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RIP
Nope, VICTORY! I WON THE BATTLE!! IN YOUR FACE VIRUS!

I know Dvorak layout because I'm better than you.

anyone?

This sounds like adware. It may be removable via the "Uninstall a Program" option in your Control Panel (assuming you have Windows).

No dice.
If it was that simple no adware even existed.

Did a cursory search around teh webs and found some discussions about something that sounds very similar. Looks like malware and some jacking with your hosts file.

http://forums.malwarebytes.org/index.ph ... pic=109316
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic449943.html

those look highly complecated. I shall try...

You recon i can split up the image load into four rather then two? Lets find out!

http://youtu.be/MEoCUJds-fY

And if that doesn't work, download the free Avast! antivirus:
http://www.avast.com/free-antivirus-download
(You actually still get a lot of the protection that appears to be in the paid version. But it's free.)

If you set all the sensitivities set to high, and all that jazz, run the scans (rootkit, full scan) and it should clean it for you. I've been using Avast! for three years now and my system is as clean as the day I got it. And yes, I have had potential virus/malware attacks before.

It seems Beagle has a bit of a problem logging on.



She also asked me to give you this:
She says it might be the solution to her problem.


If you have any suggestions, please contact her through Skype or post it here, where someone else can relay it to her.
Edit:

Hey guys. The forum seemed to be working on my iPod this morning, but I didn't have enough time to check my laptops. I'll go computer-geek on the problem if it happens again tonight. I'll still take any advice if y'all offer it. There's plenty of people that can relay the message to me outside of the forums.

EDIT: It's working! One less thing I have to do tonight!

Can anyone good with code help me with Command Prompt for Windows 7?

I'm trying to manually combine all my .vcf files into one master .vfc so I can email the file to my iPod Touch and have another address book (and so I can add all my contacts to Outlook without clicking confirmations 400 times). I'm not familiar with the syntax for Command Prompt and I can't type the correct path to save my life.

Reference:
http://www.creativeworld9.com/2011/04/how-to-combine-all-vcf-files-to-single.html

I know this is the path for Windows Explorer, but I can't figure out how to use it with Command Prompt:
C:\Users\Caitlin\Documents\Vcards

Help. ;_;

Shouldn't it be exactly the same? C:
cd "vcards"
and then just copy? or am I missing something?

That's what I thought too.

You need the 'cd':
cd C:\Users\Caitlin\Documents\Vcards
(cd means "change directory")

Alternatively if you're already in C:\Users\Caitlin:
cd Documents\Vcards

Then smoosh 'em all together:
copy *.vcf all.vcf

I LOVE YOU. Thank you so much! It created a .vcf file named "all" and that was the master file! Now I've got a copy of all my cell phone contacts in my iPod Touch (my phone broke yesterday and I have an SD card). You rock Obbl!

Annoying thread bump go:

My laptop will be three years old in October. It's starting to feel some aging. Have some specs before I continue:

I've got about 80 processes and 30% physical memory running when my laptop is sitting at idle. RAM memory runs maybe about 10%. That's not too shabby, but I'm looking at ways to cut those processes and physical memory down a bit. I need to clean the dust (I've never opened up a laptop so I am terrified of cleaning it myself, which means my laptop's internal fans have never been cleaned) but it's never overheated.

I use CCleaner to keep my registry clean, I uninstall old software and programs that I don't need, I defragment regularly, my hard drive isn't even a quarter full, I use Avast! antivirus and Google Chrome's AdBlock, but my laptop's start up is getting slow... I haven't exactly timed it, but it's taking two minutes or more before I can click on things to start working. Sometimes, during start up, my mouse icon will even freeze for a minute or so. I find this extremely unacceptable.

I feel like this might have something to do with how many programs begin at start up (and I just now found the pages for how to work with this on Windows 7:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-vista/stop-a-program-from-running-automatically-when-windows-starts

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/optimize-windows-7-for-better-performance

My current tasks for when I get home tonight are examining my start up programs and processes that run while idle, running a thorough rootkit scan with Avast, and finding an experienced friend who can teach me how to clean my fans.

My question for you guys is, what else can I do to help get it running like new again? I've got way too much valuable data (that would be a royal pain to transfer) on my drive to do a clean wipe and I'm not going to re-install the OS. I feel like I'm missing some essential piece of information that would correct my slow start up problem.

tl;dr My laptop is three years old and start up is slow. Suggestions on how to make it run faster?