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Quote: Originally Posted by PAULDEP Hi Jilly, I'm using Win 7 Home Premium on my Dell Dimension Desktop with 2 GB of Ram and its running great. The Inspiron Laptop has 1 GB but running XP. Thanks for this! The data re the Dimension confirms what I was stunned and happy to read about 7's refreshingly modest requirements! Sorry to have, tho not gratuitously....meandered off topic.

Quote: Originally Posted by Jilly I am convinced that having both, at least for me right now, is the way to go.. They support each other. I say this based on subjective experience. And one thing most agree on---this appears incontrovertible--- no single antimal app can pick up everything and if you depend on only one you are nt being smart and prudent. I have anti-malware with my AV suite & I have Windows Defender activated. I...

Infection of atapi .sys file has been the most common redirection cause lately, but some other files may be involved as well. If you're not 100% sure, your computer is perfectly clean, you can always post at Malware and Virus Removal section.

Quote: Originally Posted by robertpri It appeared to her as an ordinary Microsoft XP Pro Windows msg box. Nothing unusual, but it warned her that her machine had a virus. Knowing better than to accept the msg, she tried to close it. A small tip, it's not infallible but when presented with popups like this use the Red X in the top right corner (that's generated by your OS), a close/cancel button in your browser is generated by the...

I stopped using nortons products when symantec took over and they ******* up a good company. That said, in 2008, consumer reports rated their security suite as the "least intrusive" of the major firewall/virus products. Although not cheap, the license is for three computers, so spreading the cost across my three machines and the price becomes quite reasonable. Performance tests clearly prove to me that it's not...

After seeing so many threads about Google redirection I just have to ask, Is Google infected? Not intending to throw fear into anyone, but the assumption is clearly there. I see no other search providers having redirection problems (yet) . At the same time I think if Google was indeed infected, word about it would be all over the net. So what is this, an infection solely aimed at Google through many users pc's? Another search provider...

Robertpri, does your son have any weird security event logs since this virus happened? As I posted in Multiple security events..advapi logon process...my computer secure? after this exact same virus I now see a bunch of odd security logs, so although sysguard is gone from the registry, etc...I'm wondering if it didn't change some local or group policy settings that may need to be adjusted back as well. This is one nasty...

As broni explained. At least 80% of people use Google to search, so why target anything else? That's the same reason you see so many Malware targeting Windows... it's the size that matters

Young and older alike are doing it. The source code to most all malware is freely available and can be downloaded and modified to create new variants of malware. As well, known Windows holes are documented and the exploitation methods are published at "black hat" security sites. In some ways, the young folks engaging in this are similar to the young high school athelete who dreams of pro sports. Often the writer of major...

Hi Disable UAC To disable the UAC, enter the Control Panel and type UAC in the search box. The first result returned by the search will be User Accounts – Turn User Account Control (UAC) on or off. Click on it and the UAC window will open. Deselect the option Use User Account Control (UAC) to help protect your computer and press the OK button. Windows Vista will ask you to restart your computer. After the restart, UAC will be...