My mother who is 60 yrs of age has just purchased a new and nice laptop to learn to do some work from hom. I want her to have a good security program on her computer being that she won't be using it alot, but she will be getting emails.. What is a good program for this?
2007-05-15 12:25:58 · 9 answers · asked by MUA_besos 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
For free software
http://free.grisoft.com
Then download Windows Defender
www.microsoft.com/downloads
But if you want something reasonable and has FREE tech support as soon as you purchase it. Support will be imporatnt if your mother encounter some problem.
Use
http://www.onecare.com
That is the Windows Live ONECARE
2007-05-15 12:30:39 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Do you have already got Norton or yet another Anti Virus programme on it? as quickly as I have been given my Inspiron it had Norton pre-put in and that brought about some issues on the commencing up. at first, i'd pass with the aid of all your documents and folders and function a stable sparkling out. be conscious your reminiscence - is all of it used up? Then do a disk defrage (below initiate>upload-ons>gadget strategies. AVG is a stable loose anti-virus, which all my pals in IT use. It won't sluggish your computing device down and you do not would desire to enhance. by applying the way, is the computing device working slowly each and every of the time, or basically once you're online?
2016-11-04 01:20:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
McAfee and Norton are two of the most well-known, with Norton probably dominating the market. You can download Ad-Aware and Spybot free. Not so for Norton, but when you consider it is for a full year's protection, it's not so bad. If you keep checking the ads in your local paper and do some searching online, you might catch a deal. I recently bought a two-license subscription with Norton for $9.99 (it was a one-day sale).
Here is a good deal (5/14/07). Just be sure to get the CD and product key.
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_sw/103-0750719-0501401?url=search-alias%3Dsoftware&field-keywords=Norton+antivirus
2007-05-15 12:33:35 · answer #3 · answered by TheHumbleOne 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Staples sometimes offers virus programs for purchase that w/ the rebate cost you nothing (I guess they want you in the store).
Try downloading avast! it is excellent, but it does not play well w/ other anti-virus programs.
Download spywareblaster ( and pay them $9.99 a year and they will update you atutomatically). It runs underneath, you don't have to run it each time.
And the computer probably comes w/ Windows Defender anyway. Set it to update the protection automatically.
Also download Ad-aware, it gets rid of those pesky tracking cookies quite well.
Good luck!
2007-05-15 12:40:21 · answer #4 · answered by reyes r 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
AVG has a full suite of free anti-virus, anti-adware and anti-spyware.
Also, put a decent firewall on there (don't rely on the MS firewall. I recommend ZoneAlarm.
2007-05-15 12:29:59 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/I+need+help
download from here. My son works for the government in the computer room. He knows a lot about them... This is what he loaded on mine.
2007-05-15 12:53:08 · answer #6 · answered by whatthefudgymudgy 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
hmm. good question. to make sure an entire system is protected i would recommend choosing Norton Internet Security. i have it on my computer, i am pleased.
2007-05-15 12:31:48 · answer #7 · answered by Jelena V 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You can find detail informations and the way of getting rid of it at http://www.fixit.in/antivirus.html
2007-05-18 19:20:41 · answer #8 · answered by sweetu 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
AVG is good and free...
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/1
2007-05-15 12:29:30 · answer #9 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋