how to clean up slow PC?

GunJack

Okay...at least you're back on track

suiko

I reckon I'll give it a couple of days,see how it goes with 2 or 3 programs going at once. Thanks for all your help in the meantime!

suiko

Haven't had any freezes yet, and it seems considerably quicker. Tho I haven't used Wod, which was probably where I was getting most freezes.

So that's great, but unfortunately (maybe in one of the windows between installing one firewall and installing another?) some fraudster seem to have got in - two fraudulent PayPal transactions have supposedly left my account. I found no malware last night, but Spybot found one trojan. I've put a freeze on that account - don't know iof any of you guys know anything about this kind of thing, but I'm wondering if I should do anything about my other accounts (this one is the only one linked to PayPal)?

aliEnRIK

Change all your email account passwords just in case. And any others that are for SHOPPING purposes. (eg ebay, amazon etc)

suiko

Thanks! Will do

suiko

I've now also reinstalled Comodo Firewall, after the incident described. If I want to leave TeaTimer on, what feature of Comodo should I disable? I think it was Defence Mode, but I can't find a way to turn this off as such.

aliEnRIK

Right click the symbol in the right hand bottom panel (A white shield)
goto DEFENSE and turn it off

suiko

Thanks! So "defense & security" should be set to "disabled"?

aliEnRIK

yes ~ only because you use 'tea timer' too though

suiko

Must say the windows that keep coming up with Comodo are a bit annoying - basically I just say yes to everything, as I obviously don't know what these exe files are. So what is the point of this unless you're a computer expert (in which case you probably don't need it anyway)?