2006-06-27 08:33:26 · 7 answers · asked by the brain 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
No. There's no substitute for a quality anti-virus and spyware protector that you manage yourself. If you're looking for a good FREE program of each variety, try Anti-Vir (http://www.free-av.com/) and Spybot (http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/). There's nothing wrong with online scanners, per se; however, having a dependable, locally installed line of defense is always your best bet.
2006-06-27 08:36:38 · answer #1 · answered by mikeagonistes 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
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2016-08-26 15:48:20 · answer #2 · answered by Garry 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No Try some of these suggestions below. Topics covered are: Anti virus, Anti spy ware, Browsers, e-mail, Word processors, Database, Spreadsheets, Presentations, Drawings and Photo manipulations. All programmes described are free to use, some even for commercial use.
Antiviral.
AVG free. Excellent protection available from: http://www.Grisoft.com
Don't use two antiviral products together as they may be incompatible. If your Antiviral trial has run out, then remove product from your computer and get the AVG installed.
Anti-spyware
Essential products are: Adaware SE from: http://www.lavasoft.com
Spybot SD http://www.safer-networking.org/en/spybotsd/index.html
Spywareblaster http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
Windows Defender - from Microsoft downloads.
Office Applications
Open Office has an extremely good free to use and distribute product at http://www.openoffice.org
It contains programmes fully functional in Word-processing, Database, Spreadsheets, Drawing and Presentation. It looks and feels like Microsoft Office and can even make PDF's
Photo-manipulations
For ease of use and management of your photo files try Kodak easyshare software http://www.kodak.com
or Picasso. http://.picasa.google.com/
For advanced and fully functional photographic manipulation gimp2 is very similar to Photoshop and is available from http://gimp.org
Browsers and E-mail programmes.
Can recommend Firefox for browsing and has many safety features installed and is self updating and for a general e-mail programme, Thunderbird is very good. Go to:
http://www.mozilla.com/products/
Fun and helpful programmes
Have a look at Calendar Magic, http://www.stokepoges.plus.com/calendar.htm
it has lots of Scientific, Geometry, Factor and Expression calculators as well as Global distances, Sun and Moon Data, a Pregnancy Calculator, Time Data and Alarm clocks as well as an extremely comprehensive range of Calendars in about 27 different formats from Afghanistan to Vietnamese, including Chinese and Hindu.
C Cleaner.http://www.ccleaner.com/
This will tell you a lot about what is on your computer, such as running programmes,cookies, History, settings etc. and will help you clean up and remove unwanted items. Be careful how you use it as it is a very powerful programme and you should read the help index before you do anything with it.
Hope this information is of help to you and others.
2006-06-27 09:23:18 · answer #3 · answered by Mordak 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ya i said that 2 make u feel like u did somthing wrong because 12 does sound alot younger then 13(2 me anyway)and sorry if i sounded like a jerk im really stressed right now cause my parents r in this whole custity thing.And it was really my fault that u told me 2 get naked 4him because i should have my age written down when i send out ouestions like that.sorry!
2006-06-27 11:00:02 · answer #4 · answered by Cassie H 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-29 20:18:17 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely not. DO NOT trust it for your protection or first line of defense.
2006-06-27 08:36:48 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO
2006-06-27 09:33:07 · answer #7 · answered by Self-Righteous. 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋