OFFICIAL: PC Help Thread
 

I thought I'd start a thread where people can post their PC problems. Myself I have just spent the last day reloading my entire main PC (we have seven in the house). I recently bought a refurbished wireless Logitech keyboard. It came with no software so I went to the companies website and downloaded it. Sure it got all the special keys working but it came with a very nasty surprise virus. I've been a geek since I was 12 and this one just wouldn't go away no matter how many scans/boot scans etc. The only way to remove it was to delete windows files needed for proper operation.

If you have a PC issue want some advice post your questions and problems and we will all help as much as we do about your car problems.

Sticky

Buy a Mac, problems solved lol. I wish I bought a macbook or even an iMac instead of my laptop vista machine that I have had to format twice already in less than a year. 'obtaining' music the way I was did not help me in any way

^^yea ill definetly be going with a mac for my next laptop. Even though they are twice the price, its worth it

not that i know of

My pc is getting infected by trojan every now and then..i have used kaspersky but no honey! and suggestions?

Switch to AVG, I run it on all my machines and my cell phone, its better than norton and its free

I'm using Ubuntu 10.10 (I dont like the looks of newer version) for searching online same platform as Mac but this one is for free :) and I use Ubuntu to retrieve files from other hard drive. I still have windows reason being is I have programs that only run's in Windows. I never had a problem with virus what so ever with Ubuntu :)

i suggest avira its free and very effective though, also use ccleaner.

Alienware M14x R2 or R3 coming out soon. You'll get wayyyy more bang for tha buck than a Mac. Use AVG, or Avast, randomizing ISP and DNS. There's websites where you they can test to see how secure your pc is. Mine was came back as practically invisible after all the walls, blocks, and **** I've tweaked on it.

Be CAREFUL what you're downloading though! Don't run .exe files from unknown publishers or torrents, and scan every single file you download regardless.

Do this, and you'll have a CHEAPER, higher performing computer than you could ever dream of getting from APPLE.

Plus, Mac's are for dumb people... lol like my programming teacher always said...