Microsoft also has it's own free AV software now. http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security_essentials/default.aspx It's worked pretty well for me and is nicely unobtrusive. -Dan On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 9:12 PM, Naaz Hosseini <soundshifter at aol.com> wrote: > ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area. > ** If you did, we all thank you. > > > > > > I'm looking for a fast, simple way to protect my old PC while I update my > websites. > > My situation: I moved to a Mac over a year ago. The software I use to > update my websites is on my PC and I don't want to buy a version for Mac. I > just want to go in and make some changes...simply. But, I want to protect > my PC while I do that. > > PC World recommends Avira and Avast as the top 2 free software programs. > > Does anyone know if downloading Avira or Avast would be sufficient and not > overtax my old PC which I think is 5 years old and can't handle a lot of > activity at once. I also left my books on the PC using Quicken so I want > protection for that reason too. > > Thanks for your help, > > Naaz > * > * > *Naaz Hosseini,** MA, LP* > *Voice Empowerment, Attunement & Healing* > *Web: voice-empowerment.com* > * > * > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Hidden-discuss mailing list - home page: http://www.hidden-tech.net > Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net > > You are receiving this because you are on the Hidden-Tech Discussion list. > If you would like to change your list preferences, Go to the Members > page on the Hidden Tech Web site. > http://www.hidden-tech.net/members > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.hidden-tech.net/pipermail/hidden-discuss/attachments/20110616/0526ecb5/attachment.html