Question by brock: Is This A Good Laptop Setup?
The Only Thing I AM Gonna Be Doing Is Playing Apps On Facebook/Myspace.Music.And Put Movies on youtube “Whenever i make a movie i delete it from my computer” I Am Not Going To Install Any Games. So I Was Wondering If This Setup Above Would Be Good For The Thing’s Above

Specifications
Processor and Memory: Intel® Core i5 430 Processor
2.26GHz processor speed
3MB L3 cache
6GB DDR3 system memory (2 DIMM; max supported: 8192MB)
Accessible memory slots: 2

Hard Drive and Multimedia Drives:
640GB (7200RPM) hard drive dual HDD – 320GB x 2
LightScribe SuperMulti 8X DVD±R/RW with Double Layer Support

Audio, Video, and Graphics:
Altec Lansing with SRS Premium Sound and HP Triple Bass Reflex Subwoofer
NVIDIA GeForce G 105M with up to 3311MB total available graphics memory with 512MB dedicated

Connectivity:
Integrated 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet LAN (RJ-45 connector)
Wireless LAN 802.11a/g/n WLAN

Ports/Slots:
5-in-1 integrated Digital Media Reader for Secure Digital cards, MultiMedia cards, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, or xD Picture cards
4 USB 2.0, 4th port shared with eSATA
2 headphone-out
1 microphone-in
1 VGA (15-pin)
eSATA + USB 2.0
1 notebook expansion port 3
1 IEEE 1394 Firewire (4-pin)
1 consumer IR (remote receiver) 1 RJ-45 (LAN)
HDMI

Keyboard, Pointing Device and Display:
101-key compatible with full size keyboard with integrated numeric keypad
Touch Pad with on/off button and dedicated vertical scroll up/down pad
17.3″ diagonal HD+ LED BrightView widescreen display (1600 x 900)
Imprint with the espresso design in high-gloss black
webcam with integrated digital microphone

Power:
90W AC adapter
8-cell Lithium-ion battery

Software:
Symantec Norton Internet Security 2010
Support Assistant
PC Recovery
Advisor ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection
Microsoft Works
Microsoft Office 2007 Student and Teacher Edition
Microsoft Silverlight
Sun Java
Corel PaintShop Pro Photo X2
Corel Video Studio X2
eBay
MediaSmart Webcam
Pandora Internet Radio
Sling Media sling player with Sling flash tour
Windows Live Photo Gallery
Cyberlink DVD Suite Adobe Reader
Adobe Flash
Games Powered by Wild Tangent
Music Store powered by Rhapsody
Netflix
Hulu

Best answer:

Answer by Magnus
It’s great! A core i5 will generally have Windows 7, and if not Windows XP, so you’ll be all right. Since this is all you are using it for, I might go for a less expensive laptop to cover software costs.

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Question by Scoop111: I took my computer in for repair and they said it had a virus called Spector Pro. What is this? How to remove?
They wanted 9 to clear my system of that virus. I can’t find info about it online. Can someone tell me what it is? Is it dangerous? Can I get rid of it myself?

Best answer:

Answer by Austin Semiconductor
Spector Pro is spyware that someone installed on your PC, to spy on users. It monitors keystrokes, logs web pages used, chat conversations, passwords etc.

Someone intentionally installed program to spy on the users of the PC. It is not free.

Check for other un-install methods first, like such as that posted by PEACE! below. If you can just un-install it, that would be the easiest. But that might not be an option if you dont know the password.

Do a google search for: Spector Pro remove
I am blocked from many of those web sites by my providers filter. So I cant give more details. Be sure your turn on your fishing filter in IE7, and firewall before searching those sites.
Some of them may be hacked.
I have IE6 so I cant walk you through that, but it is easy.

One other more drastic way around the problem ( maybe), would be to check your system restore feature, and see if you can un-install the software by restoring the PC to an earlier configuration.

Any software that you installed after the selected restore date, would have to be re-installed. ( games, updates, security fixes, SPYWARE etc).
The restore feature, can be reversed, by re-running the tool.

in Xp:
Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, system restore.
(*) Restore my computer to an earlier time.
Next
Then look at all of the available restore dates in the popup canendar. Try to choose a date before the spyware was installed, but not too far back. Then follow the prompts.

If you dont like the changes, just re-run the tool to undo the changes.

You might also consider Changing your password, and admin password, delete the other user accounts, and activate a screensaver with password after 5 minutes of inactivity.

May the force be with you . . .

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Question by karry b: some how a antivirus was put on my computer I”m not going to buy this product. how can I remove it?
the web site keeps asking me to buy this protection I”m not going to .but it is a pain in the but to keep gitting this window pop up everywhere please help me remove it I tried everything I know

Best answer:

Answer by Mercuri
That “antivirus” is actually a virus itself that tries to scam you out of money. You need to use *real* antivirus to remove it. I recommend trying Malwarebytes.

http://www.malwarebytes.org

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Question by Yailyn B: Is this a good deal…or…not?
I have a friend who just got a desktop PC, she had a Acer netbook she is selling it for $ 75.00 but… it has a virus in it (Win antivirus 2011) would i be able to repair it? or should i just pass?!?!

Best answer:

Answer by Angel
you should just pass some viruses you could not fix it

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Question by hellraiser: is this a virus?
I am using windows xp service pack2..with quickheal antivirus tial version and it is updated ..two days back i used a pen drive and suddenly this problem started, multiple windows statrted emerging for same application e.g my computer opened in two windows and my laptop battery reached a critical stage and showed 0% and it is not getting charged ..whenever i unplug the power cord my laptop shuts down automatically and my laptop is 2 years old..now i have formated my pc and made new partition ..there were 2 now i have made them 3 as i am having 40gb hard disk and properly formatted them …but still this battery problem is there and windows problem has vanished but my pc is also behaving slow and some problems like sound increase decrease option is not going away after i click outside on the desk top …now i am using avg antivirus trial version which is updated also ..

other specifications
windows xp service pack 2
256 ddr ram
1.4 ghz processor
40 gb harddisk

Best answer:

Answer by Colinc
A 40 GB hard drive is not big enough to partition 3 ways, you need a minimum of about 40 to use with XP, otherwise your paging file size and temporary storage really slow the machine. The battery seems to have failed physically.

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Question by joshi: pleez guys you gotta help me out with this problem!!!!!?
i was installing norton antivirus 2007 on my lap top which is a dell vostro . the bar which shows the process of completion was full and i waited for about half an hour for the process completed message to appear. as it was taking too long i pulled out my pendrive(from where i was installing it). suddenly my laptop got stuck and so i closed it so that it would go to the standby mode. when i opened it again, it got stuck again and so i closed it opened it again, now the monitor was on(which is usually off in standby mode) now it still is in that position and i have left it so that the charge would get over. and try turning it on again……so please tell me what to do , i have no clue what to do!!!!

Best answer:

Answer by sleepylazy
Hold the power button until the power led turns completely off. Then restart. With Norton AntiVirus, if you can, uninstall or reinstall it because the installation wouldn`t be completed.

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Question by zack: Internet explorer (vista) will not let me browse without buying a antivirus program? How can i override this?
I.E. prompts me with a red and green icon Red: continue browsing usecured. Green: Safe browsing, download some program. Either one that i choose closes out I.E. I cannot figure out how to reset it or not pay for a anti-virus subscription
PLEASE HELP!!!! NEED FOR SCHOOL!!

Best answer:

Answer by styrocket
just download a free antivirus program, don’t surf without protection!

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Question by Brian Griffin: I’m sure this is a well asked question but I need an opinion, what is the best antivirus/spyware program?
Price doesn’t matter. I have the money to buy it I just want an opinion. I currently have Panda Antivirus, Spybot, and SUPERanti Spyware. Anything else I should consider?

Best answer:

Answer by Cucka-ka-Doo
Free ones . esp AVG antivirus .

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Question by Callabus: Do you ever get pop-ups using AVG antivirus? Is this another virus?! Help!!?
Hello. I have been battling a nasty virus on my laptop for a few weeks now. Worst came to worse and the last time it “attacked”, it disabled my Mcafee antivirus stuff, so the tech center at the Uni I go to installed AVG 2011 (since it’s free and a lot of kids on campus use it). They also turned on my Firewall (windows) and I primarily use Firefox, sometimes Google Chrome (but mainly Firefox). I went to an image on Google images and a seperate web browser popped up and a pop up said I was eligible for money or something like that. I immediatly clicked out of everything, closed my laptop (didn’t turn it off) opened it back on and waited to see if any more pop-ups came up, etc. Is this the virus attacking again or do you sometimes get pop-ups even using AVG? Also, if it is a virus, will AVG detect and put in the virus vault? Also, the people at the tech center said that when you turn on Windows Firewall, you sometimes get a lot of pop-ups saying that the webage isn’t safe, etc. Maybe that’s what it said and I just didn’t really read it? And also, my AVG updated yesterday morning, so it should be ok, right? Please don’t tell me “Get another anti virus program, that’s crap, get something else” I only would like positive answers that will help me. Thanks!

Best answer:

Answer by Matt Bennett
AVG has a rescue LIVE CD
Down load, burn to cdr
boot cdr
scan for viruses from cdr
can update virus data base via web from the cdr

http://www.avg.com/us-en/avg-rescue-cd

it will clean pc with out booting windows or loading infected files
good luck

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Question by : Hello, what would be the best antivirus fo an acer laptop? I’m planning to buy such a laptop this week?

Best answer:

Answer by Moin
You could use any good brand, but I would recommend Symantec Norton Internet Security 2011, provides one of the best security in the world. Look here for the best security programs: http://www.toptenreviews.com/internet-security-suite-review/

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