09-14-2013, 12:55 PM
Lynn;
Try running Trend Micro's Housecall http://housecall.trendmicro.com/before you pay someone to try and remove the virus and malware programs. I've found it to work when other programs won't. You might want to run several of the different free anti-virus programs to clean up your computer. No sense paying someone a box car load of money to clean up your computer when you can probably do it yourself for nothing, but your time.
I have no experience with Windows 7 although it looks more like Vista or XP then Windows 8. My new Dell computer came with Windows 8 installed and I HATE IT! I liked Vista and Windows XP, but this Windows 8 is very confusing and takes quite a learning curve to get used to it. Hey Microsoft! If it ain't broke, don't fix it!
All sorts of separate programs that I was used to having are missing in Windows 8 (email program, to name one) and the darn system is really aimed at touchscreen use. Your Start button is no longer available, although I've installed a free program that brings it back. Of course things like the missing email program, I quickly replaced with Thunderbird and of course I use Firefox rather than IE.
Even the upcoming Windows 8.1 upgrade doesn't look to be much of an improvement. If it weren't for the fact that I've got some expensive programs that only work on Windows operating systems; I'd switch over to one of the free 64 bit Linux (Unix) systems in a heart beat!
Try running Trend Micro's Housecall http://housecall.trendmicro.com/before you pay someone to try and remove the virus and malware programs. I've found it to work when other programs won't. You might want to run several of the different free anti-virus programs to clean up your computer. No sense paying someone a box car load of money to clean up your computer when you can probably do it yourself for nothing, but your time.
I have no experience with Windows 7 although it looks more like Vista or XP then Windows 8. My new Dell computer came with Windows 8 installed and I HATE IT! I liked Vista and Windows XP, but this Windows 8 is very confusing and takes quite a learning curve to get used to it. Hey Microsoft! If it ain't broke, don't fix it!
All sorts of separate programs that I was used to having are missing in Windows 8 (email program, to name one) and the darn system is really aimed at touchscreen use. Your Start button is no longer available, although I've installed a free program that brings it back. Of course things like the missing email program, I quickly replaced with Thunderbird and of course I use Firefox rather than IE.
Even the upcoming Windows 8.1 upgrade doesn't look to be much of an improvement. If it weren't for the fact that I've got some expensive programs that only work on Windows operating systems; I'd switch over to one of the free 64 bit Linux (Unix) systems in a heart beat!
Ed
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