re: garbage popups on Firefox
1st off this is a Gateway laptop model md2614u, os Win7 home 32 bits.
About 2 days ago I completed reinstalling everything on the C drive (I did a partition wipe) because the C hard drive was full of useless folders, files and other garbage (did do a backup of anything that needed to be saved, like txt's, pictures and so on.). It was dragging overall windows speed very close to (in flying talk) stall speed, same with the internet speed. So I wiped the partition clean and started reinstalling everything including the Win7 OS from the protected backup cd's. Now just 2 days after re-installing everything it is starting up again. Windows speed hasn't been effected yet, but give it time. FireFox is already slower than a snail in the Boston marathon. And unwanted popups, unwanted tabs opening with all kinds of junk that have nothing to do with what I am working on. 1) How do I stop these attack's short of wiping the hard drive clean again. My fire wall/antivirus software is from Zone Alarm.
Steve
1st off this is a Gateway laptop model md2614u, os Win7 home 32 bits.
About 2 days ago I completed reinstalling everything on the C drive (I did a partition wipe) because the C hard drive was full of useless folders, files and other garbage (did do a backup of anything that needed to be saved, like txt's, pictures and so on.). It was dragging overall windows speed very close to (in flying talk) stall speed, same with the internet speed. So I wiped the partition clean and started reinstalling everything including the Win7 OS from the protected backup cd's. Now just 2 days after re-installing everything it is starting up again. Windows speed hasn't been effected yet, but give it time. FireFox is already slower than a snail in the Boston marathon. And unwanted popups, unwanted tabs opening with all kinds of junk that have nothing to do with what I am working on. 1) How do I stop these attack's short of wiping the hard drive clean again. My fire wall/antivirus software is from Zone Alarm.
Steve
My Computer
- Computer type
- Laptop
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- Dell Inspiron 3541
- OS
- windows 7 home 32 bit, I just changed back from 64 to 32bit
- CPU
- amc a6-6310, radon r4 graphics 1800mhz with 4 cores
- Memory
- 6.8gb
- Graphics Card(s)
- not sure off hand
- Sound Card
- not shure off hand
- Monitor(s) Displays
- built in lcd
- Screen Resolution
- 1366 x 768
- Hard Drives
- 1 500gb sata internal HDD and 1 250 gb's sata HDD in a USB external USB case.
- Keyboard
- Wifi with attached wifi mouse
- Internet Speed
- don't know
- Antivirus
- Zone Alarm
- Browser
- Firefox
- Other Info
- The gateway laptop model MD2614U died because a voltage regulator on the motherboard went poof. The Gateway laptop has been scraped.
