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06-03-2014, 09:46 AM
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Computer problems
The first thing that happened is that my pages were not loading properly. I had to double click and some wouldn't load at all.
I then went into Add-ons, checking things out, and noticed that my Avast Online Security had been disabled. Don't know how that happened.
Today, all of my Bookmarks have been deleted.
I ran a check with Spybot, Malwarebytes Antii-Malware, and Avast ProVirus.
Malware or Avast, can't remember now, said it found one threat and then three threats which it was unable to delete and put them in quarantine.
So, what do I do now and how do I correct my pages loading and where in the world are my bookmarks? 
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06-03-2014, 10:47 AM
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Re: Computer problems
what browser?
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06-03-2014, 10:52 AM
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Re: Computer problems
I would do a Window's System Restore and restore back to a date before you started having problems. Make sure your security is enabled before you reopen your browser.
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"To see no being, not God’s or any, but you also go thither,
To see no possession but you may possess it—enjoying all without labor or purchase—
abstracting the feast, yet not abstracting one particle of it;…."
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06-03-2014, 11:13 AM
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Re: Computer problems
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Originally Posted by shazeep
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Firefox
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Originally Posted by MissBrattified
I would do a Window's System Restore and restore back to a date before you started having problems. Make sure your security is enabled before you reopen your browser.
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I already tried that and it didn't work. I think the reason is that my computer is having problems loading anything. But, I will try it one more time.
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06-03-2014, 11:28 AM
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Re: Computer problems
Try deleting your browser and reinstalling. Restart your computer in between deletion and reinstallation.
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"God, send me anywhere, only go with me. Lay any burden on me, only sustain me. And sever any tie in my heart except the tie that binds my heart to Yours."
--David Livingstone
"To see no being, not God’s or any, but you also go thither,
To see no possession but you may possess it—enjoying all without labor or purchase—
abstracting the feast, yet not abstracting one particle of it;…."
--Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, Song of the Open Road
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06-03-2014, 11:34 AM
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Re: Computer problems
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Originally Posted by MissBrattified
Try deleting your browser and reinstalling. Restart your computer in between deletion and reinstallation.
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Okay. Thanks. This is giving me a headache. lol
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06-03-2014, 12:50 PM
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Re: Computer problems
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Originally Posted by Pressing-On
Okay. Thanks. This is giving me a headache. lol
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I have to tell you...I have dealt with zero bugs, viruses or general hinkiness since switching to a Mac. Windows has some advantages for programmers, gamers, etc., but Mac has the advantage of headache-free use for the average user. My computer doesn't have or need any kind of anti-virus programs. The security is built into the operating system and is very, very effective (and invisible). We are a very happy Apple household.
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"God, send me anywhere, only go with me. Lay any burden on me, only sustain me. And sever any tie in my heart except the tie that binds my heart to Yours."
--David Livingstone
"To see no being, not God’s or any, but you also go thither,
To see no possession but you may possess it—enjoying all without labor or purchase—
abstracting the feast, yet not abstracting one particle of it;…."
--Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, Song of the Open Road
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06-03-2014, 03:06 PM
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Re: Computer problems
ditto...and you might go ahead and bite the bullet now, cuz what are you going to do when Win 7 loses support? Win 8? 
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06-03-2014, 04:32 PM
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Re: Computer problems
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Originally Posted by Pressing-On
The first thing that happened is that my pages were not loading properly. I had to double click and some wouldn't load at all.
I then went into Add-ons, checking things out, and noticed that my Avast Online Security had been disabled. Don't know how that happened.
Today, all of my Bookmarks have been deleted.
I ran a check with Spybot, Malwarebytes Antii-Malware, and Avast ProVirus.
Malware or Avast, can't remember now, said it found one threat and then three threats which it was unable to delete and put them in quarantine.
So, what do I do now and how do I correct my pages loading and where in the world are my bookmarks? |
You may not be able to get book marks back. Don't know what you mean by pages.
Is Avast up to date?
Try booting into Safe Mode, update Malwarebytes and Spybot and run both in safe mode
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06-03-2014, 04:33 PM
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Go Dodgers!
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Re: Computer problems
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Originally Posted by shazeep
ditto...and you might go ahead and bite the bullet now, cuz what are you going to do when Win 7 loses support? Win 8? |
It will be a while before Win 7 stops support.
BTW Im still using XP pro
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Let it be understood that Apostolic Friends Forum is an Apostolic Forum.
Apostolic is defined on AFF as:
- There is One God. This one God reveals Himself distinctly as Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
- The Son is God himself in a human form or "God manifested in the flesh" (1Tim 3:16)
- Every sinner must repent of their sins.
- That Jesus name baptism is the only biblical mode of water baptism.
- That the Holy Ghost is for today and is received by faith with the initial evidence of speaking in tongues.
- The saint will go on to strive to live a holy life, pleasing to God.
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