this is kind of embarassing but....

for the past few hours, ive had horrible pop up problems. i took the advice of a friend and downloaded AVG anti-spyware 7.5, ran it and deleted all the files except an Adware.Generic that it said had an error while deleting. every time ive had problems like this in the past i just did system restore but ive got A LOT of music on here i dont wanna loose.

thanks for the help

 

I don't know AVG, but if you had a quarantine option, that's what you wanna do to that file

 

well, it let me delete the file though im still having problems. im gonna try another scan/deletion

 

well, do you have more than 2 partitions in your hard disk? if so you can move your music files to an other partition and reinstall your operation system in your first partition.

 

There are 3 rules to computer happiness.

Don't use Internet Explorer.

Use a firewall.

Back up your critical information.

You've broken all 3 from the sound of it.

Welcome to the error of your ways.


x

 

Buy an external hard drive and back up your music before formatting. AVG is pretty good - I use it too, but there are far superior virus scanners out there...you just have to be willing to pay for them!

 

1. i dont think i have a partitioned hard disk nor do i know how to partition it
2. all these other options cost money which i dont have
3. xexon, youre soo polite -.-

thanks anyway folks. looks like im gonna have to re-download all my music : P

 

I got mcaffee with comcast, and until lately I've been able to cheat them out of updates wihtout registering (they have a new system, but I'll figure somehtign out...)

 

yeah..........in the future use linux, problems solved.

 

at the very least...

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/

and btw, McAfee counts your updates from one year after registration. after one year, reinstall McAfee and re-register. my dad still gets updates from the McAfee 2005 version.