[gerone]

I am running Linux in my netbook. Had to erase the original Windows 7 factory installation and have no back-up or installation CD's. After 2 months, my web surfing on Mozilla has got attacked by these pop-ups from LiVid prompting me to download the free installation. By now they are everywhere there is suppossed to be a picture or video on the web, even on e-mail attachments. I cannot open any picture or video online because this crap is all over my system. I cannot download this LiVid thing on my present Linux configuration nor can I run Explorer nor Google Chrome because they all will always fail to install on my netbook PC. Any help?

[1002richards]

Hi,
Some ideas you could try:
- back up all your important docs, pics etc to external media (eg external hard drive)
- use a live cd to reinstall your Linux operating system, allow the install process to format the drive (that's why you need to back up you docs, pics etc)
- enable firewall on your new install (easy in Ubuntu but are you using that?)
- with Firefox install add-on 'AdBlocker'

Internet Explorer won't run on Linux without 'Wine' and Chromium Browser is Chrome but aimed at Linux, so it might be a better choice.

Hope these are of some help?

Richard

[arochester]

What distro are you using?

[gerone]

Originally Posted by arochester

what distro are you using?

lsde

[gerone]

sorry, its lxde

[arochester]

No, lxde is a desktop enviroment - Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment

What distro, what kind of Linux are you using?

Do you mean LMDE? Linux Mint Debian Edition?

[gerone]

How can i tell?

[1002richards]

Originally Posted by gerone

How can i tell?

What name show up when you boot in to it? Is it perhaps one of the more well known such as Ubuntu, Lubuntu, Mint, Debian, Fedora - do any names sound familiar?

Thanks

[arochester]

Open a Terminal. Input the command: uname -a

What does it say? You can copy and paste the result here.