need infos. pls help.

[vivolavavo]

Howard this is the story:

3 days ago, my Computer was reformatted. Because it does not start up. it will boot but the suddenly a black screen with text like this (not on exact words, but sounds like this) "Windows could not start due windows/system32/c_ . . . . . is missing or corrupted" (i was not able to write down the exact file). my friendw told me to reformat my pc. i agree.

Problem:
1) Whats the reason behind that?
2) Where did i get that?
3) How can i prevent it not to happen again?

also a friend told me about those "hidden files" that can be included on download-songs. is there any connection about the "hidden files" regarding this matter?

My anti-virus is SYMANTEC. is it a good anti-virus? pls Give me tips on securing my PC's safety..

big big thanks. More POWER!

 

[matav]

1) Whats the reason behind that?

several reasons... virus, hd sector failure due to high current, messing around with system files, some uninstallation gone wrong.

2) Where did i get that?

how should we know what you do with your computer?

also a friend told me about those "hidden files" that can be included on download-songs. is there any connection about the "hidden files" regarding this matter?

wat did this mean?
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My anti-virus is SYMANTEC. is it a good anti-virus?

symantec is a good corporate anti-virus. but i prefer kaspersky or nod32.

 

[vivolavavo]

about the limewire.

tnx for the reply! thats a lot of infos

niwei, i have a question.. songs that are downloaded from limewire do they contain virus or something dangerous to my computer..?

 

[matav]

if you download known formats of songs [like .mp3, .wma], then you wont catch any virus but if you download games or programs from limewire, then they may be contain virus.
some music videos [especially *.wmp] have scripts in them and these may run certain scripts such as downloading some executable and running them without your awareness.
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it's better if you dont download any *.com or *.exe or even *.zip as they may have undetectable versions of viruses or trojans.
remember that you're downloading something from someone else's computer and you dont know the integrity of that bum.
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i'll say: limewire is as safe as you make use of it.