OK I am paranoid!
I use AVG for antivirus and it works fine and I agree with previous comments about Norton.
However I get fed up with spyware, and have been running AVG antispyware (because I am pleased with AVG antivirus), but haven't found it to be that good. I used to use Adaware and was going to go back to that, when I read about spy sweeper from Reils, so I did a test
did a scan with all 3.
AVG found 7 tracking cookies
adaware 18
spy sweeper 22
There were only a few duplicates and I counted 31 different ones altogether! Spy sweeper looks to be the best, but they want real money and between home and business I have 5 PC's
So what should I do?
And what about Rootkits, apparently they don't get picked up by normal antivirus software and supposedly are potentially very dangerous. Should I get specialist software to deal with them?
If only there was a "security for dummies" book!
I won't provide card details online now because of rootkits, so do I need men in white coats to comw and take me away!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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It'd be outdated in less than six months.TGHC wrote:If only there was a "security for dummies" book!
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You know those who, having been mugged and stabbed, fired, dog run over, house burned down, wife eloped with best friend, daughters becoming prostitutes and their countries invaded - still say that "all is well"?
I'm obviously not one of them.
I'm obviously not one of them.
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