My comp keeps crashing. help?

Question

ok so basically, i keep trying to delete stuff off of my desktop and every time i do it come up with a message saying "windows explorer has stopped working" and it reloads windows explorer (my windows dont go away or anything) and i cant delete the files :(. i have windows vista home premium, and id just like to mention that i have avg also, and it says that its virus database is out of date, and i clicked update but that was like an hour ago, and my internet is not that slow and its nott updatin! yeah so anyway, hope someone can help cos avg did a san eirlier saying i had adware infections :( i formatted my comp from a hacker recently and i dont wanna do it again!!

Answer 1

The symptoms speak of more than one problem.

Take the 4 steps below, to solve the problems:

1.  You are too low on required memory.

Add RAM.

2.  IF you are using IE7, go to Add Remove Programs and REMOVE IE7.

It will automatically roll back to IE6

3.  AVG has been reported to have freezing problems.  

Dump it.

4.  Get this:

Do yourself a favor. Forget the others:

Get these two that actually is RELIABLE !!!

AVAST and AD-AWARE.

These FREE tools do an EXCELLENT job.

A.

Avast free Home Edition

Get it here:

http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.ht...

And please do a "thorough" scan as soon as you get it downloaded. The user interface is simple. Click the left side, and in the top menu that comes up, select thorough scan.

When it finds a culprit it throws up an alarm, then you DELETE the culprit, (do not quaranteen).

Then allow it to run all of the time, and you will be completely protected. It will "automatically" update itself, also for free.

You only need to renew your registration once a year, also free.

Note: I KNOW of several people who have used AVG and Norton and have gotten a virus anyway.

Don't go with Zone Alarm as it is hoggy and conflicting.

I've tried them all, and have had wonderful results with DEPENDABLE AVAST for the last 5 years.

The corporation I work for uses the Pro version, and has never has an incident. Avast is your answer.

B.

Get free Ad-AWARE spy-removal tool from Lavasoft

http://www.lavasoftusa.com/products/ad-a...

1. Download, install and run this program weekly or more.

^j^

Answer 2

ok, easy would be, you need to download ccleaner, you need ccleaner to delete crappy stuff and also fix your registry issues, and also you need to update your Windows.

Answer 3

sounds like you need to give your computer a service and get a good registry cleaner

here is a link to a free computer help site

go to the speed up my computer section it will show you how to service your pc and speed it up

http://www.freecomputeradvice.org

Answer 4

so you need to download superantispyware, it won't let you down, i have it and its amazing;

http://www.superantispyware.com (free trail download)

and spybot s&d - http://www.safer-networking.org

its all free and very safe, download these, reboot into safe mode, and then use these scanners, update before you do though, and remove everything it finds, and when it's done and your pc is clean, download mozilla firefox and ccleaner to remove all the junk and have a better software to browse with :]

Answer 5

You seem to have computer performance issues as well as security problems. I would recommend you download iolo System Mechanic 8.0 which is just a fully functional 30-day evaluation. Here is Iolo's download link

http://www.iolo.com/system-mechanic/stan...

As in terms for security I would recommend you get Avast Antivirus Home Edition 4.8.1229 because I too used AVG and it allowed spyware and trojan horse into my previous computer which has unbelievable damage.

Here is Avast's link

http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.ht...

Answer 6

stop downloading p**n..

Answer 7

go to this vista site at microsoft and do a

Full Service Scan

doing this will put things right.

http://onecare.live.com/site/en-au/cente...

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