Help with computer anti-virus?
Well everyone is telling me that Norton slows down your computer a ton and my computer is very slow (and its fairly new). So I've gone through and tried to delete a lot of useless stuff. Norton is one thing I want gone. I downloaded something called "AdWare/Ad-aware". It was trusted by a lot of people so I tried it. It worked with scanning until a certain point when it was scanning it's own file (suspicious), then it said "This program has stopped working correctly" and it closes out. I re-downloaded it and the same thing happens.
Can anyone tell me why? Also what are good alternatives to Norton?
Thank you ^.^
December 24, 2010
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Uhm the Microsoft essentials needs a purchase to remove the viruses...
Next time post in the tech section. The first poster basically said it all, all of those are free programs and I am currently using avast + malwarebytes. Remember not to use two antivirus software at the same time
I'm trying out the Microsoft one right now. Thanks everyone!
I recommend Microsoft Security Essentials or Avast. [b]Only choose one of them[/b].
[quote=Alonso]Adware is just an antispyware
get microsoft essentials its free and one of the best antivirus
and lol at norton i thought norton died in 2002[/quote]
Lol it did, thats why I need a new one. And guys I know Ad-Aware isn't and anti-virus. But I was just curious about it.
Oh sorry, I need a free one^^