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Ann :o)

XP

l just been told l got another one - gorden bennett

just go and look at favs

whats Snopes??
don't remember looking at that before !!

l'm closing this puter down n ow and waiting for me puter man to come, see you when l see you:o((((


thanks again.

jude

Ive messaged you Jude:)

Thanks:o))

I'm having trouble downloading updates from Adaware at the moment.

If I try to update definitions it comes up with "Error retrieving update"

Same result at home and at work, so not just my machine.

Anyone else experiencing this?

Thanks, Rosalind.

I've updated many times without problems, so am foxed as to what's going wrong.

Hi Brian :)

Are you using a 2007 Adaware version. I believe Lavasoft the makers stopped doing updates for any previous versions of Adaware on December the 31st last

That might be it, I've got 1.06r1

Hi Brian :)

The new reccommeded version is this one

Ad-Aware 2007 7.0.2.6

Its is available here at this site below :

http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-2007/3000-8022_4-10045910.html

The new version carries anti spyware now to :)

Good Luck

Colin :):)

Hiya everyone - l have been talking to a IT chap on the phone and l have deleted the trojans from the vault:o)) just going to do another scan whilst l watch Neighbours.
Fingers crossed - he said they may come back, they may not, if they do then l'll take it into him. He says l should be protected by what l have - but l may upgrade AVG, as its the free one. The Norton is spyware and the two do work together - l have firewall Zonealarm.

Sorry l did'nt give you all the info yesterday - l did'nt know where to look (daft bat) until l had had time to sort me head out!!! lol

see yeh in a while:o)

jude :o) x

Done 2 scans - everything ok:o))))

Colin are you there????

jude :o)

Erm what is in safe mode :o((( gawd l must sound so stupid:o((( the other thing is l still have'nt got my easyshare/kodak stuff back, its saying Easyshare Preview error 'application not found' - grrr but most if not all the photo's are on the puter (hard drive??)
l will get the IT to look at it defo Thursday - thought l could deal with it.

Thanks Rosalind:o))

jude :o)
jude

Yes l can view the folder then the pics:o))) l was just saying to someone else it might be better to use another photo thingy anyway.

will take alook at the grisoft:o)


sorry l take so long getting back to you:o)
l have a cat in lounge that l'm trying to get to use the dirt box and have to keep checking he has'nt done it in the dogs bed again!!!! lol - even though its tipped on its side!!!

jude
be back in a mo - lol

PS when l did the scans etc - everything else was turned off, as in l closed email etc

Hi Jude
I have a few little concerns here that you say this IT chap costs a lot of mone. How much is he charging?
He should have told you to scan in Safe Mode and I also do not agree that you "should" have enough protection. He should also have talked you through how to retrieve your photographs, and what is wrong with the free edition of AVG? Millions of users worldwide surely can't be wrong.
Apologies if I am stepping on toes but I don't think you are being given the best advice here - particularly if it is costing a fortune. As a comparison, PC World (who are not necessarily the least expensive!) will carry out a PC health check including virus removal for less than 50 quid.

PS your photo issue is with the software and not the images themselves, in my opinion.

do you put your photos onto disc in the photo shop ...or straight on to your computer jude

Hello Erroll - the chap l was trying to get hold of has'nt got back to me - he lives about 20 - 30 mins from me and charges £50 plus what work he does. He may not be doing repairs anymore (lbought the puter from him, he made it). The chap l have spoken to said that AVG free and Norton Spyware are fine, it was me who thought l ought to upgrade my puter. So l will take it into the iT chap l spoke to on Thursday - they are usually ok, l have heard good results from other people.

Thanks for helping though everyone - perhaps l ought to let this thread go now, l don't want to confuse everyone - gawd l'm confused enough - dowwww lol


jude :o))

It's a shame you have deleted the infected files from your Virus Vault, otherwise you could have sent them to me so I could have taken a look to ascertain whether they are indeed infected. As Rosalind rightly says, there is much documentation about false negatives regarding Easyshare. Basically what happens is AVG detects Easyshare as a false threat if you have the latest virus definitions and quarantines it rendering the programme useless.
Now I know what you are thinking - you should never send someone an infected file but it really is ok - we have the technology lol
(I wouldn't advise anyone without the necessary security and software to do this!)