I had my computer slowed to a crawl not by viruses but by spyware. This
things creep into your machine on a regular basis, and if you don't clean them
out they can become as destructive as a virus. I have found a great program
that is free for personal use. It works quickly, and it regularly updated,
also free. I use it once or twice a week and it always find 7-12 new spyware
creepers that snuck into the machine.
It's called Ad-Aware Se (from Sweden, I guess). Go to Lavasoft.com for the
free download. They also try to sell a professional version, but I'm OK on
the virus side.
Jay Donoghue
72 B-GT
66 Mustang
In a message dated 3/7/2005 1:55:52 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
simon.d.matthews@gmail.com writes:
On Mon, 07 Mar 2005 10:20:00 -0800, Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>
wrote:
> Long term, the cheapest alternative is probably buying a Mac -- you not
only
> don't have to continually buy and upgrade AV software, you're actually
> getting work done instead of wasting your time
> installing/reinstalling/uninstalling/purging various nasty bits...
Or Linux. Depending on the h/w and s/w you need to run, it provides a
very stable and complete environment.
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