Technical corner........

It used to be pretty good, but when it became free for some reason it sort of lost its edge.

In the Java free form it's blisteringly quick to render web pages, easily on a par with Safari.

And it was the first browser to use tabbed browsing so it gets brownie points for that.

TBH though I really can't think of a valid reason to not use it, it's much, much better than any IE version.

A little note on FF though, I've been using FF3 for a while now and I've been having incompatibility problems with some online credit card gateways. Specifically HSBC and Protx. They allow you to go part way through the process, but right at the end they barf. Likewise internet banking with Lloyds TSB is virtually impossible with FF3 as their opening security measures just cycle without allowing you through. FF2 isn't affected by these things.

Now thats an offer i will never resist

Gary xxx

i know we hve some techies out there in the world of sh & am hoping someone can help

Both my laptop n pc have become infected by malware thanks to some sad tosser who think's it funny to infect other peoples pc's.

I have pop up's driving me nuts & now some are completely taking over the web page i am using (this alone is on its 6th writing)

I already have avg, spy bot, norton n some other i cant remember but somehow this little t*** has got through

HELP!!!!

well try again hib..was hopin you was on line

A little more info please.

Which browser are you having the popup trouble with?

How did both the PC and the laptop get infected and was it at the same time?

Do you have any suspicions about how and where you get the infection from?

In the mean time just have a check to see if you have a rootkit infection (a PITA to get rid of if you have). Download this free file: http://research.pandasoftware.com/blogs/images/AntiRootkit.zip

Open it and run it and it will scan your registry to see if you have any rootkits installed (there may be some which are benign so don't stress if it finds anything).

Go to Programs -> Run -> type in "services.msc" (no quotes) and hit enter.

This will bring up the services dialogue. Scan down the list (it's alphabetical) and see if there is anything obvious in there, once you've finished go to "Messenger" and see if it's disabled. If its running, highlight it and either click on the square stop button at the top or right-click it and select stop. Then right-click it again, choose properties, then halfway down the box is a drop down list for "startup type" (it has disabled, automatic and manual) select "disabled" then click okay. You can now close that screen.

We'll get to the rest of it when you answer the above questions.