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Posted by BernieM on December 19, 2006, 1:45 am
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> The dial-up ISP "bright.net" has an application that's supposed to speed
> up internet searches; it's some sort of "accelerator" that gets downloaded
> to the machine. I put it on my friend's machine after flattening and
> rebuilding it but now I've run into a conflict; I get a notice that the
> accelorator won't load because some other program is using the port it
> needs. So it terminates. The ISP said it's probably due to the Avast
> anti-virus software running on this WIN98SE system... but he can't give me
> any advice how to fix it.
>
> I suppose I need to start by identifying what's using the port it wants.
> What's the best way to do that? I had an issue not long ago and ESET
> (NOD32) told me to run "Hijackthis" and "Autoruns" then send them the
> reports. I think those drew a picture of what's running where but then...
> I wouldn't be able to make senseout of them anyway. Any advise on how to
> identfy then solve this would be appreciated.
>
ditto what Fk said plus do some research before you install something on
your own pc let alone someone else's.
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