help with runescape

[blakflagpunk]

i have a windows 98 and i dont consider it to be the slowest computer in teh world but its not teh fastest. i can play half life and empire earth on it but i cant play a mmorpg called runescape on it. everything goes smoothly untill i start playing. when i move my guy the entire screen has to reload. and it takes 5 minutes to do.when teh screen doesnt reaload it lags so bad that by the time the guy moves i have to login again.can some1 please help me with this

[Flame]

How do you connect to the internet? Dial-up? have you scanned for viruses and Spyware? Is your Java up to date?

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[blakflagpunk]

i have dial up but at the moment i have no way of scanning for virusees and spyware and i think my java is up to date,im not really sure how to tell

[Flame]

Are you saying that you have no virus or Spyware protection? That is a BIG "no no"... You need to have such software... My guess is Spyware right now, but you never know...

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[sovietspark]

Consider Lavasoft's AdAware and AVG Anti-Virus. Both products that I use, and both completely free.

[blakflagpunk]

if its free then how come the avg is asking me to buy 1 liscenses for 48.95?

[Raptor]

if its free then how come the avg is asking me to buy 1 liscenses for 48.95?

Because you are being negligent.

Virus scanners
AVG Free
-- Anti virus scanner


Anti spy/malware
Microsoft Antispyware
-- Anti spyware scanner. Windows XP Home and Professional only.
Spybot Search & Destroy
-- Anti spyware scanner
Adaware SE Personal
-- Anti spyware scanner

Firewalls
Using only one firewall is advised. Dual firewalls may cause problems.
Using a hardware firewall and a software firewall is even more adviced.
ZoneAlarm Free
-- Free firewall - more user friendly
Sygate Personal
-- Free firewall - more configuration options

Removal tools
The following files are not substitutes for the ones described above.
They are either diagnostic tools or removal tools for malware of a certain kind

HijackThis
-- Manual malware remover. Post the HijackThis log generated only if requested!
McAfee Stinger
-- Virus removal tool. No substitute for a fully functional virus scanner!
CWshredder
-- CoolWebSearch removal tool. Widely known and persistant Hijacker.

[Flame]

Scan with them. Chances are you have something in there... Runescape sometimes has Spyware coming from pop-ups, etc. Also, have you tried running a Disk Cleanup to delete unwanted Cookies and temporary Files?

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[blakflagpunk]

ty for the help i greatly appreciate it

[Flame]

Sure. Come on back and see us if you have any more questions!  

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