keeping my computer safe

[Isis29]

I kind of remember a post about programs that would be good for extra protection and such. Well I have a new computer and am having issues with it. I want to see if its my computer or crappy Firefox. Help please?

 

[CharlotteLace]

Why not try a different browser and see if you have issues with it?

Personally, I loved Firefox, but it started to shut down my computer. Turns out there's a glitch where it all of a sudden starts to use way more RAM then necessary, and it kind of overwhelms your computer. I uninstalled it, started using Chrome, and haven't had a problem since.

If you think you have a virus, AVG has a free anti-virus program you can use.

 

[Isis29]

Why not try a different browser and see if you have issues with it?

Personally, I loved Firefox, but it started to shut down my computer. Turns out there's a glitch where it all of a sudden starts to use way more RAM then necessary, and it kind of overwhelms your computer. I uninstalled it, started using Chrome, and haven't had a problem since.

If you think you have a virus, AVG has a free anti-virus program you can use.

The program I need to use for a job will only work on Firefox, I tried Chrome and IE and to wont work. I have Webroot, that's an antivirus right? Yeah Firefox makes my computer unusable pretty much.

 

[JerryBoBerry]

I kind of remember a post about programs that would be good for extra protection and such. Well I have a new computer and am having issues with it. I want to see if its my computer or crappy Firefox. Help please?

These are the ones I use all the time. All free. So if you've got one asking for money, you installed the wrong version.
General maintenance. Firewalls, anti-virus, cleaners, malware, and hard drive defrags.

Panda AV - very small footprint on your PC. Pulls virus definitions from cloud so it doesn't need a lot of ram. - http://www.cloudantivirus.com/en/#!/free-antivirus-download
Good all around security - http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security-essentials-download
Firewall - http://www.online-armor.com/
Malware removal - http://www.malwarebytes.org/products/malwarebytes_free/
All around the best PC cleaner out there - http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner
Defrags hard drives for improved performance (run about 2 or 3 times a year) - http://www.snapfiles.com/get/ultradefrag.html
Ad-Aware spyware removal - http://www.lavasoft.com/
Spybot spyware removal - http://www.safer-networking.org/dl/

Chrome and Firefox (Dragon and IceDragon) but WAY more secure. (from a company that does security software). So the program you need that can only run on Firefox should run on IceDragon as well. They started with the same browser just beefed up all the security settings.
And pretty much any other software that is free on their page is good too. So explore the tabs on the left!!!
http://www.comodo.com/home/browsers-toolbars/browser.php

Any time you need software for ANY subject, start here. Nicely organized by category and they are all freeware. Virus free, good stuff. With user ratings and descriptions so you can decide which you like best.
http://snapfiles.com/freeware/

 

[Isis29]

I kind of remember a post about programs that would be good for extra protection and such. Well I have a new computer and am having issues with it. I want to see if its my computer or crappy Firefox. Help please?

These are the ones I use all the time. All free. So if you've got one asking for money, you installed the wrong version.
General maintenance. Firewalls, anti-virus, cleaners, malware, and hard drive defrags.

Panda AV - very small footprint on your PC. Pulls virus definitions from cloud so it doesn't need a lot of ram. - http://www.cloudantivirus.com/en/#!/free-antivirus-download
Good all around security - http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security-essentials-download
Firewall - http://www.online-armor.com/
Malware removal - http://www.malwarebytes.org/products/malwarebytes_free/
All around the best PC cleaner out there - http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner
Defrags hard drives for improved performance (run about 2 or 3 times a year) - http://www.snapfiles.com/get/ultradefrag.html
Ad-Aware spyware removal - http://www.lavasoft.com/
Spybot spyware removal - http://www.safer-networking.org/dl/

Chrome and Firefox (Dragon and IceDragon) but WAY more secure. (from a company that does security software). So the program you need that can only run on Firefox should run on IceDragon as well. They started with the same browser just beefed up all the security settings.
And pretty much any other software that is free on their page is good too. So explore the tabs on the left!!!
http://www.comodo.com/home/browsers-toolbars/browser.php

Any time you need software for ANY subject, start here. Nicely organized by category and they are all freeware. Virus free, good stuff. With user ratings and descriptions so you can decide which you like best.
http://snapfiles.com/freeware/

Thanks! Any idea why Firefox might hate my computer? I am loosing money because it acts retarded.

 

[JerryBoBerry]

Thanks! Any idea why Firefox might hate my computer? I am loosing money because it acts retarded.

Off hand no. But the first thing I would do is a complete uninstall. Then restart your computer in safe mode and reinstall it. (F8 at startup and choose safe mode). That will usually take care of any conflicts it has with other drivers that may be started up by other programs.

 

[Zoomer]

What "program" needs you to have firefox, what job, who makes it?

I would uninstall firefox, including that, scan computer, clean registry and then install Firefox clean. Never heard of Firefox making a computer unstable... Don't install that "program" until you're sure Firefox is still "unstable" - but honestly, I'd be surprised...

Do you have anti virus, firewall, what version of windows and is it both legit and up-to-date? Did you shop buy the PC (at which point it may well be full of utter garbage in programs which you can uninstall), or build PC/install windows yourself.

So far my suspicion would be this mysterious program... until there's more to identify it.

 

[Isis29]

What "program" needs you to have firefox, what job, who makes it?

I would uninstall firefox, including that, scan computer, clean registry and then install Firefox clean. Never heard of Firefox making a computer unstable... Don't install that "program" until you're sure Firefox is still "unstable" - but honestly, I'd be surprised...

Do you have anti virus, firewall, what version of windows and is it both legit and up-to-date? Did you shop buy the PC (at which point it may well be full of utter garbage in programs which you can uninstall), or build PC/install windows yourself.

So far my suspicion would be this mysterious program... until there's more to identify it.

Its not a program that I install to use on Firefox, I was hired to do adult text chat and apparently what they use only works on Firefox, I don't know why. I have uninstalled and reinstalled Firefox 4 times, one time doing the custom install to strip the addons. The company I work for or am attempting to work for is Telepass, their web site is arousr.com.

 

[JerryBoBerry]

Ah, sounds like a custom add on they made for firefox to enable Sms texts through their system. Probably using an IRC backbone but going through them for recordkeeping.

 

[Isis29]

Ah, sounds like a custom add on they made for firefox to enable Sms texts through their system. Probably using an IRC backbone but going through them for recordkeeping.

What does that mean?? I don't have Firefox currently installed so that my computer will work and I feel like I am going to have to tell the lady I talk to that I am unable to use Firefox.

 

[Zoomer]

http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questi ... wer-395368

An addon, extension, whatever you wish to call it - it is most likely going to be the cause of the crashes.
That thread outlines a similar problem. Apparently it all worked fine when all extensions/addons were disabled.
I would try that personally

 

[Jupiter551]

Its not a program that I install to use on Firefox, I was hired to do adult text chat and apparently what they use only works on Firefox, I don't know why. I have uninstalled and reinstalled Firefox 4 times, one time doing the custom install to strip the addons. The company I work for or am attempting to work for is Telepass, their web site is arousr.com.

Perhaps you could type into a document then paste it into firefox, if that helps any of the issues? Rough workaround I know.

 

[Isis29]

Thanks for the ideas. Geez I feel like I should be getting paid to figure out how to work. lol