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KimKat
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@x|Smile|x: AVG has a "Game mode" option. But I don't really know what it does, I assume it attempts to make it more pleasant for gamers to play games though, lol. You'd need to tick that box, so it will keep you at least safer while playing games. It will block/ignore malformed/malware packets during play. You can find this in the firewall settings. Hope I helped.

Also if you have a anti-virus programme running you have to expect a bit higher latency in games, so you'd better get used to it. Consider it a confirmation of your PC's safety.

Actually the more programmes you got running the more latency you'll have, well at least that's what I heard.

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well, the "Game Mode" does not interrupt you while playing - it's just choosing the first option (which is often remove) and does that in the background. So no message pops up, you can still play normal.

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How many of you guys actually know what processes usually run on your PC?


You can usually Google most of the processes that are in your Task Manager anyway.

I know that my processes are fine (I'm only running as I post this message) as it shows up the usual stuff, my antivirus, web browser I'm using and explorer.exe, etc.

If you do consider anything to be suspicious you may as well do a Google search anyway as you can usually find a result on what might or might not be a virus.

I always check files and do virus scans whenever possible just in case I find anything unusual or suspicious. I remember when I thought I had a virus when I got an Apple Ipod (there was a file that came with it called Bonjour) I truly thought it was some sort of french virus until I searched up on it.

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How many of you guys actually know what processes usually run on your PC?
I'd just hold the combo keys CTRL + SHIFT + ESC (in Windows 7) for that, and yea I see all kinds of processes, scary as I'm not used to Windows 7 yet, sometimes I see double explorer.exe and I have absolutely no clue, perhaps some bugs that came with the system. It normally is just one? I find that strange. It's the file explorer but apparently it also acts as the explorer shell sort of, so I know what I talk about. All the other processes just seem boring to me, as I've never gotten the time to realise what they are yet but when I see something strange in the process list I simply terminate it. For now my PC is safe though.

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Also, don't rely on MS alone to give you the tools you need already installed in the OS. Some of their best stuff is kept in the sides for the sake of smaller distros.

There's:
XP Power Tools
Some good tools and some crap. This is the stuff MS couldn't fit on the XP installation disk.
I highly recommend:
TweakUI
OpenCommandWindowHere

Sysinternals (now part of MS Technet)
This team of developers make some real low level, high detail computer diagnostics software and were so good, MS bought them out...
I highly recommend:
ProcessExplorer
TCPView
AutoRuns
RootkitRevealer

There are many other really cool independant developers, but be careful, some tools are literally so powerful in what they can do/change that AV software can flag them as a virus because they contain code that allows the user to do something powerful that they usually couldn't.

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Well, after this shit I got Microsoft Security Essentials.


Erm when did you install that Microsoft security essentials ?
i got the same thing long ago. Check you're process if you have 'hotfix.exe' Sometime when browsing some infected site you'll get fake prompts from the site scanning you're pc and finding a virus. It'll then tell you that you need to get new virus signatures to remove the viruses or to download the anti-virus. If you have an anti-virus installed you'll get fooled and think it's your's ( unless your''res has a special gui - or NOD32 ;P). Then you'll download it ( if you where dumb and ell for it like i did :/) you wont be able to access nearly anything on your PC : Why? :
It stopped the 'explorer.exe' process, that's process/program that shows the GUI from which you control nearly everything o you're PC. Open task manager with CTRL+SHIFT+ESC then click run and enter explorer.exe . Then stop the process tree of 'hotfix.exe' . After that download malware bytes anti malware ( just the trial) and run a quick search. It'll show that you are infected with hotfix Trojan and show a few registry keys, tell it to delete all of those. Restart you'r PC, check for suspicious process then you're done ( and get a good AV :P)

That's for you and for whoever got that virus.

How did i find all of this ?Task-manager because i saw hotfix.exe then Google for telling me what's hotfix.exe and finding a solution on a forum.


Well, sorry for the bad grammar and text format. i typed this very fast.

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You are wrong -.- AVG zZzz.. i recomended don't ever use avg because avg is not 100% support unicode i mean every i use avg my computer ping always become 100 - 200 ms but when i delet it my ping become normal (1-2 ms) i just use pc tuneup i use pc tuneup only on 1 times after that i uninstall it i mean every i want recover my computer i install the pc tuneup and when i finish i uninstall it that my style for protect me from idi*t anti-virius now i just use local anti virus and my own anti virus and nod32


I need help!
www.Fucked-up-Laguage.translator.com


-.- i think just dosen't know what i talking about so you said i'm using language translator you even wrong spell language

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Yates has written
xlSmilelx has written
You are wrong -.- AVG zZzz.. i recomended don't ever use avg because avg is not 100% support unicode i mean every i use avg my computer ping always become 100 - 200 ms but when i delet it my ping become normal (1-2 ms) i just use pc tuneup i use pc tuneup only on 1 times after that i uninstall it i mean every i want recover my computer i install the pc tuneup and when i finish i uninstall it that my style for protect me from idi*t anti-virius now i just use local anti virus and my own anti virus and nod32


I need help!
www.Fucked-up-Laguage.translator.com


-.- i think just dosen't know what i talking about so you said i'm using language translator you even wrong spell language

Wow, my fingers were to fast, who cares about one letter?
I'm talking about your english, I mean everything you just wrote there is messed up and makes no sence.
You are saying AVG is bad, that I understand but the rest. Man, just look at your msg right now.
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i think just dosen't know what i talking about so you said i'm using language translator you even wrong spell language

Let me tell you how you should have wrote it.
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I think, you just don't understand what I am talking about. (here comes the part about you using a tranlator, which I never said) You think i am using a translator, you can't even spell language.

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Yates has written
sence.

Correction: sense.


Anyway:
This thing is still very much alive. I just got one right now infact ( while trying to download a song ), it's damn stupid and obvious.

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Thanks for that. When you get used to typing it, it seems right.
But yes, it's total bullshit..
The background img is just stupid and I new from the start that I shouldn't even pay. (Pff, like I was going to)
If you were smart you wouldn't have put in tha background:
"To you friends, your family, and children"
Fake -.-'

Btw: I'm 14, My spelling is bad, but I try to fix that from others aswell.

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I recommend to use your brain. I'm not using antivirusses anymore. Norton is scanning my PC for free everyweek.
Result: Your computer at safety
Use your brain and don't open all pornographic sites

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I recommend to use your brain. I'm not using antivirusses anymore. Norton is scanning my PC for free everyweek.
Result: Your computer at safety
Use your brain and don't open all pornographic sites

e_e it was a prank & hoax page not a adult page
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