Post by Mystic Wanderer on Feb 21, 2015 18:27:15 GMT -6
I learned a few weeks ago that the virus protection program that comes with my ISP for free isn't worth crap! The tech that was here to check out a problem I was having said it had so many glitches in it since they changed something about their system, that it is better to get something else.
So, I downloaded Avast Pro. I have to say, it may be good, but I hate how it freezes up my computer when it's checking something out, or updating. I have to sit here patiently and wait for it to finish before I can do anything on the computer. And talk about taking forever to boot up when I first turn it on! There's got to be something else out there that works better... and faster! fm522295c4
I've heard that there are good free Anti Virus programs
But when I got my computer at Best Buys back in 2009, they installed TrendMicro and I have kept it ever since All I use is the basic plan...$39.99 for a year Caught a special last year for $10 more get it for 2 yrs.
It has served me well overall, no viruses Every now and then it will 'glitch' up -- which I then uninstall/reinstall it
I use Macs, and on my one Windows laptop, which just runs the stream for Reality Remix Radio, I use the built in Windows 8 security.
My mother-in-law routinely gets infected, and NONE of the "free" virus protection has stopped it. She called me last night to say that she was on the phone with someone who had popped up an alert on her Windows computer and would "fix it for $200, do you think it's a scam?"
After telling her to hang up, I had a pow-pow this morning with my brother-in-law and a couple nephews and we went over our options, one of which was wiping her computer and buying at least one, probably two "subscription" virus programs, probably Norton and Kaspersky, reason being that it was getting increasingly difficult to clean her computer after an attack, and was taking a lot of our time, so it would be worth $200 a year or whatever to avoid it.
But, in the end, I went to Target and bought her an iPad. We spent a few hours showing her how to use it, and for a 79 year old, she caught on pretty quick. Which I'm glad for, because it's probably the only solution that will really keep her virus free. One of the nephews took her laptop home and he's still trying to get it cleaned (it took me three days the last time.)
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I run AVAST, MalWareBytes, CC Cleaner and Microsoft Security Essentials. I used to also run Norton 360, but it slowed my computer to a crawl. And when a free program picks up something that a paid service does not...I kick them to the curb.
That said, I don't bank on-line nor pays bills or shop. And so far. so good.
Beware the man who has one gun, he probably knows how to use it.
I will go back to an earlier save point(restart, recovery or some crap word I cant remember) and reboot from there it erases all the programs on there from before that point (its in CCleaner and windows -control panel)
Of note when you download do custom not automatic read everything
In the case of my mother-in-law, I think that we trained her well enough in the "don't click OK" when a pop-up comes up, but she probably would get an email that looked like it came from me or a grandson or something, and she'd click through. Whatever the case, every few months, her computer would be taken over by Russians or Eastern European hackers.
Windows is just not secure, it's built on technology from the 1980s, before any of this stuff was an issue. Moving her to iOS moved her to a Un*x based security system that has Apple's App Store as a layer of protection. It negates all of the "read everything, do custom not automatic", at least for a 79 year old.
Hernando's Hideaway Plank Owner America's best radio station: wfmu.org | My Reality Remix topics blog: Here
Of note when you download do custom not automatic read everything
In the case of my mother-in-law, I think that we trained her well enough in the "don't click OK" when a pop-up comes up, but she probably would get an email that looked like it came from me or a grandson or something, and she'd click through. Whatever the case, every few months, her computer would be taken over by Russians or Eastern European hackers.
Windows is just not secure, it's built on technology from the 1980s, before any of this stuff was an issue. Moving her to iOS moved her to a Un*x based security system that has Apple's App Store as a layer of protection. It negates all of the "read everything, do custom not automatic", at least for a 79 year old.
Bipolar moment in communication
When you download some of the materials they want to set toolbar search choice homepage
unselect those
My bad on the bad explanation
The simplest way is never give out your information
I have pissed off AT and T
but the rep at the store I then went to was cool he called and we dealt with it there
The bankers I deal with same deal..
Both times they called the department back
I deployed the that as my defense
Sounds like she is a smart cookie she called a friend before she paid for service
Nope. At that point, we were about ready to just throw it in the garbage.
Microsoft should have a "Grandmother Mode", which would prevent, ABSOLUTELY, the installation of any executable, by any means. It doesn't have that, MacOS and iOS does, so that's the direction that we went.
Hernando's Hideaway Plank Owner America's best radio station: wfmu.org | My Reality Remix topics blog: Here
I use AVG Free, Malwarebytes Anti-malware, SUPERAntiSpyware, CCleaner. For special occasions when it looks like something may have slipped past, I also run the rkill and TDSS killer that Bon mentioned. One difference is that I avoid downloading anything at all from CNET if I can find ANY alternative to it. I really prefer downloading from the product's own website when that is an option, and it usually is.