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Quote[/b] (elgecko @ Dec. 13 2004,7:24)]Scott,
Also run Spybot-S&D for spyware. I have notice that each of the programs Spybot-S&D and Ad-Aware both find different spyware programs that the other misses.
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But Captain... the dilithium crystals.... the pc... she's gonna blow! Talk about mixed metaphors...
3 months ago, at the suggestion of two forum members, I installed Spy Sweeper to go with Ad - Aware. After the usual restart, every time I navigated, the error message of, "you have performed an illegal operation" came up. Well I didn't raise my pc to be a criminal...
Basically, it crashed. So I called Gateway for the umpteenth time in 6 years and the technician said the pc had a virus. My computer guru / cp buddy at work volunteered to take a look at it while we were vacationing. All he did was put it in safe mode, delete a few non-essential startup programs - and then delete Spy Sweeper. Then it was fine. I asked what was the cause. He couldn't say for certain, but suggested either it was a RAM thing (I have Windows 98) or Ad - Aware thought Spy Sweeper was the enemy, causing it to crash. Another pc expert / friend agreed with the assessment that the one program thought the other was a threat - like putting two cats together.
Anyways, this morning I tried again and lo and behold - I got in. I had to re-login because it thought I was a guest, but now it works. Coincidently, my kid installed Windows 98, Second Edition last night. Don't know if THAT had anything to do with it, but hey, it works
Personally, I think it was browsing on bad cookies.