Quote Originally Posted by latewood
Hey bro..I had that problem...1st spybot is a piece of crap...I had that and AVG antivirus, and Adaware-se...they all got there Butt kicked by a Trojan; I picked up at bearshare...I bought Spybouncer...It removed the trojan, and unlocked my system...as far as firefox..I tried that to...regardless of what they tell you...It is not totally compatible with explorer. (this may be your biggest problem)

recommendations:
uninstall firefox, and any other free spyware...go back to explorer. get ccleaner(after you finish uninstalling); As suggested above...this is a wipe tool that deletes temp files and cookies and cleans all the "crap" off your harddrive.

you need to run your defragmenter...Start>programs>Accesories>System Tools>defragmenter. this built in tool will realine all your little memory bits...and if you put it on you task scheduler, It can run everyday or whatever schedule you plan for it.
(make sure you run it when you are sleeping, because it slows your computer way down, when it is running)

I hope this helps. I had the same problems, and this is how I fixed...Also, before defragging...Uninstall spybot and any other free antivirus programs.

If this does not help...then you need to Use windows recovery disk, and reboot your hard drive. Make sure to back up any files you don't want to lose, but recovery only, leaves your mp3, and shortcuts and such...but you have to reregister with your same username and re-install some of your stuff, like internet explorer, and such.

This is good, because sometimes you are actually upgrading. Damn, One more thing...this helped me as far as pop-ups...I installed a google toolbar, and I have to OK pop-ups, or I don't get any.

good luck lw
Howdy lw,

Those are some interesting ideas that ya have and I realize that I need to actually buy the software and git a bonafide result..I'll be able to do that pretty soon. I'm seriously thinkin of building a new computer myself or with a little help..lol.

So what I'd like to ask ya,and anyone else who can pitch in their 2 cents,what motherboard do ya reccomend for an amd cpu and *.* chipset ? I'll be building it for mostly gaming purposes and out-putting pics on photo-paper.

Thanx for any and all,advice !

Have a good one ! :stoned: