Saturday, October 21, 2006

Posted for the techies who might understand all of this

Here's a list of all the stuff that was fixed on my computer.


There was a graphic here showing how fragmented my computer was...it was all RED!

Blue = defragmented
Red = Fragmented
Green = System Files

36 viruses removed,
Virus List : F-bot, w32.Spybot, Troj-Pig , w32/naci!tftp Password and identity theft, Troj-Dropper.

18 Registry issues Critical corrected with Hijackthis.
RegClean = BAD DO NOT USE

Spyware threats removed 29 totals;
Spybot S&D removed 16
Ad-Aware Removed 9
CWShredder removed 4

Other Viruses caught with Kaspersky 4 And removed.

No anti-virus on system added free version of AVAST please remove and install Norton or other name brand Anti-virus

No Firewall detected recommend a Router to correct that and protect the system
Purchase Router connect Ethernet cable from DSL modem to internet port on router then connect another Ethernet cable **usually comes with router* * from one of the four ports on the router to network card now in system.

Installed 74 of 78 patches from Microsoft 4 patches not installed related to office require office 2003 cd in drive to perform patch up date.
Turned off auto-updates from Microsoft this means that once every two weeks you will need to run windows update manually.

Installed Network card in system for better network stability. YAY!
Configured Internet Explorer:
Temporary Internet Files Settings to 50Mb no more then 200Mb was at 18GB this means that IE was causing network issues.
Cleared Temporary Internet Files
Set all settings back to Default Security, Cookie collection.
Cleared forms and passwords from auto-complete to correct internet password and account issue.

7 comments:

  1. Wow that's a lot of stuff!! Glad everything is cleaned up!

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  2. Wow - what a mess you had...
    Glad you are back up and running!
    LBC

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  3. !!!!!!!!!! I'm surprised your computer was cooperating at all! Nasty stuff all that. Glad you've gotten it taken care of.

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  4. Yikes! That's a LOT of stuff!

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  5. Um, yeah, Renee....ROFL I hope it's running well for you now!

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  6. can I be understanding without understanding? my daughter's computer was pretty messed up and I had to wipe the whole thing to save it. I hope yours went better than that!

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