Antivirus Software.....

blueheaven · Post by **blueheaven** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 2:05 pm

wELCOME cONSUMER wrote:However, according to a few sources, including Consumer Reports, avast! 4 Home Edition is a good program with low resource use and the best price of all: free with free updates.

http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html

I use Avast!, and it is a real bargain. For free antivirus, it is incedibly thorough and does not max out my memory or slow down my hard drive. My computer starts up about 50% faster now than it did with Norton, and they update their virus defs more than once a week. This, along with Spybot, has kept my computer virus free.

wELCOME cONSUMER · Post by **wELCOME cONSUMER** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 7:45 pm

Yeah, a lot of times people think they have viruses when it's actually spyware. Spybot and Ad Aware are great tools for that.

SME · Post by **SME** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 8:46 pm

Spybot is an excellent choice for removing those that cannot be found with regular anti-spyware software. It does a good job of thoroughly cleaning and that's where most of the problem lies, is through spyware. Computer viruses, though can be really bad for your computer, are not as "common" as spy/ad ware, which can really wreak havoc on your PC system.

Pairing Spybot (which is free) with any good anti-virus software is great for keeping computer problems at bay. *glomps Toni*

Cloud · Post by **Cloud** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 8:46 pm

What kind of computer science interests you?

SME · Post by **SME** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 8:46 pm

Cloud wrote:What kind of computer science interests you?

Pretty much anything related to "science" interests me, as that is my major, Cloud.

*dissects the bot*

Cloud · Post by **Cloud** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 8:46 pm

How do you like [quote]

Pretty much anything related to science interests him or her as that?

wELCOME cONSUMER · Post by **wELCOME cONSUMER** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 9:04 pm

*glomps Crispy*