Hey friends, family and associates, I am finally back up and running on the old pc. At last! My pc started jerking me around in August and just got progressively worse until it would do nothing. For those of YOU who don't know me that well, let me assure YOU I am very aware of the stuff You can pick up and take as many precautions as possible to avoid this kind of crap. However, there are things going on that You cannot defend against because, You don't know they are going on till it's too late.
This is what my IT guy, who is very good, found was causing my problems.
A) Found 100+ high risk and severe risk trojans and spyware
B) McAfee Anti-Virus program was corrupted causing system slow downs and not protecting the computer.
C) Panda Cloud was also corrupted and causing system slowdowns and not stopping viruses, malware and spyware
My guy managed to remove all of the bad stuff and installed AVG for protection. It took him forever and a day. The reason he did this was to save me from losing important stuff on my hard drive that I had not backed up. Otherwise, he just would have formatted my drive and reloaded Windows Xp or Windows 7 and I would have lost everything on my computer.
What I did next, is what YOU need to do if You have not already. I got a 4 gigabyte flash drive and downloaded all my important stuff to it. It is so easy to do, morons could do it. If my computer screws up again, I just have to reload the operating system and go on about my business. All my important files, pictures, music etc are on my little tiny flash drive. Which, plugs right into a usb port.
Save yourself some grief, it is only a matter of time before the pc gremlins get your stuff jacked up. By the way, my guy recommends Windows 7 "professional" 32 bit.
"Peace, Love and Tech",
