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    Are any of these programs harmful/a burden?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Earthad, Dec 19, 2007.

  1. Earthad

    Earthad Notebook Consultant

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    Are any of these programs a threat to my computer's health/will they hinder my performance?

    If they do, how do i go about getting rid of them? Thanks.
     

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    Tranquility Notebook Consultant

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    Explorer.exe has been known to cause trouble. :D

    Seriously though, putting a suspicous program name into Google will usually turn up info. There are sites dedicated to it. So if anything stands out above and beyond what might catch someone's eye here you could give it a shot there. I've run a couple through Google myself. No nasties though.
     
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    Earthad Notebook Consultant

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    thanks a lot. Yeah when i've found somehting odd i've googled, but sometimes i get some mumbo jumbo i don't understand.
     
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    Is that Symantec I see?!? Maybe not since it's not taking up a whole lot of resources. Is it the corporate version?
     
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