Scotley
Hero
Oh, to follow up with my computer issues troubles - the most frequent errors I get are "Shockwave stopped responding" and "Adobe Flash stopped responding." Is that virus related? Would the previous advice work on this?
Jon has off from school this week and while he has a ton of work, this is his chance to help me put your advice to good use on this hunk o junk.![]()
Some malicious web pages try to get you download outdated versions of flash and shockwave so they can then attack your computer. I would consider uninstalling and reinstalling the most current versions. You could have an outdated or just damaged version. It might have been damaged in the virus removal if that is where the virus was lurking. An uninstall and clean re-install of those relatively small programs should not take too long. Anyway, when a page offers you a 'new' version of java, flash or shockwave always run. Get these only from the source or www.ninite.com
You can also find flash in the control panel and try clearing the cache. Go to the advanced tab and try 'delete all'. You should also note that there are different versions of flash for each browser. So you need to download the latest version for the browser you want to use. Or all of them.