Simon Pieman
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« Reply #30 on: Tuesday, January 23, 2007, 09:06:30 » |
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There's a facility in spybot also in the tools that tells you what the processes are, if you're still unsure.
Sophos is one of the most respected anti-virus softwares around, you should be fine with that strooood. I wouldn't get more than one anti-virus program because it would further slow the the machine down as you would have both running at once and also they might conflict with each other.
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« Reply #31 on: Tuesday, January 23, 2007, 12:23:08 » |
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yea i'm sure it's really good but not when the updates fail everyday.
it's just got some queer red cross over it. how bent. defrag worked a treat though it's all much quicker, thanks.
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officially blacker than the night.
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« Reply #32 on: Tuesday, January 23, 2007, 13:40:36 » |
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That will be the network admin's fault - I don't think Sophos auto updates itself - rather, it is patched and 'updated' through the administrator. That's what I've heard before anyway.
I'd talk to your uni about it if they're responsible, otherwise get yourself some new anti-virus shizzle and uninstalll Sophos.
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« Reply #33 on: Tuesday, January 23, 2007, 13:43:08 » |
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Looks liek I heard wrong. Bottom of page: http://www.le.ac.uk/cc/cchelp/sophos.htmlI'd still get in touch with IT at your uni and if they are being queer about it uninstall and get some new anti-virus software. |
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« Reply #34 on: Tuesday, January 23, 2007, 13:55:28 » |
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Sophos should automatically update from the server. We use sophos and have no problems whatsoever. Easy to manage.
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If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you're gonna see some serious shit...
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« Reply #35 on: Tuesday, January 23, 2007, 16:18:06 » |
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likewise i have sophos, occasionally it fails to auto-update but you can manually do it by right clicking on the icon in the system tray... However, it sounds like you have Sophos v4 - I noticed a while ago that Sophos are getting rid of this in Feb I think, and you need to update to a newer version 5 or 6. if you are at a Uni this should be easy to do from your uni's IT department website
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« Reply #36 on: Tuesday, January 23, 2007, 16:21:21 » |
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i have windows defender and it does the job,it is free aswell
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« Reply #37 on: Tuesday, January 23, 2007, 17:23:14 » |
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right, i did all the above last night and everything was fine. now i've turned my computer back on today and literally everything is in hiyoglyphics (apart from what's inside this screen), we're talking everything on the desktop (icons are fine but the writing is a series of shapes) and everything on the start menu - help.
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« Reply #38 on: Tuesday, January 23, 2007, 17:27:23 » |
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haha! can you post a picture?
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« Reply #39 on: Tuesday, January 23, 2007, 17:29:31 » |
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hey, do i sound like i know what i'm doing?
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« Reply #40 on: Tuesday, January 23, 2007, 23:01:31 » |
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Sounds like a system font has been deleted. Can you do a system restore?
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« Reply #41 on: Wednesday, January 24, 2007, 00:37:17 » |
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Anyone used one of these Registry Mechanic tools to clean up your Windows Registry? Any advice on any free tools out there, as most require you to register.
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« Reply #42 on: Wednesday, January 24, 2007, 13:16:47 » |
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Coxernator - I think I use RegScrub and it's free. Will give you details later. I've also used registry mechanic and other ones but this one has given me the best results and least problems.
Always backup your registry before you change anything though!
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« Reply #44 on: Friday, January 26, 2007, 01:55:19 » |
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Thanks pieman, will take a look laters.
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