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@Poshcat wrote:
OMG :shock: Well now you have me in panic mode …. Spybot found funweb …. however.. pitstop gave me all black and white flags… so old pseudo blondie here is confused…. do I have a problem of elephantine proportions ??????
Your pc is fine, but I think you should get rid of FunWebProducts asap! :wink:
Well Ellen it seems that Spybot removed this FunWeb for Poshcat so you now know how to get rid of it.
Now set your VM volume to the default setting (384 mb) and see if you still get the VM errors. If you do then theres something still on your system draining at your RAM.
Poshcat your system is fine, although i’d advise anyone to run a registry cleaner over there system after any type of infection.
In fact if Poshcat and Ellen download Adawarespy http://www.adwarespy.com/download.html and then check your pm’s i have sent you the license key to unlock this program.
It’s a very good peice of kit priced at 40$ and it’s on the house. Make sure you update the program and do a full system scan.
@superanubistype wrote:
LMAO, Now i will post a smug grin!. :D
I didn’t post a smug grin, as I said already, I’m not like that.
@superanubistype wrote:See Owen, you should’nt of instructed Ellen to increase the VM volume…
I didn’t, I showed Ellen where she could check her VM settings.
@superanubistype wrote:…and turn off the performance and graphics of XP
My advice regarding the visual settings improves pc performance by
turning off the XP graphics.
@superanubistype wrote:as i said all the way along in this topic you need to hunt what is causing the problem and not hide it.
I never said any different.
@superanubistype wrote:I read this article about the adware/malware Ellen has been infected with.
The consequences of FunWebProducts in Windows systems are serious. These programs can cause browsers to perform slowly, can degrade overall system performance, and can damage Windows configurations. They can also cause other applications to misbehave.The article I posted a link to.
@superanubistype wrote:Thanks for proving it once again Owen.
Your arrogance?
Forgive me if I make one or two general comments.
The main point of having this thread is for those Board users who are gifted or skilled in the ways of computers and software etc to be able to help and assist those who may be less skilled or gifted and who have a problem.
We post on here to offer advice and guidance based on our own knowledge and experience. OK sometimes it isn’t always totally accurate, or maybe there is another way to resolve a user’s issue or find a work around etc.
But we do it because we are trying to use our knowledge to help others – not in the hope or expectation of reward but just because we want to help someone in trouble – and that is an honourable thing to do.
We are really fortunate to have as members, several people who have a lot of knowledge in their respective areas of expertise on computers. So wouldn’t it be good if we can all readjust our focus towards helping the other Board users with their issues and away from arguing amongst ourselves?
Finally, and on behalf of all the users that have been assisted so far, may I just thank all those of you who contribute so positively to this technical help board. I know that they really appreciate it and long may it continue.
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well said PB. welcome back, nice break?
anyway. fun web products has now gone from pc but still vm prob. am i dumb or just stupid?
I reinstalled XP the other day Ellen and straight away had the same problem. I set mine to 286, following Owens instructions and I`ve had no probs since. May just be the OS and not neccessarily anything suspicious on your puter? :?
Interesting. I use both Ad Aware SE and Adware Spy and for those little personal moments I follow up with SpyBot S&D and finally have a really good rub down with Window Washer. Strangely enough none of them have picked up this site as slipping you a little spy. Mind you I pick up so much spyware etc in a 24 hour period that one or two more ain’t an issue.
Incidentally I did pick up a tracking cookie from the DTI website and another from the Insolvency Service on Monday so maybe somebody is trying to tell me something huh?
My feeling is that in general you will collect an assortment of spies etc wherever you go these days and as long as you follow a regime of regularly cleaning them out, you should be OK. I usually set my stuff to run overnight every night so that the build up is really minimal.
@Ow£n Ka$h wrote:
Hi Ellen,
try this…
>Start
>Control Panel
>System
>Advanced
Under ‘Performance’
> Settings
Here in ‘Visual Settings’ you can adjust the performance of your pc.
I have mine set to ‘Adjust for best performance’ but you might prefer to
use ‘Let Windows choose what’s best for my computer’.
If you Click ‘Advanced’ you can change your Virtual Memory settings.
It should tell you the minimum size and the recommended size for your
paging file.
The minimum size for my system is 2MB
The recommended size is 382MB
I have it set to 512MB
I hope this helps. :wink:Hmmmmmm
@blonde/blue wrote:
I reinstalled XP the other day Ellen and straight away had the same problem. I set mine to 286, following Owens instructions and I`ve had no probs since. May just be the OS and not neccessarily anything suspicious on your puter? :?
You reinstalled XP and had VM probs? A clean instal should work no probs with 256 mb of RAM combined with a 384 mb of VM RAM (default). Your clean instal was using more than 540 mb of combined RAM? Something on your system needs looking at because the most a clean instal of XP needs at any one point to run, is 256 mb of RAM.
You said you reset your VM volume to 286 mb and after this it was fine? If you were getting VM probs with the default setting of 384 mb resetting it to a lower volume of 286 mb would of surley made it even worse.
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