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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

It is just me or do you get loads of cookies? I scan 3 times a week can get over 100 each time and my pc is running slow and now have this new lap-top and thinking which is best one to have on .... Norton had that years but i feel it dont really work that well . jo xx

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I've always hated Norton. It is known for making your computer run slowly and for all the annoying pop ups. I use Kaspersky and never had any problems.

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By *uby In StockingsTV/TS
over a year ago

Cheadle

I have used AVG in the past and is quite good, xxx

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

There are loads of free one's on the net have a look around I use AVG and never have any problems

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"I've always hated Norton. It is known for making your computer run slowly and for all the annoying pop ups. I use Kaspersky and never had any problems. "
ooo thankyou i will look into that xx

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

i use kaspersky for last 2 years never had prob with it

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

I use superspywear, got rid of norton years ago as it was so crap

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"I use superspywear, got rid of norton years ago as it was so crap"
well i am going to be looking into all of them i never new ... you could get spyware free that really worked .. but i am crap on here and know very little had that norton years and years ... may now give it the boot x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

We run norton 360 version 5 plus a free one called malwarebytes,and our pc runs great.

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

just type in free anti spywear to google

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By *unky monkeyMan
over a year ago

in the night garden

Cookies are not necessarily always malicious. 99% of sites you go to will leave one or more cookies in your browser.

Cookies can be used for all sorts of things mostly they are used to keep your session information, a good use for this is keeping you logged into say ebay or amazon when your browser crashes or remembering your preferences on a site without you logging into anything e.g. your favourite areas on bbc's weather forecast. They can also be used as a security measure to make sure you are who you are.

Cookies should never slow down your computer in any way though, at worst they might be nasty and track your browser habits and IP address. If you do visit dodgy web sites then a good safety measure is to delete any mysterious cookies that appear.

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"Cookies are not necessarily always malicious. 99% of sites you go to will leave one or more cookies in your browser.

Cookies can be used for all sorts of things mostly they are used to keep your session information, a good use for this is keeping you logged into say ebay or amazon when your browser crashes or remembering your preferences on a site without you logging into anything e.g. your favourite areas on bbc's weather forecast. They can also be used as a security measure to make sure you are who you are.

Cookies should never slow down your computer in any way though, at worst they might be nasty and track your browser habits and IP address. If you do visit dodgy web sites then a good safety measure is to delete any mysterious cookies that appear."
i know i have family pics and things on pc and son have some games would that slow it up ??

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I got some expert advice after a virus recently, which I'll paste below. For those using Kaspersky, good choice, it seems.

I also use Spybot Search & Destroy, which is free and does a very good job.

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First of all you can try Trends Online Scanner called House Call to try and remove the problem you have. http://housecall.trendmicro.com/uk/

Norton,MSE (Microsoft security essentials) and MacAfee are the worst Anti Virus you can get, they are just marketing tools made by Microsoft, hence why they are always free with computers then expect you to pay a fortune to have them permanently, and then you need to download special tools to remove them completely. You will need the Norton/McAfee Removal Tool as well as removing it from programs and features.

PC Techs like myself check every antivirus, new and old, looking for the best one to provide ourselves with and most importantly our clients. Norton/McAfee never finds the really harmful viruses

AVG, Malwarebytes are going downhill so I no longer recommend them unfortunately. Avast and Avira are absolute dire.

The best anti viruses you can get are Trend Micro or Kaspersky, both offer a free 1 month trial before you buy. Trend/Kaspersky is only £34 a year, so very cheap.

They have their own Firewall, internet and email protection. Kaspersky also has a virtual keyboard that you can use to type in passwords and bank details so that key loggers can’t trace your information. You don’t get this with AVG, Avira, Avast etc.

Every qualified PC tech like myself recommends these, and businesses we service also use them.

You can find them here: http://download.cnet.com/Trend-Micro-Int…

http://download.cnet.com/Kaspersky-Inter…

These are only free for a month but are the BEST. The Housecall really proves it, to be honest.

If you only want a Free one, get Superantispyware (free edition) this is the best Free one you can get :http://www.superantispyware.com/download…

Please do not go with what unqualified people are telling you when it comes to PC Security.

You can also Google "Trend Titanium Full version +Keygen free" and download it, this is the best one out there. The Keygen gives you the code so you can activate it for a year and not a month

If anyone tells you to use Reginout, DONT. Reginout is a virus program itself, a lot of people don't realise that and tell people to download it.

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By *ustyWoman
over a year ago

inverclyde

avg free is good

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By *ezebelWoman
over a year ago

North of The Wall - youll need your vest

does avg free include spyware, or should you have a seperate spyware programme as well?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"does avg free include spyware, or should you have a seperate spyware programme as well?"

I use Spybot because it's a dedicated spyware app with a very good reputation. And it's free.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I have paid for Norton running all the time + I run the free versions CC Cleaner and Ad-Aware a couple of times a week or if I notice things getting slower or inadvertantly get taken to a webpage I don't like.

I just leave them running overnight and, so far, have had no problems and it doesn't interfere with my usage.

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By *unky monkeyMan
over a year ago

in the night garden


"i know i have family pics and things on pc and son have some games would that slow it up ?? "

The only way that would slow you down is if the games were left running in the background. Or if you have so many pics and games on your hard drive that the hard drive is full. This will cause problems with performance as modern computers need roughly 15% of their disk space free to switch in and out of real and virtual memory.

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