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(Message started by: bootiful-scorpios on Aug 24^th, 2006, 8:45pm)

Title: help please from all pc know hows,
Post by bootiful-scorpios on Aug 24^th, 2006, 8:45pm

had to buy a new antivirus for the pc as the old one had run out , i went and got the one what i thought was the best one to have having heard a lot of people say they use it and its the safest one to have ! well since puting it in to pc my pc have been runing very slow with pages hanging , and it have crashed4xs in a week , and what it have also done is when i have the pages open on quite a few occasions evey thing get stuck! i cant log off or use alt control and delete to end programes, so i have to turn the whole pc of with the switch on the back of it, ;) up untill puting in the new antivirus pc was runing lovely , whats the best antivirus to use ? for windows xp

Title: Re: help please from all pc know hows,
Post by cossieguy on Aug 24^th, 2006, 9:02pm

I've used AVG for a long while now and it picks up everything! No problems running on XP, what worries me though is that theres anything to pick up at all with the firewall running!

Title: Re: help please from all pc know hows,
Post by Kjetil S on Aug 24^th, 2006, 9:05pm

I use Avast (http://www.avast.com).

Free for personal use, uses very little resources, daily updates, AND protects better than Norton Antivirus (atleast that is my experience).

All they require is that you register (free) for a key. (You can try it for 60 days without registering)

Title: Re: help please from all pc know hows,
Post by derekne on Aug 24^th, 2006, 9:05pm

Hello
This sounds like to much is running at once.
Heres a favorite to speed you little computer up.
It will also free what memory you have.
Go to start.
Then go to RUN.
Then type in MSCONFIG
Then press OK
On the tabs at the top press STARTUP.
You now have a list of all the crap you are running most of it is for no reason at all.
Look at what you dont want running all the time. And uncheck the box.
Click apply and OK.
Restart your computer.
You will get a box just press dont show again.
Good luck.

Title: Re: help please from all pc know hows,
Post by Kjetil S on Aug 24^th, 2006, 9:09pm

on 08/24/06 at 21:02:33, cossieguy wrote:

what worries me though is that theres anything to pick up at all with the firewall running!

Firewalls doesn't stop viruses, only intruders and other unauthorized traffic (atleast that's what they're supposed to do, the firewall in XP couldn't stop a hacker if it hit it in the face ;)).

The best protection advice I can offer, in addition to having a good antivirus program, is to stop using Internet Explorer, use Opera or Firefox, and be suspicious about things you install.

Title: Re: help please from all pc know hows,
Post by Octavian_P on Aug 24^th, 2006, 9:20pm

One of the best possible AV-software is nod32 ....found here http://www.eset.com/

it uses verry little resources, but it has one of the best protection ever made

Also a firewall is recommanded like
sygate firewall or zone alarm

Title: Re: help please from all pc know hows,
Post by Mummra on Aug 24^th, 2006, 9:49pm

I have been usig nod32 for a while now and have found it very good, but AVG is also good and is free. But don't forget to do regular checks with Ad-aware and spybot to check for spyware.

Zone alarm is quite a good firewall, and I think it is still free.

Title: Re: help please from all pc know hows,
Post by bootiful-scorpios on Aug 24^th, 2006, 10:29pm

thanks for all your replies , the virus protecter i use to use was fix it utilitys 5 and that was quite good no runing problems at all, went to a norton as fixit makers had changed so i thought it wont be so good :( and that its time for a change ,

cossy guy ive not heard of avg but ill have a look at that one ,

Kjetil S thanks for the link to avast ill have a look at that one to. :-*

derekne, yes i think it do feel like there is to much going on in the background ,ill do what you advised me tonight , not done that befor so that may be the best place to start .

Octavian_P i have not heard of the one you said about so ill look at that one as well. yes i already use zone alam fire wall and i belive its good .

Mummra avg again it must be good , will deff look that one up dont rearly want to part with more dosh for a bloming antivirus again lol. yes i use ad-aware but perhaps i should use it a bit more often :-[ havent heard of nod 32 either !

thanks to you all once again :-*

Title: Re: help please from all pc know hows,
Post by bootiful-scorpios on Aug 24^th, 2006, 11:08pm

on 08/24/06 at 21:05:08, derekne wrote:

pm sent . ;)

Title: Re: help please from all pc know hows,
Post by Snoopy on Aug 25^th, 2006, 6:16am

If you are behind a router thenif you configure it correctly then you should be free from attacks . If oyu wish to check the security of your computer there are several sites around.
One of the best IMHO is this one https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2 pres the " proceed" button and runn the checks the common ports one is very informative and gives a good general idea of your security.

But here are others which give more detailed info .

Title: Re: help please from all pc know hows,
Post by Scorpioen84 on Aug 25^th, 2006, 6:28am

I stopt using Norton on the laptop (new 3000+ , 1024Mb memory) just because it jused to mutch resoures and way to long time to load & scan...

I, as KetilS, use Avast on the laptop now, daily updates, workes in the backtround whitout bothering me whit messages, and its smal & fast, havent had virus whit it...

Also use AD-Aware, removes ad-ware, spyware & tracing cookies, a "must have"...
http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-SE-Personal-Edition/3000-8022_4-10399602.html?tag=pop

Title: Re: help please from all pc know hows,
Post by tintin on Aug 28^th, 2006, 12:57am

yep, norton is very resource hungry, no good on an older computer with XP installed, it just grinds to a halt (you didnt mention the PC spec). my flatmates computer had the same trouble, it even stopped some games installing/running !!

worth doing an online scan to check there are no viruses on the computer, they are clever these days and detect when common antiviruses are installed and do funny things to your computer.

hth

Title: Re: help please from all pc know hows,
Post by allenjames on Aug 31^st, 2006, 6:14pm

nod32