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Posted by louise on December 7, 2005, 9:22 pm
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> Boojaw@gmail.com AKA Boojaw on 12/7/2005 in
> thought,came up with this jewel:
>
>
>>I have used three different anti-virus programs and all three SUCK!!!!
>>I first used McAfee and it gave me nothing but head ackes. It kept
>>trying to sign me up for something or other to buy and it was soooooo
>>slow on scanning my computer. Also it missed a few worms and deleted
>>something and I had to reinstall Windows and start over from scrach.
>>Heard that Trend Micro PCcillion was a great program. Installed it and
>>it slowed my computer down to a crawl. Also it would not download the
>>updates and when I gave them a call they did not know what to do, kind
>>of sounded like they were reading from the manual. By the time I had
>>messed around with this program I had a trojan horse on my computer. I
>>got Nortan Anti-Virus 2005 it is slow to scan, takes 1 to 2 hours to
>>scan my computer and I have to reactivate it once a week. Called them
>>about the reactivation and they lead me around and around. I swear my
>>hair is starting to fall OUT!!!!!
>>I have looked at reviews on all different anti-virus. Someone raves
>>about a program but someone else says it destroy their computer. Does
>>anyone know of a anti-virus program that does just what it is supposed
>>to do?? I have a Dell 5100 Inspiron with Windows XP Home Edition and
>>would like a anti-virus program that runs on it with out problems.
>>PLEASE!!!HELP!!
>>
>>Thank You Boojaw
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> No AV will protect you from yourself.I have written some pages to help
> you learn how to keep your system free from malware.About your AV
> trouble,perhaps you need to install more RAM and change your surfing
> habits. After you get it cleaned up try NOD32. After your last install
> of windows,did you have a AV and firewall up and running before
> connecting to the internet?
> max
>
> NEVER download files from anywhere unless it is from the website of the
> developer,manufacturer or some entity you trust. The developers
> websites ALWAYS have the most up to date files that haven't been
> tampered with by some third party who is "hosting"(read Leeching or
> Stealing) those files without permission.
I second the recommendation for NOD32. It updates very
regularly, uses very low resources and has stopped more than
one Trojan from doing any damage to my system.
Louise
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