Happy New Year all. I presently have 2 months free Norton antivirus. I propose changing to AVG free. What other free security would you suggest that is compatible with AVG? Any considerations would be gratefully appreciated. Butler
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Avast is another good free AV. Ad Aware by Lavasoft is free for spyware.
I'm with BT which uses a firewall at source. MacAfee comes with the BT package so I use their AV. Having Windows 7 I use the Windows firewall on my computer.
I'm with BT which uses a firewall at source. MacAfee comes with the BT package so I use their AV. Having Windows 7 I use the Windows firewall on my computer.
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Piriform CC cleaner is a safe freeware system cleaner which will remove unwanted items and clean the registry (this is where the anti virus will leave used files) which will optimize the performance of your computer. It has a restore point function and it's perfectly safe and stable.
http://www.piriform.com/
Obit Advanced System care is another safe piece of freeware which will address security issues and vulnerabilities and remove malware.
http://www.iobit.com/
http://www.piriform.com/
Obit Advanced System care is another safe piece of freeware which will address security issues and vulnerabilities and remove malware.
http://www.iobit.com/
I use these days Windows own free offering; "Microsoft Security Essentials".
Google it for endorsements. It is well regarded and one presumes well integrated to work trouble free with Windows and other Microsoft products.
I have had no problems and it certainly does not slow things up as much as the McAfee I had from BT.
Google it for endorsements. It is well regarded and one presumes well integrated to work trouble free with Windows and other Microsoft products.
I have had no problems and it certainly does not slow things up as much as the McAfee I had from BT.
Yes, another vote for MS security essentials ( http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/ ). MS's own product does not slow down MS Windows like most other AV.
As the song goes "These are a few of my favourite things"..................
MSE Virus Software with Zone Alarm firewall
Firefox Browser with "Better Privacy" Add-on
"Startpage" search engine (Definitly not Google)
CCleaner
Although CCleaner is quite good if you really want to get rid of the most junk and create more disc space then this is probably the best:- http://download.cnet.com/Find-Junk-Files/3000-2248_4-10276819.html ---- BUT USE IT WITH CAUTION --- i.e. make sure you know what you are removing!!!
Well I never get a virus with that lot!!!
MSE Virus Software with Zone Alarm firewall
Firefox Browser with "Better Privacy" Add-on
"Startpage" search engine (Definitly not Google)
CCleaner
Although CCleaner is quite good if you really want to get rid of the most junk and create more disc space then this is probably the best:- http://download.cnet.com/Find-Junk-Files/3000-2248_4-10276819.html ---- BUT USE IT WITH CAUTION --- i.e. make sure you know what you are removing!!!
Well I never get a virus with that lot!!!
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Advice for a newbie as far as computors are concerned.
See others recommend the ccleaner, which I have now downloaded, there starts the problem.
Some of the boxes are ticked which I assume will be cleaned if I push the Run Cleaner.
Where is the best place to find info on what they all actually are, take the first one for example- Temporary Internet Files is Ticked and the following one- Cookies is not Ticked.
Some of them I dont even understand ie; Index.dat files, Explorer MRUs etc etc.
Sorry if I sound a bit thick, thats because I am, but I'm willing to learn!!!!!
Thanks for any advise.
See others recommend the ccleaner, which I have now downloaded, there starts the problem.
Some of the boxes are ticked which I assume will be cleaned if I push the Run Cleaner.
Where is the best place to find info on what they all actually are, take the first one for example- Temporary Internet Files is Ticked and the following one- Cookies is not Ticked.
Some of them I dont even understand ie; Index.dat files, Explorer MRUs etc etc.
Sorry if I sound a bit thick, thats because I am, but I'm willing to learn!!!!!
Thanks for any advise.
I would suggest using the default settings until you have the confidence and knowledge to select for yourself.
MRU's are "most recently used" if you find that it doesn't suit you to delete them then don't. Cookies are a bit intrusive and it's always best to get rid of them.
Do a search and you will generally find the answers but if you are not sure then leave well alone.
MRU's are "most recently used" if you find that it doesn't suit you to delete them then don't. Cookies are a bit intrusive and it's always best to get rid of them.
Do a search and you will generally find the answers but if you are not sure then leave well alone.
Hi all, I was very interested to read the replies. In the Telegraph about a month ago, Rick Maybury recommended using a programme called 'decrapifier' and no, I'm not kidding, to remove the pre-installed rubbish. He said that one of the reasons that computers and lap tops have become relatively cheaper is that they include a lot of trial softwear often with subscription options. The other recommendation was revo-uninstaller. As Reg emphasised, if you are unsure leave alone. However, it does go through the various programmes and as well as naming the programmes it also tells you where they originate as well. Although no expert, I found it easy to spot a lot of stuff that I wouldn't want. Anything I was unsure about stayed on, for the time being. Now my next challenge is to move my itunes library from my xp laptop to this windows 7 machine. I do have an external hard drive at hand to help. Any help with that would be very, very, gratefully received. Butler
butler
If you have wifi then emailing them over the network is the easiest way or you can copy them directly from one to the other but you will have to connect both PC's to a network first.
Reg
If you have wifi then emailing them over the network is the easiest way or you can copy them directly from one to the other but you will have to connect both PC's to a network first.
Reg
butler said:
I would definitely make a back-up i-tunes folder on my external hard drive, just like I would for any other important to me file I did not want to put at risk losing due to a single hard drive failure.
With that file safely stored on the external hard drive it is simple then to make a copy of its contents into you Documents file on the new machine.
In these cases the data is reasonably quickly and securely transmitted between units via a USB 2 cable.
Many years ago I used AVG which seemed to work well until they introduced a new version which caused a lot of problems. Have used Norton ever since and not regretted it. I think I will stick with Norton thanks.butler said:
David
JTQ said:
I only found that MacAfee slowed things down when using their site advisor tool. Sometimes it would freeze I.E. Since I've disabled the tool I've had no more problems. It's something I can live without because MacAfee checks any downloads anyway.
David Klyne said:
I also had problems when they brought out version 8. I got rid of it at the time and used Avast with no problems.
Norton does a good job but it's just a bug to the PC operating system . I just don't understand why anyone uses Norton or Mcafee.
My wife recently got a new laptop, super fast processor, 4gb , 500gig hard drive. It came with free trials of McAfee and Norton.
It's start up was still really quite slow. I ran the Norton removal tool and it behaved like a different machine and with MS Essentials it works just as fast as well.
Unless you use Norton, Mcafee or other AV removal tools your system is still slowed down even if you change to different AV software.
My wife recently got a new laptop, super fast processor, 4gb , 500gig hard drive. It came with free trials of McAfee and Norton.
It's start up was still really quite slow. I ran the Norton removal tool and it behaved like a different machine and with MS Essentials it works just as fast as well.
Unless you use Norton, Mcafee or other AV removal tools your system is still slowed down even if you change to different AV software.
I use ESET which does not seem to slow down the laptop like Norton did so quite happy wirth it and the price.
ditch windows and ms and install Linux. No more virus worries. and lots and lots of free software. If you want to run windows get a free windows emulator.
I run Linux on my netbook but I think it's not really user friendly.
The trouble is there are so many flavours of linux and the version on by eeePC is probably one of the worse.
But it is fast and as I only use it as a netbook then it does that job well but I couldn't live with it as a main PC.
The trouble is there are so many flavours of linux and the version on by eeePC is probably one of the worse.
But it is fast and as I only use it as a netbook then it does that job well but I couldn't live with it as a main PC.
I had the choice of a Linux or Windows netbook, tried Linux and was not overly impressed. My wife and I still use mainly work related MS progams and have no issues using Windows so opted for Windows netbook that gells well with our main computers.
I've tried Firefox and Google Chrome as well as IE but keep coming back to Opera browser, now Opera 11. Opera security and speed is really great and even two of my IT techy kids have changed to Opera from Firefox.
I've tried Firefox and Google Chrome as well as IE but keep coming back to Opera browser, now Opera 11. Opera security and speed is really great and even two of my IT techy kids have changed to Opera from Firefox.
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