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Hank
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8/19/2008  10:40 PM
What kind of products do I need to make sure I can avoid virus, identity theft, spyware, slow computer peformance, etc.? Right now, I only have Ad-Adware 2007(free from LavaSoft) and an outdated McAfee virus protection software.

I haven't kept up to date on how to better safeguard my PC, and didn't have incentive to since I only had one virus issue in my 12 years of using a PC, and don't hear too much about my friends getting viruses either. Also, I have been shopping online more frequently, and I am wondering if there are any tips on protecting myself from identity theft. So any links/recommendations would be much appreciated.
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8/19/2008  11:37 PM
Posted by Hank:

What kind of products do I need to make sure I can avoid virus, identity theft, spyware, slow computer peformance, etc.? Right now, I only have Ad-Adware 2007(free from LavaSoft) and an outdated McAfee virus protection software.

I haven't kept up to date on how to better safeguard my PC, and didn't have incentive to since I only had one virus issue in my 12 years of using a PC, and don't hear too much about my friends getting viruses either. Also, I have been shopping online more frequently, and I am wondering if there are any tips on protecting myself from identity theft. So any links/recommendations would be much appreciated.

Many Internet Service Providers offer free Anti-virus software. I'm a comcast customer and they offer a free version of McAfee, I'd recommend looking into that.

If not, I'd recommend purchasing Symantec Anti-Virus or McAfee.
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8/20/2008  1:08 AM
If you are using XP, IOBit has free personal software you can use for many of these things excluding anti-virus
If you are using Vista, http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/defender/default.mspx

http://free.avg.com/ is of course a cheaper alternative to symantec.

Now if you are a Mac user, you can forget about most of these problems. Switched from PC to Mac and never been happier :)
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8/20/2008  4:44 AM
just get a Mac... much less headaches.
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8/20/2008  5:37 AM
NOD32 and McAfee are my recomended antivurs (I have one of them in each of my 2 PC's). They do their job fine and they dont use much system memory, so your PC works as if they were not being used.

For spyware Adware or Ad-AWare (get the newest version of course) is good, but its been a while since I used it.
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8/20/2008  9:47 AM
Just got a new antivirus prog called Panda.

So far very very good and uses MUCH less memory then both McAfee and Norton.

Highly recommend.
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subzero0
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8/20/2008  10:04 AM
antivir http://www.free-av.com
spybot S&D http://www.safer-networking.org

Done and done.

[Edited by - subzero0 on 08-20-2008 10:05 AM]
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8/20/2008  12:14 PM
Posted by subzero0:

antivir http://www.free-av.com
spybot S&D http://www.safer-networking.org

Done and done.

[Edited by - subzero0 on 08-20-2008 10:05 AM]

Good choices subzero0. I've used both for years, but now use Linux and don't have to worry about that anymore
But for windows users both are very well regarded.

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