http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/virus-removal/remove-antivirus-vista-2010

All the info you need on what you caught.  Variants of it exist for all XP, Vista and 7 versions and it uses several names of a similar nature.  It is removable but you have to go through more trouble than its worth.

I do computer repair for people and if they have this. I only go through removal to preserve a CD Key activation (if it's winXP).  Other than that, I just pull the data to save using a linux live CD and wipe it for a reinstall.

After a reinstall, first thing to do is install all your protection software and update windows fully, and don't use the default Internet Explorer installed from the Disc.

Selecting a GPU

Determine your Power Supply Wattage rating (650w-800w is good).
Determine its purpose (gaming, work, 3D production, Digital Art).
Determine your budget (100$-300$ USD is normal range for consumer grade).
Select a Chipset Company (nVidia, ATI).
Select your DirectX (DX9, DX10, DX11)
Select a Manufacturer (EVGA, BFG Tech, ASUS, MSI, etc).
Select your Final Choice.


Note
x600, and x800 are the top of the line versions of nVidia cards in their series (6800GT, 8800GT, 9800GT).  A 6800GT out does a 8400GS in performance.
For nVidia any 200 series card is better than a G92 chipset card (GT/GTS:220/230/240/250 is G92 and is exempt)
For nVidia the GTX460, GTX465, GTX470, GTX480 are all the nerw DX11 Fermi chipset.

For ATI the HD5xx0 series is the DX11 series.
The 5770, 5830, 5850, 5870 and 5890 are the best of the lot.  Pricing goes up respectively.
The 4850, 4870 and 4890 are still good choices for now.
A HD5770 out performs a nVidia GTX260 at a lower price point.


If you have 230$-300$ to spend the top two choices are the HD5870 if you want ATI or a GTX460 if you prefer nVidia.  Roughly equivalent benchmarks.  The GTX460 design solved the heat and power draw problems in the 470/480, it still runs a bit hotter than the 5xx0 series by ATI though.

Game looks like BFBC2.  Can't justify the upped 60$ price tag.

Engines don't natively run better on any single platform, unless coded to used specific software features of said platform.  Its also in how they code it, how efficiently they code it, and how clean the coding is.

Unreal Engine 3 for instance can run on pretty much any platform and can be customized for any platform.  Depending on the developer it can run exceptionally well or be total crap.  It is however meant to run natively on Windows seeing as Epic games made it for Windows originally.  Vanilla unaltered UE2/3 does run quite well at that.

Effects need to be made in the Particle Editor.
They are attached in the ODF
Rig your model and envelope it to nulls/bones
Animate those bones in 10-20 frames of animations using rotation only.
Export the model and then export a base pose.
Class Label AnimatedProp in the ODF.
Sounds are referenced through the ODF.

For export you need the full version of XSI either 4.2-5.11
On how to rig and animate, use google to find tutorials.

Very few service providers give static external IPs.  They tend to use Dynamic IPs that change when their lease runs out.  A static Internal IP though is needed to host.  AS you have to Port FOrward to a specific IP that doesn't change.  If the Internal IP keeps changing you need to keep changing the Port Forward details to match the new IP.

Thats an expansion for EVE Online which is a paid MMO and has a steep learning curve to get into. you think WoW is a grind. this has far more grind to it than WoW ever will.

Best free to play (IMO) MMO currently out is Guildwars.  The game itself is cheap to buy and costs nothing to play.  Down side is that there is no mac version so Crossover would be needed.

Post your BF:BC2 info here.

System:
EAName:
Steam/XBL/PSN:
Soldiers:


System: PC
EAName: vf501
Steam: vf501
Soldiers: QueSera
               vf501


The ingame friends system uses your Soldier Tag.  So use that to search for and add people.  Each Soldier you create has its own friends list and profile.  SO be sure you use the Soldier Tag and not the EA login Name or Steam names to find each other.

Second one is CG rendered. No matter how good Global Illumination, Indirect Lighting and Caustics in rendering get, its still missing something that real world lighting has.  Same for material rendering.

At 1.7GHz its probably a late model Pentium III or early P4, considering the laptop came with an (at the time) average 128MB RAM.  All the old P2s I have and seen never went above 1.0GHz.  Most P4 mobiles Socket 479 start around 1.7GHz for the laptop variety.  I had an old Inspiron1300 with a CeleronM at 1.4GHz and 256MB RAM, a 1.7GHz P4 was an upgrade option for it at the time.

Xbox games are watered down graphically to meet the RAM and GPU requirements.  Closest equivalent settings for PC would be Low-Medium depending on the game.  The main factor though is the Embedded OS the Xbox has.  It has very few background processes, is designed for a specific and majorly unchanging hardware spec, and is not meant to do more than 1 thing at a time.

The efficiency of a Computer program depends on a few factors.

The hardware
Its purpose
The sophistication of the coding (finessing is harder but better than brute force code)
The OS it is written for
If it is a port from one OS to another
Is it running in a VM or an API translator or Emulator

All those can affect a computer program.

Force Unleashed for instance is very CPU bound.  Since it's a half-arsed port from console, it runs like crap on any CPU that's not Dual Core @3.0GHz or Quad @2.5GHz.  Same goes for GTA IV, but there most recent update addressed allot of issues.  Thing is both games run fine on medium settings at 1920x1080res on old GPUs like the 8800gtx/9800gtx or HD4650/4680

.inf is right, Ag gave you good info, you must have made a typo.

In addition to what Red said, the Xbox360 is also a closed system designed from the ground up with both Hardware and Software developed simultaneously.  Since the system is so closed knit and its embedded OS was developed specifically for the hardware, there is less resource overhead unlike a PC where the OS has to work across several possible hardware configurations.

Also, as Red stated games run at 720p native or lower, and they also run at 30-60 frames a second compared to the higher numbers a PC is capable of.

Call of Duty4 for instance runs at about 60fps on the 360, the PC version can reach 120-400 fps on a decent to exceptional Gaming PC.

iBuypower is reliable and good.

That computer looks fine for the $700-$800 rang ut the graphics are weak.  The PSU and motherboard are top brands though which is a good thing.  Although for that price you can build a Phenom x4 system with a ATI5770 or GTX260 and 4GB ram, your case won't be as nice, but it'll be a better system.  Losing liquid cooling is no big deal either as its only need for a high overclock, or for really hot living areas.

Red disagrees but I say if your budget fits it, go with a quad core if you plan on getting newer games.  Open world games especially put a large load on the CPU and you'll notice a difference between a Quad and a Dual in those cases.  Getting a quad is pretty much future proofing your system for the next few years.

For gaming, no need to exceed 6GB RAM either, most games are built with 32bit in mind and barely touch 3.25GB of RAM total.  The extra overhead of 6GB is just for the rest of the system.  Anything more is only good for visual work and editing movies or sound.

If you go pre-built avoid HP, they have bad customer service and one of the higher system failure rates.  Dell stuff is too inflexible and can be a headache going through them for replacement of proprietary parts.  Toshiba and ASUS are two of the highest rated PC makers in terms of reliability.

Quote from: Jon415 on March 22, 2010, 07:36:40 PM
On the dell website-the dell studio xps 8100 personalization-in not gonna spend more than $50 on graphics.

Which is why you're running into problems.  85$ dollars minimum to get anything remotely good for gaming.

ATI x7xx, x8xx, x9xx- best for gaming.

nVidia x6xxGT, x8xxGT, GTS/GTX 2xx- best for gaming.

MPC Gamers L4D1/2 groups, It must be done, dooooo it.