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Daily Dose of Tim - Best Solution

Posted By: The Tim <tim@thetimtimes.com>
Monday, 12 June 2006, at 12:59 p.m.

In Response To: Still Having Computer Problems (Michelle Nightengale)

I've suffered with/through many of the problems we see REPEATEDLY show up on this forum. Next PC will be a MAC. Think the mini will do just fine. Might take a bit of time to make 'the switch', but there's no way it could be more difficult than living with Windows.

Enjoy.

> Hi all,

> Thanks for your help last week when an unwanted toolbar was downloaded
> onto my computer (along with a lot of other junk).

> I was able to get rid of the Mirar toolbar and other things. But the
> pop-ups are STILL happening. I've put up with it for a week and haven't
> done much about it. But it's really getting on my nerves. And just today,
> my desktop theme was changed without my knowledge or permission. I had to
> go back and reset it. Unknown processes are still working behind the
> scenes on my computer and I'm continually getting pop-up advertising
> messages that aren't necessarily related to the Web site I'm visiting. I
> know virtually nothing about computer security so I'm at a loss as to how
> to solve this. But as far as I can tell, something was downloaded to my
> computer that generates these pop-ups. If I turn on my computer but don't
> connect to the Internet right away, a pop-up will appear but is unable to
> connect (to it's host I presume) and I'll be prompted to connect to the
> Internet.

> If I'm already on the Internet, I get a lot of different pop-up windows in
> quick order. Even if I'm idle (not moving from site to site), I get a ton
> of them and next thing I know there are 6, 12 or more open windows on my
> computer.

> AdAware and Spybot Seach & Destroy are NOT helping me with this at
> all. What I want to know is if anyone here can walk me through restarting
> my computer in safe mode and restarting it as if from last week before
> that day? I want restart my computer as if from June 5th. (Will this even
> help?)

> Please help!

> Thanks!

> Michelle

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Still Having Computer Problems (views: 566)
Michelle Nightengale -- Monday, 12 June 2006, at 8:16 a.m.
- Re: Still Having Computer Problems (views: 579)
  Woody Quiñones -- Monday, 12 June 2006, at 8:31 a.m.
- Re: Still Having Computer Problems (views: 575)
  DaveB -- Monday, 12 June 2006, at 8:39 a.m.
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    Barbara Ling -- Monday, 12 June 2006, at 9:15 a.m.
  - Re: Still Having Computer Problems (views: 427)
    Mike S. -- Monday, 12 June 2006, at 6:21 p.m.
- Your best bet... (views: 600)
  Mr Bluto ^_^ -- Monday, 12 June 2006, at 9:40 a.m.
  - Other options for you... (views: 598)
    Sandi Bowman -- Monday, 12 June 2006, at 11:14 a.m.
- Daily Dose of Tim - Best Solution (views: 589)
  The Tim -- Monday, 12 June 2006, at 12:59 p.m.
- Re: Still Having Computer Problems (views: 570)
  Michelle Nightengale -- Tuesday, 13 June 2006, at 1:16 p.m.
  - Just think, you are...... (views: 589)
    Woody Quiñones -- Tuesday, 13 June 2006, at 5:43 p.m.
    - Re: Just think, you are...... (views: 580)
      stevek -- Tuesday, 13 June 2006, at 7:29 p.m.
  - AA is not lost...how to proceed from here... (views: 588)
    Sandi Bowman -- Tuesday, 13 June 2006, at 7:41 p.m.

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