Hello, recently my computer has been hanging more often than ever. Also I seem to be having trouble loading certain net pages. When I checked the events log I noticed that my fax service has been activated quite a number of times in the last month. Luckily I don't have a phone cord attached. Why would this be happening? Is there a way I can send my event logs here? The other thing I noticed (I'm no computer expert though) is that there are event logs for times when my computer has been turned off. Could this be a dialer? And what firewall/anti-virus programs do people most recommend around here?
Thanks
Pitufo 0 Light Poster
condorcanqui 0 Junior Poster in Training
WHat is the OS?
Catweazle 140 Grandad Team Colleague
It sounds like you've got spyware or malware on your system. Try the suggestions in:
Helping Yourself: What to do first
Let us know if you still have problems, or if you get any error messages afterwards.
AVG Antivirus is free, and quite good.
DMR 152 Wombat At Large Team Colleague
It definitely sounds like the symptoms of virus/malware infection. Read through the info in the link that Catweazle posted and try the detection/removal programs mentioned there.
If you find something that you can't remove or simply have questions about the removal procedures, start a new thread in our Security forum and we'll take it from there.
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