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Originally Posted by MysticCat
What DS said!!! Never even click on one of those things, much less buy from it!!!
You do need an anti-virus program (if for no other reason than to remove and fix what ever you put on your computer by clicking on the pop-up), but NOT one that you buy through a pop-up. Look at Norton or McAfee. You pay for those, but they are worth it. There are also some freeware programs that can be helpful, such as Spybot - Search and Destroy or Ad-Aware (which has a free version as well as version you pay for).
Anyone else know of other good anti-virus/anti-malware programs? |
Really nervous now that we havent heard from her in over an hr....
I was just discussing some AV options a few days ago since she just got a new PC.
and guys sorry to sound like a naysayer, but I strong discourage using macfee or norton...while they are very well known names, there is also a little known fact to the average person that they are also resource hogs and sometimes, when your PC slows down, they may actually be the culprit and in a few rare cases are actually are the culrpits behind some crashes and BSODs I have seen within the past 3 years but that depends on your machine and the OS
My recommendations
Fix It Utilities (I have been using that for the past 3 years on my XP machines)
AVG freeware - not as intrusive or resource intensive
Someone said spybot....it's a great secondary resource
and also I think I saw someone mention Adware.
To reiterate: it depends sometimes on your machine's configuration and your OS.
...come on CG...let us know that you didnt click that button!