| Alright. Everyone knows what a virus is. I am not partial to any particular brand of virus protection, but I do know you need to have one residing on your computer. You can get a virus just by visiting a website or having a pop up window open while viewing a harmless site. Here is a link to a free program. It is highly recomended by the folks at TechTV. It is called AGV Antivirus. Remember to update often! http://free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php/doc/2/lng/us/tpl/v5 |
| For a free online virus scan (recomended at least once a month) Visit Trend (Housecalls) and Pandasoft Active Scan http://housecall.trendmicro.com/housecall/start_corp.asp http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/com/activescan_principal.htm |
| Viruses |
| Spyware |
| Dont get me started! Plain and simple, If you can see pictures on a website that means a program is running. To cash in on this, some bastards invented a program that will "piggyback" and install themselves on your computer WITHOUT your knowledge or permission. The purpose is to gather information about your computing habits so they can target advertise you. Most are harmless, but what happens when you have oh, lets say 700 running at one time!!! They clog up your proccessor and internet bandwidth. Now your computing AND surfing speeds go way down. Nice eh? Clean them out with Lavasofts Ad-Aware and Safer Networkings Spybot. The 'ol one-two punch. What one doesnt get, the other one will. Another great program that is also free is Malwarebytes. Remember to up date these programs as well as some creep keeps writing smarter and smarter programs! http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/ http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html Http://www.malwarebytes.org |
| Pop Ups |
| Yea, I know... There are pop ups on MY website. Hey, its a freebee ok! I pay Nada, ziltch ZERO. (So I gotta give somewhere- but you don't have to!) One of the best pop up blockers today is also Free! Nada, ziltch, ZERO!! Surf on over to GOOGLE.CA or Google.com and take advantage of the awesome GOOGLE toolbar with a built in POP UP KILLER! Click on MORE (to the right above the search bar) and scroll down. You will see Google Tool Bar www.google.com |
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| Ask Google |
| Just like the phrase says "ask Google". No Kidding. You can actually type a question in the Google search bar, and the first few websites will have related "answers" Ask questions like "How to get rid of spyware" or "Why is my computer running slow?" Google finds anything. Go ahead and ask Google "who is rudedude121" and see how you can find this site again! |
| What can I do to help stop the spread of computer viruses? Click HERE |
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| Another free resident (on your computer) antvirus program that is also excellent is Avast: http://www.avast.com |