How to check the Major Geek update and cleaning procedures

loninappleton · Oct 28, 2012

After doing the update and cleaning procedures plus installing Comodo Firewall and Anti Virus is there a way to check if the two progs are installed and running through something like HijackThis?

I have no noticeable problems but the Comodo installers look identical. I just want a simple double check on what's installed. In Comodo I did the custom install to remove their various Geek buddies and whatnot. First time through the install I did not know how intrusive all that is.

I've had concerns about using things like CCleaner since previous advice said do not use such things that may impair an older and thus unrecognized configuration.

Is there anything current for Register Cleaning that Major Geeks recommends. My install XP is old and I will not be moving to newer Windows versions anytime soon.

My thanks to Major Geeks for having a how- to that is readable and understandable. While not a novice, I know little about computer safety and have had few problems.

chaslang · Oct 28, 2012

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After doing the update and cleaning procedures plus installing Comodo Firewall and Anti Virus is there a way to check if the two progs are installed and running through something like HijackThis?
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Double click the red C icon in your system tray to bring up the Comodo panel and check out the antivirus and firewall. Typically Comodo will also tell you something to the left of the form. Some kind of notice like "All systems are active and running"

We don't recommend registry cleaning. It can cause more harm then good and sometimes the harm does not show up for quite awhile until you go to run something you don't use that frequently. Registry cleaning should only be performed when an expert recommends it and also when that expert tells you exactly what to clean and what to leave alone. I'm typing this message on the first PC that I ever had with Win XP and it has never had the registry cleaned. It also runs just fine. But if you were to use a registry cleaner, CCleaner is fine. Always make backups. But again, you don't need it. In the malware forum, we only use CCleaner to clean temp files and nothing else.

loninappleton · Oct 28, 2012

I was specifically interested in checking the change in DNS addresses.

Aslo a a hint on the right syntax for ipconfig since my poor use of cccleaner took out the stored commands in the run box.

I understand the ipconfig part. What I never recall or have handy is the /p or whatever retains it on screen. Plain ipconfig flashes for an instant and then cannot be read.

plodr · Oct 29, 2012

Don't type ipconfig in the run box. Open a command prompt by typing cmd in the run box. Then in the box that pops up, type in ipconfig to view the information.

loninappleton · Oct 29, 2012

Thanks, I never use that often enough to remember.

My IP address looks the same and the subnet mask but I see the change in
the second IP address in the listing and in whatever is called the Tunnel Adapter Pseudo Interface.

Can anyone explain exactly what goes on with this? I do not know about proxies and so on but this seems like a good place to start.

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How to check the Major Geek update and cleaning procedures

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