Hi gang I just rebooted and restarted my laptop as it was completeley infested with viruses, now im looking to install some programmes that i already had (I wiped the whole thing clean) including some to play movies; and more especially virus cleaners. I am not very computer literate and was wondering does anybody recommend any, ones that are safe and easy to download? Any help is appreciated as I am starting from scratch and dont want to make the same mistake as I did the last time. Thanks Danny "Boogieman" K
i use avira antivirus,superanti spyware,and for realtime protection,spyware blaster.as for a firewall,i just use the windows firewall.3.5 years with xp pro without a reinstall.
Personally i would use Avast home edition, its completly free and i have never had a problem. any time i have decided to check my pc to be sure i use spybot search and destroy. again free and also never had a problem. and i agree with aldan windows firewall does a good enough job. Avast: Spybot:
thanks guys for the advice I used to use avg and will have a look at the software that you recommended, I want to have antivirus in place before I start installing software (DivX, etc etc).
AVG is junk, it is no wonder he got infected with a bunch of viruses. As for recomended software: VLC, Gimp, OpenOffice, Adobe Flash, Adobe Shockwave, Adobe Acrobat Reader, PrimoPDF, Firefox, Thunderbird.
I had AVG set to run at default settings, I made the biggest mistake by not scanning the files I was downloading with avg etc before I opened them, it was horrendously stupid on my part anyways not having backed up my files!!! This time around I will be more careful with the software I install (AVG set to run everyday), most of what has been recommended I have already got. Thanks again, its nice to know what other people (especially computer literate) have been using and recommend as before I was probably installing dodgy software to play movies etc, codec packages and so on
