Recent content by Alec Mowat

No, there's no drivers available. http://h20564.www2.hp.com/hpsc/swd/public/readIndex?sp4ts.oid=449878

Once you format, it ends. It only runs once, so if you take it off the network, it will stop. It can only infect files it can read (shares) without special permissions. The only reason solution is to backup all your files. You can usually do a search for HELP_DECRYPT to find any encrypted...

Sounds like it's using the intel card and not the Nvidia card

There's a big reason people use Google and not Yahoo. It should be pretty obvious when you go to their home pages.

The harddrive and/or RAM could be failing as well. You may run to test both of those.

That processor is painfully slow. I'd use the OS that came with it. If it came with Windows 7, stay with Windows 7 The only drive that would really impact anything is the videocard driver. You can get it from AMD http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/mobile?os=Windows%208.1%20-%2064

Try using a different USB port. You might be getting static. Could be noise or a short in your tower somewhere.

So, unless they want to pay for the bandwidth at my home, I don't understand why they can use it without my permission.

Maybe, but Ad-blocker Plus is your friend. You should move to Firefox or Chrome.

I personally use Lastpass as a plug in. The Passwords would be stored on the local computer, and most likely encrypted. I believe Mozilla has a cloud service now, you may be able to create an account on 31, log in and save your passwords, than upgrade and log in again...