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Best Virus Software - JustinG - 07-17-2009
Computer keeps crashing, blue screen of death every other day, pretty sure i have a virus or something. but i dont know much about computers. otherwise whats some good virus software. or other reasons my computer is doing this BS. Windows XP OS
Re: Best Virus Software - Jake - 07-17-2009
Not Norton. Please, no.
Re: Best Virus Software - Evan - 07-17-2009
step 1: format c:
step 2: reinstall XP
step 3: install AVG antivirus
step 4: stop watching internet pr0nz
Re: Best Virus Software - Goodspeed - 07-18-2009
step 1: throw PC in trash
step 2: buy a mac
step 3: ????
step 4: profit.
Re: Best Virus Software - CaptainHenreh - 07-18-2009
Evan Wrote:step 1: format c:
step 2: reinstall XP
step 3: install AVG antivirus
step 4: stop watching internet pr0nz
This is the answer. Julie's laptop has been protected by AVG free it's entire life (3+ years), and we have never, ever, had a problem. I suspect your problem is larger than a simple virus.
Re: Best Virus Software - JustinG - 07-18-2009
anyone wanna walk me through how to do that?
Re: Best Virus Software - Mike - 07-18-2009
could very well be a hardware failure. be prepared to throw it in the trash if the reformat doesn't work.
Re: Best Virus Software - Maengelito - 07-18-2009
Jake Wrote:Not Norton. Please, no.
so whats wrong with Norton?
Re: Best Virus Software - Apoc - 07-18-2009
Goodspeed Wrote:step 1: throw PC in trash
step 2: buy a mac
step 3: ????
step 4: profit.
step 1: throw PC in trash
step 2: buy a PC
step 3: throw PC in trash a year later
step 4: buy a PC
step 5: throw PC in trash a year later
step 6: buy a PC and still have spent less than a Mac
Re: Best Virus Software - Ken - 07-18-2009
^ +1
I have Norton and haven't had any problems for 3 years... now though on my netbook i just downloaded JMU's free one. See how that goes.
Re: Best Virus Software - JustinG - 07-18-2009
reformatted, whole new machine, just guess it needed a good dusting, prog gonna upgrade the memory to, can do upto 4gb, i think im only at 1gb now
Re: Best Virus Software - Sijray21 - 07-18-2009
i use Kaspersky - f-ing awesome
AVG was a bit of a performance hog and actually caused me problems when i stopped using it
Re: Best Virus Software - JustinG - 07-19-2009
just using AVG right now, but i realized that the inlaws just bought a copy of Kaspersky for their PC, it can go on 3 PCs. Think ill give it a try.
Re: Best Virus Software - D_Eclipse9916 - 07-19-2009
I just had pat redo my PC, its 4 years old now and the video card apparently took a dump. 80 bucks in new memory and decent video card along with whatever he is doing will fix it. Im not spending 500-1000 on a brand new pc when the one I have does everything it needs to. Hell the only game I ever played on it was Counter-strike which needs to graphics of a 10-year old.
Re: Best Virus Software - NTIman - 07-20-2009
+1 on the AVG, I used the free version on my laptop for 4, almost 5 years now, haven't had a bit of trouble.
Re: Best Virus Software - HAULN-SS - 07-20-2009
I will just chime in, that I haven't used a virus scanner since 2004, and haven't lost a bit of data. Usually if you pay attention what you're entering, and where you're clicking, there's no problem.
Re: Best Virus Software - Ken - 07-20-2009
^that's called living balls to the wall.
Re: Best Virus Software - Mike - 07-20-2009
HAULN-SS Wrote:I will just chime in, that I haven't used a virus scanner since 2004, and haven't lost a bit of data. Usually if you pay attention what you're entering, and where you're clicking, there's no problem.
i've never used a virus app in my ~25 years of using a pc.
when i was young, i had a hard drive wiped completely clean by a trojan.
when i was in college i got a weak virus that i was able to kill myself.
just a few weeks ago i got another that was a bit of a pain, but i eventually wiped it out.
i download a lot of porn and illegal software. common sense rules the day... each time i've gotten something, i had a momentary lack in judgment.
i don't understand how regular computer users can be so stupid to get viruses... if you're not "hacking" and dealing with apps that can be seriously tricky, there is no excuse.
Re: Best Virus Software - Ken - 07-20-2009
^+1 but still, how can one live so RECKLESSLY?
Re: Best Virus Software - HAULN-SS - 07-20-2009
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take two of these most days, you'll get there.