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ScottG489 · 08-12-2008, 02:22 PM

First let me say thank you very much for responding. I have been waiting for about 3 days lol.

I'd also like to point out real quick that since I originally ran dss.exe I have set up a second monitor.

To answer your first question. the reason I don't have an antivirus running on this computer is because (1) I could never really find a good free antivirus program, (2) I'm afraid they will slow down my computer while gaming occasionally, (3) I actually do have Spyware Doctor on this computer (got it with the Google Pack) but for the reason that I don't really believe that many antivirus programs work very well (at least free ones), that they seem to use up a lot of CPU usage, and was blocking some programs from starting up, I leave it close for extended periods of time. If you could recommend a good free program that doesn't hog up too much of my CPU I would happily try it out since someone like you would have a lot of knowledge on this subject.

I just moved dss.exe to my desktop.

I am also aware of the dangers of using P2P programs but they are a very integrated part of how I work on my computer. I totally understand where you are coming from though.

I just downloaded and then put ComboFix.exe onto my desktop

I am now closing this window and am going to follow the rest of the steps from a text file. I figure I will just post this then post my results when I finish following your steps.

08-12-2008, 02:22 PM	#4 (permalink)
ScottG489 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: New York State Posts: 50 OS: XP Pro SP 3	Re: Popups/can't connect to various sites. First let me say thank you very much for responding. I have been waiting for about 3 days lol. I'd also like to point out real quick that since I originally ran dss.exe I have set up a second monitor. To answer your first question. the reason I don't have an antivirus running on this computer is because (1) I could never really find a good free antivirus program, (2) I'm afraid they will slow down my computer while gaming occasionally, (3) I actually do have Spyware Doctor on this computer (got it with the Google Pack) but for the reason that I don't really believe that many antivirus programs work very well (at least free ones), that they seem to use up a lot of CPU usage, and was blocking some programs from starting up, I leave it close for extended periods of time. If you could recommend a good free program that doesn't hog up too much of my CPU I would happily try it out since someone like you would have a lot of knowledge on this subject. I just moved dss.exe to my desktop. I am also aware of the dangers of using P2P programs but they are a very integrated part of how I work on my computer. I totally understand where you are coming from though. I just downloaded and then put ComboFix.exe onto my desktop I am now closing this window and am going to follow the rest of the steps from a text file. I figure I will just post this then post my results when I finish following your steps.