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 Oct 20 2007, 08:03 PM
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 Forum Regular  Group: Members Posts: 238 Joined: 7-October 06 From: Idaho Member No.: 88,911  |
On Vista, I have just recently hooked up to the Internet. For security, I have installed McAfee's Internet Suite (yes, I properly used the Vista installer off their website: it itself works fine). Though on my dad's PC, his computer hasn't had any issues, mine gets angry at me fairly quickly. Upon booting, I can only start Firefox or IE once. If I close out, then reload the browsers, nothing comes up, and multiple browser processes spawn in my processes in the Task Manager. My computer then refuses to restart, so I have to tell it to do so manually. Both browsers have also had issues loading webpages, as well. -Glen |
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Oct 21 2007, 05:24 AM
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 Still visually handicapped, new avatar :0) Group: Global Moderator Posts: 15,530 Joined: 2-October 05 From: Southeastern CT, USA Member No.: 35,824 |
I would first suspect either a corruption of the McAfee Internet Suite or a malware infection. Even with a security product installed, you can still get infected easily - so I'd suggest these free, online scans to double check your system:
http://onecare.live.com/site/en-us/sandbox...s%2Fdefault.htm http://housecall.trendmicro.com Another thing to try would be to TEMPORARILY disable the McAfee to see if you can connect then. -------------------- - John
**If you need a more detailed explanation, please ask for it. I have the Knack. ** BTW - the avatar pic is a camel as it looks back at me while I'm in the saddle (and he wasn't happy!) |
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Oct 21 2007, 11:43 AM
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Forum Regular Group: Members Posts: 238 Joined: 7-October 06 From: Idaho Member No.: 88,911 |
EDIT:I had originally posted that disabling McAfee had solved the problem, but right after I said that, it came again! It seems to happen after the computer has been on for about 7-8 minutes, and makes all Internet-related programs freak out, as well as the Shutdown/Restart buttons.
I will restart into Vista (I'm typing this in Ubuntu), and try both scanners again. This post has been edited by Glunn11: Oct 21 2007, 11:58 AM |
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Oct 21 2007, 05:56 PM
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Forum Regular Group: Members Posts: 238 Joined: 7-October 06 From: Idaho Member No.: 88,911 |
Well, I found and removed a likely culprit: DSSAgent.
Came with a few Carmen Sandiego games. So far it has seemed to do the trick. This post has been edited by Glunn11: Oct 21 2007, 05:57 PM |
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