My personal favorite anti-spyware/adware/malicious script program is called "Spybot S&D."

It's free, and you have the option of donating money. The people who developed it are really good programmers, and are generous people. I quote this from the program:

Pretty nice guy, eh?

Anyways, you can download it here.

Also, if you haven't done so, already, download Mozilla Firefox at www.mozilla.org. It will help you stop pop-ups and block spyware. I've been popup and Spyware free for almost 6 Months on two of my computers.

If you play online, it might be your internet connection. (not sure if WC is online) To delve deeper, depending on how much memory your videocard has, that could be a problem with settings. Go into your BIOS and change your Graphics Aperture size to double what your videocard has, that's assuming you have the RAM. If you have a company computer like a Dell, it could very well be a temperature problem. I'd recommend downloading a monitoring program like Mother Board Monitor, or a benchmarking program like SiSoft Sandra and monitoring temperatures. It could be that your hard-drive is fragmented, and it has slow seek times, or you have a fucked up CD reader. It could be a slew of things, and you should take my advice, and if things still don't work out, give me the details, and I'll see what I can do.

It's probably some corrupted files. If you've got magnets, monitors, or speakers by your computer, get those away. Try popping in your Windows XP disk, and doing the repair option. If that doesn't work, and you're that bothered, make a backup CD with your important files, and give the bitch a format. That'll set ur' straight, I guarantee it.

It could also be the fact that you haven't updated Windows in a while. Give that a shot before anything else.

http://home.earthlink.net/~doniteli/messenger-popups.jpg

This is what it looks like. It's either:

A. Not a legitimate Windows Messanger popup.

or B. You've got bad spyware and the spyware is getting into your computer, and doing something like a command prompt "Net Send."

Whichever it is, you can get rid of the popups exactly how I told Taco to get rid of spyware. Download Spybot, and Mozilla.

Any sub $500 Ibanez RG, or Fender guitar. Honestly, it's up to what you're comfy with. If you want to learn how to play well, get tablature and various scales from www.mxtabs.net or other sites that you can find with google. Or, get lessons. The higher your budget, the better for you for the most part. I suggest busting into your local Guitar Center, and feeling out which one is for you. If you're not a serious player, don't get an extremely expensive guitar... unless you/your parents shit money.

No, you're absolutely right. You can go into add/remove programs and get rid of it. Spybot will get rid of it, and let's face facts. If you've got spyware and adware bad enough that it gets into your Windows Messanger, you could use something to get rid of all of it. Spybot doesn't uninstall any programs like taskbars, so you can do that yourself in add/remove programs though.

Depending on the genre:

Chicken Cock
W.M.S. (wobble my shit)
Fortune Cookie Blast-O-Rama
Orfice Raiders
Goosenut
The Blah Blah Blahs
Fuckstink
Fuckshit
Fuckass
Fucklefuck
Fuckling

I can't really tell you much. You might be using shitty CDs, or you might want to upgrade your drivers. You could have a shitty drive, if it's a company computer. Sometimes companies just label CD burners 48X, for example, and they're actually only 32X or 24X.

Depending on how much money you have, you could go to various companies.

If you want the most bang for your buck, ABS computers would be the way to go. You can custom build one, and it'll still be more expensive than building your own, but at least you've got a warranty.

If you wanna spend a shitload of cash, and want the best parts available, Falcon Northwest or Alienware would be the way to go. I prefer Falcon, because most of the people I know that own an Alienware, bitch about customer support.

I might be able to help you in Firefox. No fuckin' way in IE. I'm terrible in IE. Sorry, bud.

http://update.mozilla.org/extensions/?application=firefox

I hope this helps, it's just some cool plugins and extensions n' shit. Dunno what's really in there, didn't look it over.

If Norton cannot delete or quarantine it, you're pretty much fucked. If Norton did something about it, you should be fine. Also, yeah, you don't need to activate anything, just triple click and Firefox will hi-light the whole line of text.

Kiddo, I can build you a computer that you can hack the Pentagon with for $100. What I'm saying is, you can hack the Pentagon with a computer as slow as any Pentium I out there, it just takes your 1337 skills to hack it. The computer does not make the hacker, the hacker makes the computer. Literally, and figuratively speaking... errr... typing.

With a backdoor trojan, there is no need to be in mIRC to get hacked. Usually, people that can't/don't know how to scan for open ports so they send you a backdoor, and script kiddy their way in. They do shit with programs like NetDevil. Shit like, turning your monitors on and off, making your drives spit out CDs, and removing icons from your desktop. Run Norton, and it should be just fine.

Nothing. It's quarantined. It means that it can't be deleted, but it's been "locked up."

It was a joke

Think of the virus as a criminal. It's not being deleted (put to death) but it's being quarantined (seperated from the rest of society, going to jail where it can't do any harm). In this case, the virus can't be deleted, but Norton locks it away where it can't do your system harm. You're fine, it's nothing to worry about.

Yep, just the logzor.

... and, no problem. That's what I'm here for, right?

Yes, I would. It all depends on how much money you've got to spend. If you've got cash, and lots of it, Falcon is a good company to go to. If you have a bit o' cash, wanna pinch pennies and still have a bad-ass system, ABS is the way to go.

Your Radeon 9600Pro should be just fine for HL2. I have a 9700Pro, and your card is just below that. I can run DOOM III alpha leak smooth as fuckin' butter. You've got a great card, and it should be just fine for quite a while. Helluva overclocker, too. Now, if I knew what the rest of your specs are, I could definitively tell you if your computer is cut out for next-gen games. However, I doubt you'd have a shitty rig with a 9600Pro sitting comfortably in the AGP slot.

What about the CPU?

No, the CPU is the processor. What processor d you have in that mothafucka?

Yeah, you're just fine. It'll last you for a while longer. I wouldn't buy it now because of better parts, but now that you have it, it'll last a while.

Well, can't help you with the Not Responding. Your PC could have a virus, have corrupted files, or it's just, plain, slow.

Torrent is a... way... of downloading. www.suprnova.org

Get Bitorrent, and click on the links, they'll open and you'll download. It's slow, but reliable.

For .avi to .mpeg converters Winmpg.

www.deluxserials.com

Even the keygens?

What keygens? Dude, fuck keygens. Just get the damn serials in the notepad downloads.

This isn't the place to ask and we already told you we won't help because its cheap and it's your fault you got owned.

Use Liveupdate. If it's automatic, you already have the new securities. The bagel virus won't be much of a hassle. Fucking asshole hackers and programmers, they destroy what they love. Pricks.

I dunno what the hell you're talking about. You got hacked, or what?

This is why you avoid the damn popups, and hit the download. There are ways to outsmart these motherfuckers. I've never gotten a trojan from them. Alright, if you need a serial from me, encrypt your aim at www.aimencrypted.com and contact me.

If I knew anything about Diablo, I'd help him out. I'm just a computer geek, not a Diablo junkie. I'd help im' though.

I can do that.

To get websites tabbed, click: File<New Tab as many times as you need tabs. Then just type in the URL in each tab.

Talked to him on AIM, thanks for covering that for the forums though. smile.gif It's good that it's on a board, so I don't have to answer the question again.

What do you mean? If you mean burning DVDs (movies), then DVD X-Copy is for you. If not, and you just need to make backups, I use Nero's DVD burning software. You can get Nero 6 Ultra from Kazaa, as well as the serials. Ditto for DVD X.

Roxio is a great program for DVD/Music burning. I use Nero, but it's all a matter of interface preference. Download Nero 6, give it a shot, and see which you like better. To my knowledge, both programs can get done what you want in a reasonable amount of time, just as well. So, have a ball.

Very, very, sweet.

Do you want to mod the THF?

Sure thing, Lincoln.