A friend has troubles with her computer slowing down alot.She has dial up but it still was never this slow. She also uses AVG because of budget restraints .So does AVG have its own firewall?
2006-06-23 02:24:52 · 7 answers · asked by peanut_purple 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
AVG does not have its own firewall. (not that I know of)
If she is on a budget and has XP - xp has a built in firewall.
2006-06-23 02:31:27 · answer #1 · answered by -:¦:-SKY-:¦:- 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
AVG does not have a firewall. So it is probably no the cause of her slow down. I suspect your real question is what is slower her PC?
1) Check for spyware. Run both Ad-aware (http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/) and Skybot (http://www.safer-networking.org/) to remove any spyware. Run both as one may caught something the other missing. Then go to microsoft.com and download Defender to protect against future infections.
2) Check that she has a least 10% of her hard drive free. Go to My Computer and right click on the Local Drive (C:). Look at the properties. If she has less that 10% free space, she will need to delete some files, or move them off the hard drive and on to a CD or DVD.
3) Run the msconfig utility. Go to Start, then Run and type in: msconfig
Go to the startup tab
You will see a list of all the programs that are loaded when your computer starts up. Uncheck any that you do not have to have. (Usually you can uncheck them all). If you decide you to need one, you can go back and recheck it.
4) Defrag the hadr drive. Go into My Computer and right click on the Local Drive (C:). Select Properties and go into the Tools tab. Click the Defragment Now button to start the defrag program. If you have not defrag recently (or never) it may take several hours for the program to complete.
2006-06-23 02:45:16 · answer #2 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont believe that it does unless you use the pay version. If you want a GREAT free firewall, I suggest ZoneAlarm's Award Winning Firewall. Its free to download off of http://www.zonelabs.com
2006-06-23 02:30:39 · answer #3 · answered by contraversialmatt 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
avg free version is not having free firewall i think
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personal sygate firewall is the best
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2006-06-23 02:28:06 · answer #4 · answered by islaminamdar@yahoo.com 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not the free version but can get zone alarm for free at pcworld.com and its a very good fire wall for free
2006-06-23 02:28:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Download and then run startup.exe at:
http://www.mlin.net/startupcpl.shtml......
Can't live without it and windows...
Then disable and/or uninstall whatever u don't need.
Joe...
2006-06-27 16:39:38 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think it does
thank you
2006-06-30 08:14:57 · answer #7 · answered by cooks delight 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋