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Old April 13th 04, 05:24 PM
roger
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Hi Esteban,

On Fri, 9 Apr 2004 13:11:03 -0700, "Esteban R."
wrote:

Hi.
Sometimes after using the computer for a while, or sometimes soon after I strat it up; I owuld try to open IE, dreamweaver, etc, any kind of program but none will come up; if I try openning the Task Manager, the green square will appear in the taskbar but

not in the desktop. When this occur, i can still shut down the computer normally (sort of).
This use to happen every once in a while, now is every day.
Help will be most welcome! thanks.


Perform an online scan for viruses with one of the following:
Trend Micro HouseCall:
http://housecall.antivirus.com/pc_housecall/

Panda Active Scan:
http://www.pandasoftware.com/products/activescan/

RAV AntiVirus Online Virus Scan
http://www.ravantivirus.com/scan/

BitDefender Free Online Virus Scan
http://www.bitdefender.com/scan/license.php

Perform a scan for malware using updated versions of ad-aware and
spybot

Ad-aware
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download/

Spybot S&D
http://www.safer-networking.org/inde...&page=download

Good luck
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