So, my McAffee has been being really shitty. Every time I restart my computer, most of the protections are turned off and I have to turn them back on, and, more significantly, I can no longer scan my computer for viruses. When I try to scan I get a message window with the title "Windows Internet Explorer" and the message "unable to create gObjOSHelper{9F290F51-FF82-4bf4-20D4272890C7}" Whenever McAffee tries to re-download virus scan it doesn't finish. I would just switch to Avast or something else, but I got a free year of McAffee and want to use it. Is there anything you can do to help?
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What do you mean you got a free year of mcaffee? All programs are free when you have internet access. I recommend that you backup all the files that you need and format your windows installation. With the fresh install, download NOD32 or Kaspersky and use these. Also use something like Spyware doctor, to get rid of smaller threats and such.
The message that you get seems to be from a virus, and I'd say that because I think it tries to hide itself as windows internet explorer, unless that message is really from IE, in which case, I don't know what is going on.
If you're not sure how to get these, just go to http://thepiratebay.org/ and search for those programs. If you're a complete dummy when it comes to computers you'll also have to understand how to download from torrent files, you can search that with a search engine (like google).
Of course, if you really want to end the virus problem once and for all, get a different operating system, like ubuntu (good for starters and it's free). http://ubuntu.com/
Okay, I uninstalled McAffee and tried to install Avast. Now I got a new error.
21.07.2009 10:25:30 general: Started: 21.07.2009, 10:25:30
21.07.2009 10:25:30 system: Operating system: Windows Vista ver 6.0, build 6001, sp 1.0 [Service Pack 1] AMD64
21.07.2009 10:25:30 system: Memory: 16% load. Phys:4194303/4194303K free, Page:4194303/4194303K free, Virt:2023824/2097024K free
21.07.2009 10:25:30 system: Computer WinName: ANDREW-PC
21.07.2009 10:25:30 system: Windows Net User: Andrew-PC\Andrew
21.07.2009 10:25:30 general: Old version: ffffffff (-1)
21.07.2009 10:25:30 file: Direct delete of file: C:\Users\Andrew\AppData\Local\Temp\_av_inet.tm~a01076\setupengpro.exe
21.07.2009 10:25:30 system: Using temp: C:\Users\Andrew\AppData\Local\Temp\_av_inet.tm~a03624 (642323M free)
21.07.2009 10:25:30 internet: SYNCER: Type: use IE settings
21.07.2009 10:25:30 internet: SYNCER: Auth: another authentication, use WinInet
21.07.2009 10:25:30 general: Install check: Program folder does NOT exist in registry
21.07.2009 10:25:30 general: SGW32P::CheckIfInstalled set m_bAlreadyInstalled to 0
21.07.2009 10:25:32 general: progress thread start
21.07.2009 10:25:32 general: Destination: C:\Users\Andrew\AppData\Local\Temp\_av_inet.tm~a03624
21.07.2009 10:25:32 general: Starting download: http://www.avast.com/go.php?verb=get-avast-home&type=cnet&langid=eng
21.07.2009 10:26:25 general: Download finished from server download658.avast.com, result: 0x00000000, server response: 200
21.07.2009 10:26:25 general: C:\Users\Andrew\AppData\Local\Temp\_av_inet.tm~a03624\setupeng.exe, size: 36182432. md5: F9B3AA8A6D72D2D29AB1575343C81FFE, computemd5 returned 0x00000000, sig: 89386B3C1121B3D2C484D9C308A65318D76DBDEF6B138871AA4A48A094C6AAC11D903771FBFC7E32 returned 0x00000000
21.07.2009 10:26:25 general: Stats download658.avast.com, server response: 536870923
21.07.2009 10:26:26 general: POST result: 0x00000000, server response: 20