It is a Toshiba laptop. Is there any reliable free Anti-Virus/Spyware/firewall/anti-phishing program out there? Thanks for any help.
2007-03-19 13:25:14 · 11 answers · asked by cBad 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
Anti-vuris,Norton is a good choice.
And top 5 anti-spywares reviews,comparisons and download links on
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You can download and scan your computer for free.
2007-03-20 04:35:48 · answer #1 · answered by White 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Norton will slow down your PC. Try using AVG.
Download Grisoft AVG 7.5 Anti-Virus,Anti-Malware.(free)
AVG is a collection of anti-virus protection tools that gives you full protection against viruses, worms, Trojans and malware. AVG provides you with all that you need to be completely protected: including a tool for scanning your hard drive and e-mail, as well as a real-time shield to prevent infections.
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2007-03-19 13:29:07 · answer #2 · answered by G 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
immediately have your laptop checked for a 'computer virus' or 'bugs,' in case you picked up a working laptop or laptop "nasty." as quickly because it rather is clean of pests, deploy a firewall and an anti-virus software in case you do not have one yet. I strongly recommend a software for malware and spyware additionally. clean out any pointless archives out of your laptop, delete internet non everlasting archives, historic previous, cookies, stored passwords, and internet counsel, plus any reproduction archives. keep any added archives on a USBchronic, Zipchronic, CD, or DVD. After that, do the upkeep on your laptop: a million- Disk clean, 2- examine disk, 3- Disk defragmenter. in case you have a registry purifier, use it. this ought to help to supply you some area lower back and get your laptop in greater effective shape and dealing swifter. Do it in many circumstances to assist to maintain it that way. wish this helps.
2016-10-19 03:05:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would not bother with norton, never have liked it, it only gets in the way you will find things you want to download and will have to disable it anyway. the best i've found and used for year is adaware se and it's a free download for private use. i run a full system scan every couple of days and get rid of any bad or corrupt files!
2007-03-19 13:38:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Get avg free http://free.grisoft.com
ONLY get antvirus apps from their official home page.
Dont touch windows defender its rubbish and so is norton and trendmicro, DO NOT INSTALL NORTON unless you:
1. want to be infected
2. want a useless slow PC (Norton is a resource hog and will slow your machine down to a crawl!)
There is no-reason to buy and use NoAdware when there are freeware alternative like
Spybot Search and Destroy:
http://www.spybot.info
AdAware SE Personal (free)
http://www.lavasoft.de/products/ad-aware_se_personal.php
Also get a temporary file cleaner:
http://www.ccleaner.com
2007-03-20 14:49:38 · answer #5 · answered by rtsworld2002 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you will find as time gos by, that useing a paid version is better then free, but if no money, take the advise above 3 or 4 good free ones out there. nortons right now is kinda middle of the road, but better then free versions of others, not better then paid version of avast,avg and a-vir. but nortons is costly.
2007-03-19 13:43:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
You should load Norton or McAfee software.
Spend the money to get better protection. You will pay for it in the long run if you don't!
2007-03-19 13:36:54 · answer #7 · answered by mikea_va 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
dont bother with norton www.avast.com is all you need and its free
2007-03-19 13:29:54 · answer #8 · answered by bufsabre666 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
dont use norton its a resource hog http://free.grisoft.com/doc/5390/lng/us/tpl/v5#avg-anti-virus-free
2007-03-19 13:30:16 · answer #9 · answered by bsmith13421 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No you shoulden't because it will slow down your computer 100% you should Mcafee it's just as good! just buy it it's cheap on their website and its worth it. It doen't slow down
your computer!
2007-03-19 14:40:17 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋