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    privacy violated?

    I downloaded a trial program from a newsgroup a while ago. It was in a .zip or .rar file that was self extracting which contained a .exe file. When the file finished extracting, my internet browser popped open and went to some .to domain web site with cell phone backgrounds and tones. What...
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    have I been hacked?

    Is your network secure with a password? I was actually using someone else's network. Do you have a firewall on your OS your using? yes, I have mcafee total protection or security center or both. Does your router have a hardware firewall built-in? it was someone else's router. What OS are...
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    have I been hacked?

    while I am at home, sometimes my network isn't available, whether it's because the connection is interupted or the signal is bad. Most of the time, I would connect to somebody else's unsecured network that is available. When I do this, can the information that is being sent be viewable? I am...
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    unknown xp user account

    I was looking at some of my user accounts on my computer. I noticed that there was an account named "asp.net a...", it was password protected. I don't know where this came from. Nobody in my household created it, can my computer be compromised? Thanks, bye. Running XP pro with sp3 and all...
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    malware attack

    paranoid? sometimes. But it wasn't like I was looking around for infected files. I was doing something when I found myself on the C: root which contained files that I had never seen before. There were about 5 of them and when I googled the names online, they were under the malware category on...
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    malware attack

    I was looking around on my computer and saw that there was about 5 malware exe files on my c:/ root. After seeing them, I got really paranoid quickly. My computer is running the internet through a wireless router, but there is no file sharing going on, I think. My question is: -If I am part...
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    wireless routers help

    I read somewhere that wireless routers usually only last 2 to 3 years. Can someone recommend a good router with good range that will last long. I've been going back and forth between three different ones: -LINKSYS WRT54GL - I'm probably not going to flash it with a 3rd party firmware...
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    is my video card too hot?

    I have a gt120 by nvidia. On idle, it's about 67c and when gaming at about 85% of it's ram, it's at about 80c-90c. Is this too hot? My system is a prebuilt gateway that has smartfan which the fan can get really loud and at high speeds when I am gaming. Are the temps too high?
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    is my video card too hot?

    I have a gt120 by nvidia. On idle, it's about 60c and when gaming at about 85% of it's ram, it's at about 80c-90c. Is this too hot? My system is a prebuilt gateway that has smartfan which gets really loud and at high speeds when I am gaming. Are the temps too high?
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    1 tb ide hard drives

    this may be a stupid question, but, are there 1 tb hdds that are not sata? I've looked every where and have not seen one for sale.
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    does windows have a record log?

    I was just wondering if windows xp has a log of activity. here's what happened: I transferred some files onto my flash drive, now I can't find the flash drive, anyway, the files have been on there for a while so I don't remember if I deleted them off the drive. Is there a log or another way that...
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    connecting more hdds

    I'll probably go with either the serial ata or the raid controller. thanks so much.
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    partition deleting help

    sorry for the late reply but, if possible to keep one part of the drive untouched and without wiping it out, I'd rather do that, second, I am only using it as a backup drive, so no os will be installed onto it.
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    connecting more hdds

    I want to connect more hard drives to my computer but I've got no idea how. I've got 2 ide cables, both with two inputs, I've got 2 cd/dvd drives/burners on one, and 2 hardrives on the other, is there a way to maybe split the cables or something to be able to install more hard drives on the...
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    partition deleting help

    I've got an 80 gig western digital that came with a backup/recovery partition on it, now what I want to do is delete the partition so that I'll have a hdd with one partition equaling about 80 gigs, any help would be great, thanks and later. ps the recovery/backup partition is fat32 and the...
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    DWQ120AB2 not working, help!!!!!!!!!!!

    checked both cd/dvd and ide controller in the device manager menu, seems to check out, I have the dvdrw on cable select at the moment on slave and a dvd/cdrw combo on master. I didn't check the cables yet, but the dvd/cdrw which shares the cable is operating fine, I even tested the sony drive on...
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    good budget 256mb card please!!!

    I'm looking for a good budget 256mb graphics card. All in wonders pretty good?
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    DWQ120AB2 not working, help!!!!!!!!!!!

    I bought a DWQ120AB2 oem sony drive from newegg a couple weeks ago, I found out it wasn't reading much of anything, so I returned it for a replacement, I just got the replacement today and found out that it's doing the same thing. Now is it the drive or my computer? I was going to upgrade...
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    compatible or incompatible memory?

    nevermind, I found out that I can't use both ddr and ddr2 at the same time. My motherboard model is ecs elite p4m800pro-m (1.0)
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    compatible or incompatible memory?

    two questions here: 1) on my motherboard, there are slots for both ddr and ddr2, can I install both kinds of memory on there at the same time or will it cause problems? 2) I've also got a sony vaio that came with pc3200 installed on it. I recently tested pc2100 on it, and it recognized it...
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