[horsey123]

hello
iv had a problem with my computer for ages, it freezes all the time when it appears to get too hot, also some of the noises it makes, it sounds like its just going to die when starting up.
there is obviously some viruses on it as i my avg antivirus has ran out and i cant update it. i also cant get on any antivirus website.
when i use google on firefox, in any search, not just for antivirus i always get redirected to another page totally irrelivant to the one i need. although i dont have that problem with internet explorer i still cant access antivirus through that either.
can anyone help??

[oil painter]

Have you checked the fans. If the fans are not working right it will make a horrible racket at start up. My last computer had that problem right from the time I brought it home. I paid 20 bucks to change all of them and it ran quiet as a mouse. Better that than blowing your hard drive or mother board. You may have a virus I don't know but maybe someone else can help with that I can't.

[lunarlander]

Try some of the online virus scanners listed here:
http://forums.techguy.org/general-se...elp-tools.html

[horsey123]

Originally Posted by oil painter

Have you checked the fans. If the fans are not working right it will make a horrible racket at start up. My last computer had that problem right from the time I brought it home. I paid 20 bucks to change all of them and it ran quiet as a mouse. Better that than blowing your hard drive or mother board. You may have a virus I don't know but maybe someone else can help with that I can't.

cheers for the feeddback. ill look into getting them changed or cleaned. not sure if im capable of doing it myself. thanks again.

[horsey123]

i managed to get onto the following link:
Free fix and removal tools:

Viral:

Free avast! 4 Home Edition (free registration required)

its scanning my computer now, seems to have found a few viruses in temp internet files. hope it goes ok. cheers

[perfume]

Dear horsey123,
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[1002richards]

Hi horsey123,
Just in case it gives up on you, have you backed up your important docs, photos, music to an external storage device?

Richard

[oil painter]

1002richards
I don't think his computer is toast. I think he has a fan problem and a virus problem. My last computer had a loud scraping noise on start up, was so slow and had to be rebooted because it would freeze right from the factory. Once the fans were changed it ran quiet as a mouse and sped up.

[1002richards]

Hi oil painter,
I do like to worry for me & everyone else - but hopefully I'm being overcautious. Backups are a good idea though, I think you'll agree?

Richard.

[oil painter]

Yep

[horsey123]

whats the best way of bcking my files up? im not too good with that kind of stuff on pc's.
cheers

[horsey123]

i can now get onto different anti virus websites and have installed avast home edition, although the pc still freezes after a while. do you have any suggestions of an anti virus that i could purchase or do you think avast is suitable?

[oil painter]

I use McAfee and I have never had a problem with it --I did have Norton ans Symantic (by the same maker ) and I hated both of them. Did you get those fans changed? If it's freezing because it's getting too hot you could lose your mother board or hard drive and have to buy a new computer

Tell you what I'd do I'd go and make a new thread in General security. Title your thread No problem just advice on antiviruses--and ask if they were you what antivirus they would recomend. That's where the guys that know will find it

[1002richards]

Hi,
For backup, Acronis is very highly rated here at TSG.
This from their website, link below:



Acronis True Image Home 2009 complete PC protection: back up your entire PC, including the OS plus your data, applications, pictures, video, financial documents, settings and everything!
Acronis True Image Home 2009 is an award-winning backup and recovery solution for a good reason: it protects your PC after just one click and allows you to recover from viruses, unstable software downloads, and failed hard drives. Create an exact copy of your PC and restore it from a major failure in minutes, or back up important files and recover them even faster

Pasted from <http://www.acronis.co.uk/homecomputing/products/trueimage/>

Richard

[oil painter]

Originally Posted by 1002richards

Hi,
For backup, Acronis is very highly rated here at TSG.
This from their website, link below:

Yes this is a good program BUT IT IS NOT AN ANTI-VIRUS