (both in Accessories, System Tools) to give you the maximum contiguous free space.

It would also be useful to open a Windoze Explorer window and right clicking over your C drive. Then select properties and it will show you the size of the disk and the amount of free space remaining.

So right, Bryn Mawr. I do this on my computer regularly.

Weeder, we don't want another Trojan War.:wah:

Mia · Post by **Mia** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 1:41 pm

If you have anti virus and anti spyware you should be protected from Trojans.Have you done a defrag on your pc,this would give you more disc space

littlemissgiggle · Post by **littlemissgiggle** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 1:51 pm

weeder;693453 wrote: Outlook express just told me.... couldnt display any of my folders. In, out, sent etc.... Because of Low Disc Space... or No Memory... What the heck does this mean???? Is my computer CRASHING??? Im scared.

Between this latest scare... and Malware constantly tellin me that Trojans are present.... ( Which makes me think of condoms ) Which is very annoying, as there is no one here, in my life to wear condoms.... I am always a wreck.

Its gotten to the point where I think Malware is trying to send me a message like..... Whats wrong with you?? WHY are there no condoms, ( I mean Trojans in your life??????

Seriously....... is my computer crashing????? Anyone know???

what ever you do, DO NOT click on the adverts that say, get this and it will clean your computer.

what security centre are you with.?

do a proper disc check with a certified virus software program this shoudl bring them up ad you can delete them.

I had the same problem about 2 months ago.

Torjans = savage aliens :-5

weeder · Post by **weeder** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 1:57 pm

littlemissgiggle;693688 wrote: what ever you do, DO NOT click on the adverts that say, get this and it will clean your computer.

what security centre are you with.?

do a proper disc check with a certified virus software program this shoudl bring them up ad you can delete them.

I had the same problem about 2 months ago.

Torjans = savage aliens :-5

Funny you should say that..... Just the other night Err Clean popped up, tried to force me to buy it Said I was in serious troube.. Colored itself as a windows download. Ilooked it uo on the internet... Bad news!! I have Mcaffee and Malaware and Registry Patrol.

weeder · Post by **weeder** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 2:01 pm

along-for-the-ride;693674 wrote: So right, Bryn Mawr. I do this on my computer regularly.

Weeder, we don't want another Trojan War.:wah:

I did the disc clean up... cant find where to do the defragmentation. I have seen it before... but dont know where to find it... The C drive size is... 70.9 GB I have 29.9GB Is that enough? what could I get rid of? And how often should I do this procedure? Thank You for your help,

I definately do not want a condom oops Trojan war over here in my apartment.. Wouldnt that be something??? 6 or 8 condoms... oops I mean Trojans coming at you at once????? Im cracking myself up... Maybe Ive lost my mind.....

littlemissgiggle · Post by **littlemissgiggle** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 2:09 pm

weeder;693692 wrote: Funny you should say that..... Just the other night Err Clean popped up, tried to force me to buy it Said I was in serious troube.. Colored itself as a windows download. Ilooked it uo on the internet... Bad news!! I have Mcaffee and Malaware and Registry Patrol.

Mcfee thats what I have.

do it right now as we speak.

you will now but i will talk through it anyway.

--

*open mcAfee security centre

*click on virus scan

*scan my computer

*scan

it will ask if you want to quarantine them

i did this everyday for about a week and i have nothing come up now

is there a little message that comes up at the bottom right hand corner of your screen?

let me know if this works, i hated it, i felt like someone was watching me :sneaky:

as i say

Trojans = savage aliens :-5

weeder · Post by **weeder** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 2:40 pm

I am going o do this right now... But I still want to know how to find the defragmentation. Any yes the little thing does pop up on lower right.

Thank you so much........

Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 2:50 pm

weeder;693697 wrote: I did the disc clean up... cant find where to do the defragmentation. I have seen it before... but dont know where to find it... The C drive size is... 70.9 GB I have 29.9GB Is that enough? what could I get rid of? And how often should I do this procedure? Thank You for your help,

I definately do not want a condom oops Trojan war over here in my apartment.. Wouldnt that be something??? 6 or 8 condoms... oops I mean Trojans coming at you at once????? Im cracking myself up... Maybe Ive lost my mind.....

30GB should be plenty for anyone - I doubt if even a badly fragmented disk could take that down to a level where the machine would be unstable but it would be worth running defrag anyway. If you cannot find it in the menu system (Start/Programs/Accessories/System Tools/Disk Defragmentor) the do a Start/Run and enter DFRG.MSC

After that it's a case of getting rid of the infestation. As well as running a McAfee scan I'd download and run SpyBot (http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html) - it's free and appears to be particularly successful against Trojans.

If McAfee doesn't do the job, I prefer AGV7 Free anyway (http://free.grisoft.com/doc/5390/us/frt/0) because (1) it's free, (2) it's effective and (3) it uses less system resources.

If all that don't work then well try something else

weeder · Post by **weeder** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 4:29 pm

I dont know what to say.... Thank you so much. Im going to proceed now. I dont ever want to lose you. I will think of a way to repay you. I know that your time is valuable. Your very generous to help. L.H Weeder

along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 1:23 pm

weeder;693733 wrote: I am going o do this right now... But I still want to know how to find the defragmentation. Any yes the little thing does pop up on lower right.

Thank you so much........

Open the properties of your C drive. One of the tabs up top wiill say "tools" Click on that and you should see de-frag along with error check.

Hope that helps, Weeder.

weeder · Post by **weeder** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 3:05 pm

Thank you. I have been " Cleaning this machine for at least 24 hours now. I didnt realize so much maintenance was required to keep it running smoothly.

I hope I can remember everything. Something tells me there is a lot more.....

weeder · Post by **weeder** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 1:21 pm

Well... Thanks to everyone here..... and one helper who is so knowledgeable,

and generous with his time.... I think I now have a very clean computer.

There were many bugs eating it up. I have a lot to learn. I wish I could make dinner for all of you......

DiVinci Chianti

Vegetable Lasagna Layered with sauteed spinach, yellow tomatoes, Fresh

basil leaves, and Ricotta.

Salad Romaine lettuce sprinkled with Gorgonzola, Walnuts, and Mandarian

oranges

Semolina Bread

Napoleans

Espresso

Sambuca Romana

Bon Appetite From me to you with Love, and many thanks...

Weeder

along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 1:23 pm

weeder;694524 wrote: Well... Thanks to everyone here..... and one helper who is so knowledgeable,

and generous with his time.... I think I now have a very clean computer.

There were many bugs eating it up. I have a lot to learn. I wish I could make dinner for all of you......

DiVinci Chianti

Vegetable Lasagna Layered with sauteed spinach, yellow tomatoes, Fresh

basil leaves, and Ricotta.

Salad Romaine lettuce sprinkled with Gorgonzola, Walnuts, and Mandarian

oranges

Semolina Bread

Napoleans

Espresso

Sambuca Romana

Bon Appetite From me to you with Love, and many thanks...

Weeder

Sounds delicious, Weeder,

Kathy Ellen · Post by **Kathy Ellen** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 3:18 pm

Hi Weeder and Bryn,

Thank you so much Weeder for asking puter questions and thank you Bryn for your good advice.

I was very proud of myself. I followed your directions about freeing up space on my C- Drive. Now, I have 59 GB total and 43 GB of free space. ....yeeehaaa, let's celebrate.....

weeder · Post by **weeder** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 4:06 pm

Im so glad..... I take care of my computer every morning now. I feel so much smarter!!! And I am less afraid of the computer. Im happy you got straightened out too......

nvalleyvee · Post by **nvalleyvee** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 5:13 pm

We had a tech from our DSL here for 3 freaking hours last Friday. There were 98 people who repoted after us. When you pay for service...........you expect the service. We got it. The corporate server was f'd for 2.5 days.

weeder · Post by **weeder** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 6:46 pm

Before I came on here and asked for help a couple of weeks ago... I had spent hours on the phone with the DSL tech support people. I also was off line for a couple of days. What does corporate server mean? Is tha like verizon or comcast etc....?