Computer help

Cobrajay · 10-04-2007, 04:52 PM

Hey, my comp has been acting up lately and I know I don't have the right protection. I currently have "Ad-Aware SE Personal" on my comp and run it almost every week but really no protection from anything else. The comp came with McAfee but that was only for a 1yr subscription. I heard there were programs I can download for free and be fully protected. What are these and where can I get them?

mbodell · 10-05-2007, 10:36 AM

SoftwareFor.org: Home of Software for Starving Students

This is a torrent you can download that has all freeware applications on it. It has a good antivirus program and spybot s&d, and all that good stuff. Its a nice package for people that don't want to hunt down freeware programs. All you have to do is burn it to a cd. It even has the software to do that in one of the folders of the download. You need a torrent downloader, like Azureus, to get it. (edit: they now have a link for a direct download)

I think the antivirus they put on there is Free Antivirus for Windows - Open source GPL virus scanner.

I use firefox with adblock plus installed and it has stopped a lot of crap from even getting on the computer in the first place.

Spy007 · 10-05-2007, 10:57 AM

Ad-aware is only an anti-adware software piece.

AVG makes a very good free anti virus software package. They are also un-bloated with bs code so it runs with low resource useage. AVG Free Advisor - Free antivirus and anti-spyware downloads

As for spyware, as long as you keep your browser up to date and quit surfin porn site, you should be ok. Other than that you can use a multitude of spyware removal software thats usually free on the internet.

Just remember... you can only have 1 anti-virus software package on your computer, but you can have as many anti-spyware/adware software packages as you want.

harleyxlc · 10-05-2007, 11:47 AM

And you might want to describe "acting up" with a bit more detail....

ballistic5 · 10-05-2007, 01:56 PM

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Originally Posted by harleyxlc

And you might want to describe "acting up" with a bit more detail....

please do. cant fix the acting up with out more on what its doing. as for anti virus i would sugest uninstalling mcafee and installing avg free

Cobrajay · 10-05-2007, 04:30 PM

It real hasn't ever acted up on me untill yesterday. IE kept opening by itself. A bunch of them kept poping up and basically froze everything up. I couldn't click on anything or even close all those windows. They were coming up too fast. It hasn't acted up since but still, I know I am leaving myself wide open for BS to destroy my comp.

harleyxlc · 10-05-2007, 04:36 PM

Uh, yeah, endless IE windows sounds like spyware. As Spy007 pointed out, nothing wrong with running mutiple apps to catch spyware, especially since so many are free.

mbodell · 10-05-2007, 06:28 PM

spybot S & D will catch and block a lot of bad ie pages and hijacks. Also Try switching over to firefox. Check out that link I posted. It has a lot of useful stuff.

mikeym · 10-05-2007, 06:53 PM

... and stop looking at porn! You pick up a ton of pop-ups, and tracking cookies from that...

~mikeym

coronadozx · 10-05-2007, 06:56 PM

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Originally Posted by mikeym

... and stop looking at porn! You pick up a ton of pop-ups, and tracking cookies from that...

~mikeym

experience talking on this one????

avast

mikeym · 10-05-2007, 09:51 PM

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Originally Posted by coronadozx

experience talking on this one????

avast

yea actually i had a pornography problem for many years... i've kicked the problem now... it really alters your perception of women...

AND

screws up your computer

~mikeym

daytonaguy · 10-06-2007, 08:09 AM

It's already been posted, but AVG Free addition (download.com) is an AWESOME program totally for free, and it's really simple.

I set mine to update itself everyday, and I run the full utility once a week. Good stuff.