CD -ROM of my computer is not working properly?

Question

For the past two weeks, my computer is behaving strangely.Its 3.06Pentium 4 with 256 RAM. but now it processes like Pentium -PII.
I think it could b bcoz of any virus from any software downloaded from internet sites ,as I dont use any Anti virus bcoz it reduces the speed. Later on I used "String" Macaffee to clean it but it could only provide solution for time being after 1 or 2 days problem comes back again.

But cd R/W is troubling me the most.all of a sudden it stops detecting the cds in the drive n shows drive is empty while there is cd in it.when I restore the computer to some back date when it was functioning allright CD drive works well but after 1 or 2 days problem is there again.I also used a Lense cleaner CD to clean the lense nearly 2 weeks back. Is this may b a root cause of all the problems.

Pls help me to combat these problems and provide solution for some better online available Antivirus for future ref..Pls mention the process properly at [e-mail]

should I use Firefox instead of IE 6

Answer 1

McAfee sucks, try downloading AVG for free or get Norton to completely clean the virus out. ITS A MUST that you keep a virus protection program on your computer at all times, EVEN if it does slow down speed, You won't have another episode like this.

Answer 2

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