You've had this explained several times to you now based on what we have seen here since before Win7 was even released. No one here would even consider running MucAfee, and if one has it I would only feel good about the install if it had a Clean Reinstall - Factory OEM Windows 7
But you can try the removal tool, which is incidentally only required for removing the worst infections.
Last edited by gregrocker; 21 Apr 2013 at 14:08.
Lol ... no hate on McAfee. We dont pay it that much importance. :)
MCAfee .... if present there in the system, it causes much nuisance than a virus. So we suggest the users to get rid of it. We have noticed a really real big number of weird issues caused by that program, and removing that program cured the system.
All AVs (other than McAfee) are good. But from a BSOD perspective, we suggest the the AV that is most light on the system ..... Microsoft Security Essentials
Many of us using it, over years, and never faced any issue. Neither virus nor BSOD. So we trust on it.
Some other on demand scanners we use alongwith MSE, those are free MBAM and Windows Defender Offline
We're getting a little bit off-topic here but I think that doesn't matter much, because this might take long. I followed the instructions on the safe boot page and it still didn't freeze. Let's see how it goes. Hopefully, we will find the problem :)
So, I'll look into this matter but I'll need to replace McAfee with some other AV, and as far as I'm concerned, all the free ones (or at least most of them), except MSE, aren't exactly /good/. I'm thinking Avira, Kaspersky or Vipre... what do you think?
Also can I trust McAfee's removal tool? I mean, will it really remove everything? I've never heard much complaints about it...
EDIT: I can reinstall Windows as many times as I want with the same key on this computer, right?
Last edited by bigfeh; 26 Apr 2013 at 19:21.
I would go with MSE and on-demand scanners such as Malwarebytes and SuperAntiSpyware. These programs have caused no problems for me, and are updated almost daily especially MSE.
I tried the clean boot and after it froze, I went back to msconfig to check again and I had forgotten some services, dumb me. Now this time it's for real, set it up around 40 minutes ago and will update :)
On a side note, thanks for the help, guys, you've been super helpful and this is absolutely the best Windows 7 support forum I've ever visited, thanks.
Ugh... Still freezing. Will try updating video drivers.
Okay, let us know the results.
Creative's drivers suck. Struggling to install.
EDIT: Drivers updated, finally
EDIT 2: Did I say video? These are already up to date, I meant audio card drivers =/
Last edited by bigfeh; 26 Apr 2013 at 19:20.
So, drivers updated and comupter still freezing. I'm getting really mad/tired/desperate at this.
You'd already have the Clean Reinstall - Factory OEM Windows 7 done in a couple of hours compared to the days you've spent on this, plus you'd have the best possible install instead of the crippled one you have now.
It is a specialty of these forums where we've helped countless thousands get a perfect install, so why not take advantage of it and have a better install than 90% of the users out there, resolve your problems, and learn the tips to getting and keeping a perfect install?
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