Recent content by TractorMan

ok but i have this question about linux in general - if every software for linux comes with its source code then how can you sell it? why won't people modify the code and claim it's theirs? at university i only did the most basic things in ubuntu like controlling user privileges i didn't have to...

you mean linux like that ubuntu which i used in university? first thing i remember about it was the x button - it was in the upper LEFT portion of the window compared to upper right like in windows. i always had to remember that when i was closing windows.. how stupid! or when i installed red...

my firefox uses 234 mb right now but no cpu. so? what i'm worried about is that mbamservice.exe uses my HARD DISKS! i already lost a 500 gb hard disk right before i switched to win7! i lost everything on it. i was afraid my important files for which i worked for years might have been lost too...

i found the cause of the problem - it's mbamservice.exe from malware bytes. right now it's taking 194 mb of memory and sometimes even 10% cpu. i looked at other posts from people who have the same problem but i never found a solution. i understand that mbamservice is responsible for "real time...

my security consists only of malwarebytes and i removed the task to make a background scan every day. it only updates once per hour that's all but the problems are much more often than that so it can't be. my memory is 8 gb. i used check disk on my drives before i installed win 7 - i mean like...

i recently began using win 7 64 ultimate sp1 from win xp sp3 and one of the first things i noticed is that if i don't move the mouse for about 1-2 minutes the red led on my computer flashes all the time! and there's sound like the harddisks are being used.. even now as i write it's doing this...