Re: Critical Errors after a pristine install of OS

Omi

You have to approach these things in a structured manner.. wildly installing
one program over another will end in tears..

So, from the top..

Having clean installed XP, the first thing to do is get protection when
connecting to the internet.. to do this, you go to Start - Settings -
Network Connections.. right click on your ISP connection.. click on the
'Properties'.. now click on the 'Advanced' tab.. now click on the 'Settings'
button.. check the firewall 'ON'..

Now you are ready to connect to the internet..

Time to get anti-virus protection.. either go to

http://free.grisoft.com/doc/2/lng/us/tpl/v5

or

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

You do NOT require both.. pick one, install it and update it..

Now time for Windows Updates.. I would imagine that you are well versed in
the procedure.. :-)

OK.. the XP firewall does a good job, not a complete job.. third party
firewalls cover both in and outgoing stuff, where as XP firewall covers
inbound only.. so, if you like the idea of covering in and out, you go to
here..

http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/company/products/znalm/freeDownload.jsp

Install it, run it, update it, set it to only alert for critical stuff..

NB.. installing a third party firewall will aitomatically terminate the XP
firewall.. as with anti-virus programs, you do not require two.. your
computer is not a Noah's Ark.. one of a kind is good..

Now to spyware protection.. you will require three programs (an exception to
the rule above):

Adaware SE - http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/

SpyBot S&D - http://www.safer-networking.org/

SpywareBlaster - http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

Download, update, and run them..

All done.. a well protected XP system.. I have four just like it on my home
network.. all of the programs listed, other than XP, can be downloaded for
free..

Time to take a break, a coffee and cigarette if that is your thing, before
installing any other software..

As a follow up, you run the anti-spyware weekly, updating before the run..
AVG and Avast will update themselves daily.. Zonealarm updates when updates
become available..

Do a defrag once weekly, clear out Temporary internet files, run Disk
Cleanup.. Sunday morning is a good time to do these things..get into a
routine, and you will find that re-installing XP over and over becomes a
thing of the past..


--
Mike Hall
MVP - Windows Shell/User


"omi" <omi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:950B82A6-8AB2-44E2-92EC-747CEF5698DB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
oops, looks like i hit a few sensitive snares
guys, it was not my intention to offend any of you
but you have to understand that i was a bit frustrated after messing with
this problem for 36 days now.

last month i have been reading, learning, asking questions etc like never
before
have i looked into any help files at all ?? off course i have

Quote Mike Hall: Where did Zonealarm come in?...
ZoneAlarm was advised in this topic by Mike Hall, yes that's yourself :P
i just tried as many possible ways to get rid of the problem.
During all the different installations I never connected to the internet
unprotected,
I tried the Win-firewall, NIS, ZoneAlarm, BHODemon, Avast AV, Adaware,
MultiAV, Spybots, they all fail...

Funny thing is, i sometimes get the NIS warning that a Trojan Horse called
BLA is blocked to get acces to my system... when i check out the IP it
shows
my own. lol i guess it's just someone messing with me, me trying to get
acces
with a trojan horse to my own computer, lol. i've scanned with all known
tools but there's just no Bla or any other infection on my system, and if
NIS
can block it it should also be able to find it if it was on my HD, so i
conclude i haven't got it

Off course i know that a NAT-router doesn't fit on a cd-rom... eh
same as Al-Qaida doesn't shoot with blanks, i'm no moron
it was just a figure of speak
i got advised in this forum to get rid of NIS and buy a NAT-router instead

i apologize again if i offended you
but you shouldn't take it personal,
if i remember correctly i've thanked you all for investing the time and
effort
the criticism was more meant for mr,BG

peace
omi


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