I just bought a new Toshiba laptop, what is the best antivirus software to get, seeing as I want to put it on there right away.

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Dear all,

I just bought a Toshiba Satellite L450 Laptop (with Windows 7 Home Premium) from Best Buy 2 days ago. I setup the Norton Anti-Virus, setup the Wifi, changed the theme to make it feel more like my own computer, etc. Once I did all these things I then continued to use the laptop for a few more hours to check email, facebook, myspace, played a game, then shut the system down. When I shut it down, Windows restarted, then a screen popped up stating "Windows Preparing for Configuration". After this screen stayed on for a few hours, I manually shut it down.

In the morning, I turned on the laptop like normal, and again the screen stating "Windows Preparing for Configuration" came up again, and has been on this screen for about 2 1/2 hours now.

Is this normal??? I asked a friend about it and he suggests that since its brand new and I hadn’t restarted the computer once I loaded all the programs & internet, that the system just needs to boot up everything properly. When I talked to Toshiba tech support, they said that its is normal to take up to maybe 1 hour, but they have never experienced a customer waiting for over 2 hours.

Is there something I did wrong?? Yesterday I had to take care of a small tracking cookie w/ Norton Anti-Virus. Also I’ve added some programs from Adobe Suite 2.0.. could that have something to do with it??

Please Help! Any information is appreciated!

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I currently have a Toshiba Satellite, and I’m fed up with it. The wireless shuts off randomly (it has been doing this since day 1) and doesn’t work completely unless I have an ethernet, it freezes while loading websites regularly, even if it’s just me checking my e-mail, and it totally crashed last month, forcing me to re-image it. Whether it’s all just me or the laptop itself, I don’t know, but I’m definitely in the market for a new laptop. I’m currently a senior in college, so I want to have a laptop I could use for grad school and the future as well- this is not going to be some laptop I buy once, and then trash it next year for another replacement. I’ll probably be using it for Word processing, PowerPoint presentations, music and pictures, as well as internet. Nothing too huge. I was thinking of a netbook, but I don’t think it’d be able to handle all of that. I’m leaning toward a MacBook just because I am so frustrated with the things that go wrong with my Toshiba (viruses, being slow, etc), but I’m also considering Sony laptops as well.

Any suggestions? I’d rather not get a Dell (heard too many bad stories) and I’m NOT considering another Toshiba, ever. Also, considering my usage and memory requirements (which music and pictures is a big part of), what specs should I be looking for?

Any help on a good quality, longterm laptop that won’t fall apart on me in a year or two would be great, I’m clearly not an expert on this!

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I currently have a Toshiba Satellite, and I’m fed up with it. The wireless shuts off randomly (it has been doing this since day 1) and doesn’t work completely unless I have an ethernet, it freezes while loading websites regularly, even if it’s just me checking my e-mail, and it totally crashed last month, forcing me to re-image it. Whether it’s all just me or the laptop itself, I don’t know, but I’m definitely in the market for a new laptop. I’m currently a senior in college, so I want to have a laptop I could use for grad school and the future as well- this is not going to be some laptop I buy once, and then trash it next year for another replacement. I’ll probably be using it for Word processing, PowerPoint presentations, music and pictures, as well as internet. Nothing too huge. I was thinking of a netbook, but I don’t think it’d be able to handle all of that. I’m leaning toward a MacBook just because I am so frustrated with the things that go wrong with my Toshiba (viruses, being slow, etc), but I’m also considering Sony laptops as well.

Any suggestions? I’d rather not get a Dell (heard too many bad stories) and I’m NOT considering another Toshiba, ever. Also, considering my usage and memory requirements (which music and pictures is a big part of), what specs should I be looking for?

Any help on a good quality, longterm laptop that won’t fall apart on me in a year or two would be great, I’m clearly not an expert on this!

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I want to buy a laptop for pretty much everyday use. I don’t care if it’s Mac or PC. Mac I know is more expensive, but less virus prone. Right know I’m looking at HP and Dell. Dell I know has awful customer support. I’ve also heard names such as Acer, Toshiba and Gateway. I’m kind of skeptical about Gateway. All I know is that I want
-A webcam
-Windows Word (not Works Word Processor)
-PowerPoint
-An average speed (currently looking at Intel Core 2 Duo)
-Be able to multi-task (music,internet, type all at once)
-would like, (but don’t need) Cd/dvd burner
-Wi-Fi (don’t need broadband)
-Would prefer <,000
-No more than ,500
-Needs to last about 4-yrs
-Needs to work!!!!!

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I’ve got a Dell desktop and a Toshiba laptop. My lap-tippity-top went and got a virus on it. I got all the visible viruses out using Webroot software but it keeps randomly shutting down. I went to Best Buy and talked to the Geek Squad guys and they said it was a virus loaded into the memory or something and that to get rid of it I would have to restore it to factory condition. The thing is, I don’t have any system disks or anything for my laptop, but I DO have them for my desktop.. Can I use those disks or do I have to go and buy disks FOR MY LAPTOP? If I DO have to go buy them, where do I go and about how much do they run for?

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I bought a Toshiba Satellite A135 in April of 2007. I used it mostly for my college essays and research papers. In July, I put it away in my bookshelf. I did not need it until this month and now when i try to charge it, it will not charge. When i try to turn it on, it will not turn on. The Charger indicator on the laptop will not turn on and i really do not know what else to do. I was thinking about getting a Macbook since i would not have to worry about it catching a virus, and because it can be used with my optimum online modem via the ethernet port. I’ve never owned a MAC BOOK, but i’ve heard a lot of good things about it. Will the transition From Windows To Mac be difficult?

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I am in my sophomore year of college, and my laptop computer turns four years old this Christmas. It’s a Toshiba (Satellite series) laptop, and it has started to go pretty slow and sometimes programs stop responding and have to be closed through Task Manager. I think it may just need some more RAM. The hard drive still has plenty of space, and the laptop has never had any serious virus because I don’t go to any weird or questionable sites. I regularly scan it just in case though.

I have been considering buying a new laptop. I would like to stick with a PC just because I don’t want to spend over 0 for a laptop or deal with a Mac in general. It needs to have a reasonable amount of RAM. I don’t need a super high-tech laptop, just one that gets the job done (ie: internet, microsoft programs, etc).

Basically, I am trying to decide what to spend my future Christmas money on: a new laptop; or an external hard drive and possibly some sort of upgrade (ie: RAM).

Should I should get a new laptop or just keep the one that I have? Please let me know what action, and laptop or upgrade you would recommend. I feel like the one that I have now is still in good shape; it just needs some upgrading, but I wasn’t sure what all is possible, or if it’s just a better use of my money at this point to buy a new laptop. Thanks!

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I juz bought a toshiba laptop 1 month ago. Everything was running smoothly but until yesterday, my booting speed suddenly decreased. It takes bout 2 minute to enter the desktop. I’ve been facing that problem since my first pc until this 4th pc. There are no virus, spyware, malware, adware.. I edy remove some startup program in msconfig, run defrag and yet tat still cant slove my problem. My laptop has intel core 2 duo 1.6ghz and 2gb ram with vista home premium. Can i noe why every of my pc’s booting speed always become slower after using it for a period.

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What processes should be running in my task manager with no applications open? What is safe to remove?

Where is malicious software or folders commonly found and how do i remove these items?

I own a Toshiba Laptop if that helps. I got some things on here I would like to keep therefore I cant restore my harddrive. Thanks for your help guys.

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Hello People.

Our Toshiba laptop two weeks ago became infected with more viruses then ever, even when I have removed several from the laptop myself (which are painstaking and time consuming as to avoid destroying it). We had no single way of how to determine where the viruses where coming from. All the laptop does now once we turn on the power is load up untill we see either the Toshina or Windows logo and then turns off again and then turn itselfs back on again. Last time a relative was on the laptop in safe mode searching for a file name. I suggested that at all no file should be deleted untill I looked into it. They said that none were deleted, but I am still full of doubt, could you tell me can the software that assists in the starting up of the laptop be deleted or can it be corrupted to prevent us from using the laptop. Can it be fixed. Its a horror since theres bills to pay for the broadband and We cannot buy a new laptop now.

What can be done?
Free sites cause the problem and other family members failed to keep the filters and virus protection software on. Once it it dealt with we will increase the memory and have individual internet accounts with settings that will not be changed. The day before it happened a younger brother stopped deleting the temp internet files, when I said it should be done after closing every window and now the laptop needs to be scanned and searched for odd files daily.

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I need help! I have an HP laptop that doesn’t seem to wipe out trojans since everytime i use malwarebytes, another one pops up. I plan on buying another laptop tomorrow since this computer coming apart anyways. Will viruses travel through this internet connection?

If I remove this infected laptop and replace it with a new laptop, will viruses come through? I’m using a Toshiba Modem with Earthlink as my ISP.

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i just bought a toshiba but i didnt buy any security measures so now it doesnt have any internet securities i want to download AT&T online protection does it work with vista? right now i have nothing on my laptop to protect me but after i install and use the internet, will my laptop immediately be contaminated with a virus? if the first thing i do is download AT&T online protection will it protect me? thank you so much!!

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My Toshiba laptop has a virus on it. It is going really slow and has problems doing many things. With that being said, I always start it in safe mode. In this mode, of course no sound, but everything works properly and goes a lot faster.

However, I do have a lot of songs, pictures, documents and other applications that I needed for school/work but no longer do. And I was going to get rid of a lot. I am also buying a new security system (anti-virus) for it. But I just wanna start all over and restart.

I do not have the CD that came with the laptop. I bought it off a good friend of mine and just got the laptop, charger, and some case for it. Do not have the restore CD if there is even one.

Like I said, it’ll start in regular mode, but it will go slow, and will no go online (virus). Just wanna start all over.

Anyone have any info on how to dump it and start over? What will I have to do? Do I need a CD or can I just do this on the computer.

Whatever I need to get, I’ll buy it and use it. I don’t wanna buy a bunch of stuff that I don’t need.

Also, when I dump it, I do not need any files, pics, documents, songs or anything like that. I could get rid of everything that I have that was not needed to use the computer. All the add-ons I have, they can go.

Any info would be awesome. Would like to do this tomorrow! Thanks.

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I recently bought a used laptop, a Toshiba Tecra 9100. On startup, it will sometimes freeze before Windows XP can even load. If Windows does manage to load and I get to the desktop, it will freeze soon after. And this is if the laptop even starts up, sometimes I’ll press the power on button and the indicator light will come on, without any other sign of life. I then have to hold the button until the light goes off, then try again. I also don’t have any peripherals attached (mouse, wireless USB adapter, etc.), and it does this with the AC cord connected as well as disconnected.
I was just wondering if these laptops are known to ever experience these problems, because then when I get it repaired, I can point the technician in the right direction (resulting in me hopefully paying less in time saved). He estimated the work would cost 0 CAD, unless it took over an hour. He tested the hardrive and checked viruses for free, and found no problems.
Any info/ thoughts are appreciated, Thanks

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i just bought a new Toshiba laptop…my old laptop i bought used had Avast already on it….i never had any problems getting rid of a virus with it by going through the "safe" mode….so should i pay for Norton or download Avast for free?

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I’m looking at a used 17" imac on ebay…here’s the link…

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250474250902&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT#ht_500wt_1182

I’m a design student and on a budget. I really like macs and I use them all the time a school. This computer has all of the software I’ll need and it looks like it could be a really great buy. I’m just not sure I want to sacrifice the mobility of a laptop for a desktop. Plus, there is no warranty.

The HP PC I’m looking at is really nice. It’s ,000 and would be able to do what I want it to, but I would have to purchase the Adobe Creative Suite (which won’t be too bad since I can get it for 0 with the student discount). Also, I really don’t want to deal with viruses. My Toshiba got hit this past March and I had to completely wipe the hard drive and re-install xp to even get things up and running again.

Here’s the link to the HP:

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9376766&st=HP+HDX+16-1370US+Entertainment+Laptop&type=product&id=1218094855881

What would you do? I’m not sure. Thanks for your input.

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