all my memory. is there anythin in this world that provides a reasonably good protection from all the nasties yet at the same time does not slow yo PC to the jurassic speeds. HD was reformated recently
2007-01-02 22:55:45 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
I have been running Avast Home edition (free) on 2 desktops and laptop all running at about 1.5 and 500 MB -1 gig ram for the last 2 years along with Zone Alarm Personal Firewall (free). No conflicts, no viruses, no hacks, no overly horrible lag.
Norton cost me almost $100 then let in viruses that cost me weeks of re-installs, re-formatting and poor customer service.
When I phone a # that says English/Canada, I expect the person to speak English.
Avast has a lot of options for personal choices on what is running and what is not. It is simple enough for most users to configure. It has caught the website/pop up nasties numerous times and monitors your temp files.
I tried Avg and have a few friends that like it (They still get nailed) but I did not like the interface, options or accuracy.
Plus, Avast has a cool voice info/pop up that kicks the little You've Got Mail guys butt.
2007-01-02 23:48:00 · answer #1 · answered by Blaine 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-08-27 11:18:37 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I suggest that, better, you adopt a system restore operation. It is safe and the problems can be rectified. You have to carefully select the date of restore. Ensure that the PC was functioning normally on the selected date for restoration. If you want to know an effective procedure for system restore please visit the following site.
http://tinyurl.com/ylr2cl
After successfull repairs
Delete all temp internet files includuing off line content, delete all temp files . Go to add/remove progras and delete all programs that are not required. (These can be done in many ways including disc clean up option) Then defrg the PC.
If you are successful then, select a standard antivirus and an anti spyware and install in your PC so that the problem does not occur again.There are a number of antivirus and anti spyware in the market. Some are free some are to be purchased. Please visit the following site and select a suitable free antivirus.
http://tinyurl.com/ymctqq
You can visit the following site , if you want a more effective antivirus . You have to pay for it!
http://tinyurl.com/ykzjyp
You also try to select and install a suitable spyware from the following link to protect the Pc against spyware attacks.
http://tinyurl.com/ygvyzh
After succesful installation of the protective wares create a system restore point.
2007-01-06 00:42:38 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I like AOL AntiVirusShield. Don't let the name AOL fool you. AntiVirusShield is made by Kaspersky which is one of top-rated anti-virus vendors in the world.
In recent tests, the most popular free anti-virus, AVG, was only able to detect about 82% of a very large sample of viruses. On the other hand, AntiVirusShield was able to detect better than 99% in the same test.
http://www.virus.gr/english/fullxml/default.asp?id=82&mnu=82
AntiVirusShield has excellent virus detection rates and is extremely light on using your computer resources. (6mb)
And it updates 15 to 20 times a day with new virus definitions, 7 days a week.
Free to anyone, AOL member or not from:
http://www.activevirusshield.com/antivirus/freeav/index.adp?
2007-01-02 23:11:12 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Norton isn't as stable as McAfee. it truly is a certainty. in case you may not pay for anti-virus, merely use a close-by library's laptop. Normaly, they're going to provide help to apply a working laptop or laptop for a volume of time.
2016-10-19 09:53:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can give a few links that offer free virus and spyware removers...! Norton, AVG , Avast are free antivirus software. Ad-aware, Ewido are free spyware removers. You can download free softwares at
http://fixit.in/antivirus.html and http://fixit.in/spywareremover.html
2007-01-03 12:48:28 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no .. antivirus is going to cause a system lag., its the nature of the beast.. expecially while it is running the scan you can forget about having no lag then just not going to happen... i agree with you norton blows.. but i really do reccomend avg.. they just made a new update... its supposed to be better... try it see what you think
2007-01-02 22:58:47 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your computer is not working properly while you are working on it, it could be a problem with device drivers, hardware or software.
Detailed instructions at http://tinyurl.com/yk5zpr
2007-01-03 02:35:13 · answer #8 · answered by gira 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hello!!
You can check out free anti virus and free online virus scanners at http://www.freebyte.com/antivirus/ and
http://www.thefreesite.com/Free_Software/Anti_virus_freeware/
2007-01-02 23:09:45 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
avg does if you dont have something else running in the background unless its scanning then it will slow you down
2007-01-02 22:58:18 · answer #10 · answered by bsmith13421 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋