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    Contig defrag problem

    I do not think drive defragmentation was/is your issue, did you get this sorted?
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    Contig defrag problem

    I baulk at endorsing paid for software on a public forum but I will on this matter. Raxco is the product if you must spend money
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    How do I get rid of all these anti-virus pop-ups?

    Spybot S&D is still being updated frequently, a machine I use it on has taken three updates in the last fifteen days to 12/11/08. I note a selling angle?
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    How do I get rid of all these anti-virus pop-ups?

    For anyone who has stumbled upon this thread in desperation. XP Antivirus is the Virtumonde Virus by any other name, download "Vundofix" or "VirtumundoBeGone" tool. DO NOT pay for any removal tool for this threat, the threat is well documented and easy enough to remove yourself for free. i...
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    Cloning a hard drive

    HD Clone. Free if you clone to a larger drive (natural enough in this world of ever cheaper capacity) then run "DISKPART" (its a DOS throwback included in you windows owners platforms) to stretch the partition to the new drives full size. If you want to pay then still HD Clone, the slicker pay...
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    How to get rid of spyware/viruses

    Saturnine; "Don't look at/watch porn on your trading machine(s) ;)" Spot on! Or casual browse for that matter, machines are cheap enough to keep one machine strictly for trash browsing. I do not recommend Hijack-this for the untrained. If you must try Hijack-this then do this: On a...
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    how to disable antivir update popup ?

    Hello there. I would advocate running AV updates bi-weekly on any AV suites of note. Kaspersky, Norton and McAfee all have weekly updating. When a new or modified threat enters the wild updates may be issued within hours of an increased threat. I used to concern myself with machine...
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