New puter needs Anti Virus...

[indiapaleale]

Er...I think she was downloading Avast - whenever I've done it - I have to restart the puter.

And YES - There is a little globe thingy that is on the bottom of the screen- goes round and round as it scans web pages and emails. Also updates all the time and a man with a sexy voice says that the update is complete!

Technical ain't I!

Indi

[Sisterjane]

 ???Im still trying to make windows live my default email but Ive run out of ideas as to how I can do it and im desperate now...

Jane

[boggabarrett]

I was having trouble about five years ago, and was advised to do away with Internet Explorer, and change to Firefox, install AVG and also Spybot, I did all this and haven't had any trouble since, I have always run this configuration on various computers and it seems to work fine for me.

The friend who told me reckoned IE was the major problem because all the hackers use that.

Bogga

[Nick29]

I think I'd rather use a browser which has had security problems detected and patched, rather than one that has not.  It is not safe to assume that just because security holes are not found in other browsers, that there aren't any to be found. Do you think that if you don't take your car for its MOT test every year, it's somehow safer to use, because no faults have been found ?

IE is the most-used browser, and it is also the most-targeted browser.  Hackers will always spend the majority of their time where they will have the most impact.

[Nick29]

I was having trouble about five years ago, and was advised to do away with Internet Explorer, and change to Firefox, install AVG and also Spybot, I did all this and haven't had any trouble since............

Just what trouble were you expecting ?  It is a total fallacy that hackers hack into computers to cause disruption.  In reality, the opposite is true.  If a hacker gains access to your PC, he can read your emails, look at files, log the keystrokes that you type, and even use your PC to distribute spam.  The last thing he would want is to make your PC do anything to suspect that your PC was doing anything out of the ordinary, because if you did, you might actually do something to curtail his activities.

Hackers don't hack into your PC to have fun - they do it to make money.  If you read this article you will learn how just 6 people in the Ukraine have managed to control a "botnet" of over 1,900,000 computers, many of which were in government departments and commercial establishments, and they were doing it to make money.

[celia]

There is a little globe thingy that is on the bottom of the screen- goes round and round as it scans web pages and emails.

The first one i had did that,but when i had my P.c cleaned out last year he charged me for putting Norton on .So i had to use it,however when i went on broadband recently i could the download A.V.G but it doestn have the whirlie globe so it must be a newer version.I am not sure if it scans my mail as it comes in though. My provider is bt and i can see my mail on the webpage.I found using it very inconvenient so i went back to my O.E Its much quicker.

Celia

Celia

[Redroger]

I believe it will scan your mail Celia, but I am open to correction.

[celia]

It scans the p.c every day at 12 but my post come in so quick i am worried it cant be scanning all the mail that fast.
I will have a look.
Celia


Sorry for poaching your topic Jane

[Sisterjane]

No Probs Celia its all good stuff to know

Jane