OK. Good to know. Thanks, big guy! :thumb:

Like I tell everyone who's PC I clean up: Just keep off the porn sites.

That's what Chromebooks are for.

*whose unless you're saying that TH is PC and you guys met up.

Until someone runs a sandbox attack. You're not impervious Mr hypertrichosis of the flexor.

Hehe, ya got me they're.

The alternative is to rent porn at a creepy video store. I'll take my chances.

You don't want to get laid? Frank gives one hell of a massage.

What would I have to do and which programs would I have to use to not use Avast? (I'm aware that it and similar programs are bloatware btw but I'm too lazy too get into all that stuff.)
(I also won't stop watching porn on the internet.)

^^^

Yeah, but i still want to know how often he uses that **** and how and what he scans and whatnot.

Okay, well he said he keeps MalwareBytes deactivated until he runs a scan. I guess the other two programs (which I dont' know about) are run when he scans for viruses and Defender/MSE just runs if you leave it to, as he said, do its own thing. It'll run scans on as regular or seldom a basis as you want, or you can do a deeper scan whenever you like. MWB would probably only come into play (as it does with me) when something doesn't seem right and you want to check for intruders on your system, like if everything froze or got really really slow all of a sudden.

Edit: Also, I would imagine he, like me, would scan all physical and attached drives, ie the ones built into the PC and any external or USB drives as well.

Probably. Probably not.

1. If you're running Windows 10 or 8, just use Windows Defender. Uninstall Avast, and it should take over by default. If not just activate it through Security Center.
   
2. If you're running an earlier version of Windows, uninstall Avast first, then download and install Microsoft Security Essentials, which is an older version of Windows Defender.
   
3. If you want to take things a step further, and have some tools ready for a worst case scenario:

• Download and install Malwarebytes, and then deactivate it.
• Download ProcessExplorer.exe, and Autoruns.exe (you don't need to install these as they're self contained and run independently).

You'll only need those if you think you're infected. If that happens, follow these instructions (it's dated, but the part about ProcessExplorer and Autoruns is still relevant):

https://blog.codinghorror.com/how-to...e-infestation/

I'm having a little Déjà vu here...

http://www.musicbanter.com/1502255-post1516.html

^I found that AVG was too bloated some time after posting that.

Also, the porn site comment was a joke. Just don't download any files from those because if you want viruses, that's how you get viruses.

How often? I use it more for other people when they tell me they're infected, but every once in a while I'll download something that I think may infect me, but if I need the file bad enough, I'll DL anyway, then run a scan on the file. If it seems fine, I'll unpack it, run it, whatever. Then, I'll run ProcessExplorer and Autoruns immediately after to see whats up. I can usually tell from there, and take the necessary actions to clean **** up, which I mentioned above using Malwarebytes and a Boot Time Scan. It doesn't happen often though, but I am a stickler for good PC maintenance, so doing it once in a while keeps me sane.

alright ive got a bit of a tough one that im hoping someone can help with me here because im starting to lose it on my computer

Asus ROG GL503

restarted my computer today as it was running a bit sluggish and it went through the usual restart plus update

after finishing the update however it rebooted into an error

the error read “invalid signature detected, secure boot violation” and then booted into BIOS

i found that this is a somewhat common issus, at least common enough to have tons of videos and threads on the topic around the internet. i used that to find the common method of fixing the issue and in doing so got rid of the error message. except now i cannot leave bios and boot my computer normally.

no matter what i do, no matter what shortcuts i try, my cpu constantly boots into bios.

if it matters at all the method to fixing the issue was disabling secure boot control

anyway if anyone knows anything or can help me i will luv you forever

Re-enable secure boot control and see what happens. You may have to reset the BIOS to factory settings.

when i do that the error just comes back

the only thing i can think of is to download a fresh copy of windows 10 onto an external device and boot from that. maybe it encountered the error before the download finished? worth a shot i guess. ive played with every thing in bios that i felt comfortable doing off of my own judgement so im coming to a dead end here.

I'm totally guessing here, but maybe...

From: ASUS Rog stuck in boot loop - Laptop Tech Support

Thanks, Plank! You're the man.

huh, cool. ill give that a go.

didnt work :(

With the laptop totally off, try holding ESC while pressing the ON button. This should pull up the Safe Mode options.

tried the usb stick with windows 10 downloaded on it and it’s working so far... fingers crossed this is going to fix it.

I hope you get it working.

seems like every solution comes with a new group of problems
redownloading windows led to my computer shutting down mid download and getting stuck in a repair boot loop

found a solution to that through command prompts however and right at this moment im going through the windows 10 set up... not sure i’m home free yet but it’s looking promising.

and just like that we’re in

thanks for the help plank, this has been an unbelievable pain in the ass considering the age of this computer but i’m just happy it was figured out

No problem. Glad it got sorted.

Question for the tech savy
 

Before moving up here I switched to Verizon cause they have the best coverage in the area. I've been consistently getting 5 bars of 4G LTE coverage which is awesome.

Streaming movies on the phone is great - no buffering.

I set the phone up as a mobile hotspot so I can get internet on my laptop. The phone is less than 2 feet from the PC, yet the internet is often sluggish and trying to stream a movie is painful.

According to the laptops settings it's getting a really strong signal from the phone.

Any ideas?

Try different browser, disabled any VPN, restart laptop, try connecting to another hotspot to see if it's the 4G or the laptop.

My guess would be your laptop is the problem not the 4G.

Ya, the phone is running golden by itself.

You got anything running that could be slowing the laptop down?

Is it a decent laptop?

Try tethering via USB instead of wireless. It's usually a bit faster since it's a direct connection.

Have you tried turning it on and off?

Have you removed all of your jewellery?

https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/...20121105220904

Need Tech Help Badly
 

Maybe some of you younger punks can help me out.

There's no cable or internet where I'm staying. My Verizon 4G LTE phone is getting 3 bars and working great. I have a booster for it that I need to install that'll make the signal even better.

But using it as a mobile hotspot so I can get internet on my computer sucks. The laptop is running like ****, especially with videos, pictures, anything with lots of graphics. Even trying to do work off of our cloud is excruciating.

What's my best option for improving the internet on my PC? Satellite? I'm reading mixed reviews about that. I need a gadget that'll get me good streaming speeds both in and out.

Have you tried turning it on and off?

I'm no young punk, but maybe I can help.

It sounds like your random access memory is too low or being used up on the PC side, but run a speed test to see whats up with your connection:

Speedtest by Ookla - The Global Broadband Speed Test

Post up your results from that along with the specs on your PC and we'll go from there.

Thanks!

Ping: 62 ms
Download: 0.39 Mbps
Upload: 0.51 Mbps

https://i.imgur.com/syxVBRJ.jpg

There's the problem (I just wanted to make sure it wasn't a RAM issue), and after some digging it looks like Verizon caps out at around 0.68 mbps when tethered, even with an unlimited plan. Maybe look into the Verizon Jetpack, but I don't know if it works with your current Verizon plan or not.

That's the extent of it as far as I can tell. Good luck.