Update my McAfee s/w Conflict 1

[porto99]

Running Windows XP Home and I need to update my McAfee s/w, but it complains that Sophos is installed. Its non in the Add/Remove Programs List.

How can I remove programs like these; RegEdit and how?

Also how can I ensure that when I opt for PC Shutdown that the PC does not restart, this has just occured, needed to buy Spyware and clean up my system.

Many thanks,

Porto.

 

[gpalmer711]

Hi Porto,

This FAQ could do with an update, which I will do soon. However it will give you some good advice and some free tools to make sure that you are free from viruses and malware.

faq779-5240

As for the machine restarting instead of shutting down, I would assume that this is related to the virus/spyware issue that you have at the moment. However try the following and see if you get an error message next time you try and shut down.

Click on Start > Right Click on My Computer > Select Properties > Click on Advanced Tab > Click on Settings under the "Startup and Recovery" heading > Untick the box that says "Automatically Restart" > Click OK Twice.

Greg Palmer
Freeware Utilities for Windows Administrators.

http://www.palmersoft.co.uk