[Hidden-tech] Free anti-virus for PC? - Thanks & Question

[Naaz Hosseini]

Hi All,

Thank you so much for all your input.  I tried downloading Avast twice.  Nothing happened, maybe because I refused to allow a cookie.  Microsoft Security Essentials is up and running.  

I now want to get Spybot up and running.  Would it be better to run the upgrades to the version on my computer?  They go back as far as June 2007.  Or better to download the current version and trust that it will clean up any pieces of the old version on my hard drive?  

Thank you,
Naaz

Naaz Hosseini, MA, LP
Voice Empowerment, Attunement & Healing
Web: voice-empowerment.com







On Jun 17, 2011, at 10:15 AM, Ron Miller wrote:

>   ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area.
>   ** If you did, we all thank you.
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> I'm with Daniel. It's not fool proof, but it's certainly simple and
> takes care of most major problems.
> 
> Ron
> 
> On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 7:31 AM, Daniel Fried
> <dan at creativeconstructs.com> wrote:
>>   ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area.
>>   ** If you did, we all thank you.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 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
>>> 
>>> 
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