I just do not understand computers. Posting on Cathe, using Word and getting and sending emails are about the extent of my computer prowess. I've asked some friends about this and they just can't help me and I don't know of any programmers to ask. I thought I'd throw it out to the all knowing Catheites and see what you may come up with.
Last week I installed McAfee Security Suite. A couple of days later I got a message saying my computer was not protected and I needed to verify my subscription but I couldn't get passed that. I got on a McAfee forums site and posted my question there and others were having the same problem but no resolution was really given.
Long story short, I reinstalled it a couple of times and the latest is that it appears I have no virus protection. I got a message saying that "Your virus portection from Zone Alarm Antivirus is more than 30 days old." I did have Zone Alarm protecting my computer but my free annual subscription has just run out. I'm hoping that all I need to do now is to add antivirus protection from McAfee but do I need to totally remove all of Zone Alarm? Will I be giving up something good if I uninstall Zone Alarm? I don't know the difference from one antivirus protection from another. It appears that my computer may be a target right now without antivirus protection.
To add to this, I just got a message from McAfee stating the following:
>"McAfee has detected a potentially unauthorized change to your computer.
Details
SystemGuard Name: Internet Explorer URL Search Hooks
Change: Registry Modified
More Info
SystemGuard Description: Monitors changes made to your Internet Explorer URL Search Hook. A URL Search Hook is used when you type an address in the location field of the browser without a protocol such as http:// or ftp:// in the address. When you enter such an address, the browser might use the UrlSearchHook to search the Internet to find the location you entered.
Process: C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
Process Name: Internet Explorer
Process Publisher: Microsoft Corporation
Affected Items: C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Companion\Installs\cpn0\yt.dll, HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-789336058-764733703-1343024091-1004\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\URLSearchHooks\{EF99BD32-C1FB-11D2-892F-0090271D4F88}, HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{EF99BD32-C1FB-11D2-892F-0090271D4F88}\InProcServer32\
If you did not expect this change, McAfee recommends that you block it. If you expected this change, allow it.">
It looks like it's from Microsoft so is it safe? It gives me the option to allow this change or block this change. I don't know what to do! Any suggestions?
Sorry for the long post but I'm just at a loss and I don't know that it's safe for me to be on the internet right now. Any input you may be able to provide is extremely appreciated. Thank you so much for your help.
With much gratitude,
Bam
Last week I installed McAfee Security Suite. A couple of days later I got a message saying my computer was not protected and I needed to verify my subscription but I couldn't get passed that. I got on a McAfee forums site and posted my question there and others were having the same problem but no resolution was really given.
Long story short, I reinstalled it a couple of times and the latest is that it appears I have no virus protection. I got a message saying that "Your virus portection from Zone Alarm Antivirus is more than 30 days old." I did have Zone Alarm protecting my computer but my free annual subscription has just run out. I'm hoping that all I need to do now is to add antivirus protection from McAfee but do I need to totally remove all of Zone Alarm? Will I be giving up something good if I uninstall Zone Alarm? I don't know the difference from one antivirus protection from another. It appears that my computer may be a target right now without antivirus protection.
To add to this, I just got a message from McAfee stating the following:
>"McAfee has detected a potentially unauthorized change to your computer.
Details
SystemGuard Name: Internet Explorer URL Search Hooks
Change: Registry Modified
More Info
SystemGuard Description: Monitors changes made to your Internet Explorer URL Search Hook. A URL Search Hook is used when you type an address in the location field of the browser without a protocol such as http:// or ftp:// in the address. When you enter such an address, the browser might use the UrlSearchHook to search the Internet to find the location you entered.
Process: C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
Process Name: Internet Explorer
Process Publisher: Microsoft Corporation
Affected Items: C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Companion\Installs\cpn0\yt.dll, HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-789336058-764733703-1343024091-1004\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\URLSearchHooks\{EF99BD32-C1FB-11D2-892F-0090271D4F88}, HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{EF99BD32-C1FB-11D2-892F-0090271D4F88}\InProcServer32\
If you did not expect this change, McAfee recommends that you block it. If you expected this change, allow it.">
It looks like it's from Microsoft so is it safe? It gives me the option to allow this change or block this change. I don't know what to do! Any suggestions?
Sorry for the long post but I'm just at a loss and I don't know that it's safe for me to be on the internet right now. Any input you may be able to provide is extremely appreciated. Thank you so much for your help.
With much gratitude,
Bam
Would the manual be somewhere in my computer since everything was downloaded? Do you think I should allow this change as the message states in my first message? Do you think my computer is at risk?