[gui-talk] can a computer go backwards by itself

[Steve Jacobson]

Ken,

I don't think that the existence of the Eloquence synthesizer necessarily means anything.  I have had that happen with other synthesizers when I installed 
and then uninstalled a demo.  It is probably an error on the part of the demo because it should be removed, but I don't think I would assume that it got 
brought back because of virus activity.  Most likely it was always there.  

It sounds to me as though you have done everything you should have done, although all three of those programs need to be updated regularly.  Also, after 
you have done a scan, Microsoft Security Essentials should be reporting that your computer is protected.  

Certainly having disk space used up without your knowledge is also cause for concern.  Again, though, disk space does get used by temporary internet files 
and by various updates.  How much space to you have, how much is remaining, and about how much extra space has been used raising concerns?  A low 
amount of free disk space can degrade performance as can a fragmented disk drive.

You might try running disk cleanup and also defragment your disk drive.  These tools are located in "Accessories" perhaps in System Tools, but you can 
sometimes run them by highlighing the drive in Windows Explorer and bringing up "Properties".  There is sometimes a "maintenance" tab.  Good luck.

Best regards,

Steve Jacobson

On Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:10:36 EST, Kenlawrence124 at aol.com wrote:

>Hi Steve that is helpful.  Well for Malware using Spybot Search and  
>destroy, and Malware bites.  for an antivirus using microsoft security  
>essentials.  Recently a notification came up saying Microsoft security  essentials 
>maybe is out of date and to click the balloon.  I didn't of  course went to 
>microsoft security essentials manually and updated it All scans  are coming up 
>clean.  Malware bytes picked off a trojan once.  I use  the computer quite a 
>bit. and each time it is required I will dial into AOL and  then go to 
>where it is saying install now on an adobe flash player update and  install.  I 
>have windows set up to download updates automaticly and to  install when 
>turning off.  the old click turn off to install important  updates message.  
>That will likely happen next week right the the regular  updates each month.  
>Why I think there is something with that going  backward issue is I show 
>lost space on the hard drive that I can't account for  with anything I've 
>installed or updated.  and the issue with the eloquents  drivers that should be 
>gone.  Using windows XP service pack 3,  Jaws  12, a 74.5 GB drive with 512 
>MB of Ram.  I seem to think I should have  about 67.5 to 68 GB remaining.  I 
>show 64.86 left.  I keep thinking  tool bars are installing.  Not sure how 
>big Skype or skype talking is but  that and the new version of Webb IE are 
>the most recently installed  programs.  Just installed Webb IE a few minutes 
>ago and deleted the old  version.  Hope that additional info helps.  
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