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Ok heres the story insight being in kentucky where I live, has been turning off my internet services off and on 3 times in the past 4 weeks.

Now they claim that my computer and my modem not being wireless one, but being the hybrid one being the one that hooks your phone line and being boardband, because I have the phone and internet bundle thing, also being that am the only one that uses this computer, and modem, and don’t have it on all the time.

Now they keep saying i got a virus, and well keep saying my ip address is sending out mass emails to people, but they know it’s not me but they don’t seem to care, being that they find it easier to shut your service down, then track the people sending you the virus, or the person trying to hack you, etc, they pretty told me to just never turn on my computer and that there not 100% protected, and yet expect me to be, and I been doing what they told me to do, doing destructive system restores, but I kinda feel it’s not my computer or me thats the problem, it’s them, so curious to know if anyone else has experience this before.

I mean before anyone tells me to go with another service, keep in mind theres not a whole lot to pick from, and dail up not a choice, keeping in mind this is pc and not a laptop.

Also I’m not going to pay someone to clean my computer when I can do it myself, thats fine for rich people but I’m not rich, plus anyone thats anyone knows system restores are a pain in the butt, and well I kinda get this feeling that it’s some kind of scam, I mean most people that use the internet don’t even have virus protection or scan there computers or do system restores, and normally have a bunch load of viruses and yet there services never get turn off, so asking is it just me, I mean I had this same internet service for 7 years now, and well I just think it doesn’t matter what I do am damn if I do and damn if I don’t, because they believe in blaming me, then helping me out, also still thinks it’s funny how they cant protect there self, but yet expect em knowing there is no such thing as full proof means to safe guard your computer all the time, I mean I have my computer with spyware protection and ip hider software, and ca thing they offer when you go through insight, BTW how can a virus or hacker use your ip address to send spam mail to people if your using ip hider, and changer, I mean because there design to protect you from stuff like this.

Any help on this be great, because its bugging the hell out of me.

btw anyone remember that virus outbreak back in may of 2007, when insight had to shut its services down, am sure that us being the customers are at fault for that to, I mean I take this stuff quite personally, I mean insight anymore won’t admit if its something on there end and even if it was they find it easier not to fix it, I mean it’s very misleading from there tv ads, I mean ain’t there people paid to keep this from happening, I mean theres only so much I or anyone else can do, but they pretty don’t want to take any responsibility, regardless being my fault or not, keeping in mind I don’t make it my personally goal to get viruses, or hack, but like they say shit happens, and well much like driving a car, all because you follow the laws and rules doesn’t mean you won’t ever get into a wreak, see what am saying?

Again any help on this by anyone be great, because I need someone to look into this and I need suggestions and opinions that count here.

IBM thinkpad - no firewalls or software for protection. I use it for internet and email, with some word processing. All use is for personal stuff. it is not conected to other computers.

Free is preferred but paid is okay.

I have just upgraded my antivirus software (mcafee total plus), and when installing, it is telling me that i need to remove/uninstall ‘ca etrust antivirus’ otherwise i won’t be able to have spam protection, anti virus or privacy. I cannot find this anywhere on my laptop (not in add/remove programs).

Does anyone know where this could be and how I can remove it?

Thanks

Hi everyone, I have been using my laptop for quite a while(1 year) and my laptop starts to slow down 4 months ago. Now i am seriously irritated by it and i really feel like doing something to it now..
I check my task manager and realise that i have about 5 IEXPLORE and 1 SVCHOST that takes up most of the momory. Can i ask how do i reduce their comsumption or is there a way to keep the numbers down?
Also, i always have this feeling that my computer may be filled with virus even though i am using norton 360. Is there a better software out there that can assure me?
Lastly, is formatting good for me now? If so, is there anyway to transfer out my folders without getting any virus, if there’s any in it.
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