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10 Ways to Keep Your Computer Safe | IT Pixie Help | IT Pixie Help — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:19:21 +0000

[...] There are tons of options out there. But Avast and AVG are two of the best. Why? Because they’re free and very effective. Now, if you want more features and protection, you can go up to a paid anti-virus software. I know Symantec and Mcafee are two of the dominant players, but I don’t recommend them as they take more resources to run and there are others with better detection rates. Full list of recommended antivirus [...]

By: Marin Computer Support

Marin Computer Support — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:51:48 +0000

Excellent pieces of advice. One item that I have found useful for spyware/malware removal is MalwareBytes. This seems to get some of the nasties that standard Internet security suites don’t catch or remove.

By: KVNPark

KVNPark — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:28:59 +0000

Ah, yes. Thanks for mentioning. Often times, OpenDNS is superior to your ISP's own. You may experience faster browsing once you switch to OpenDNS.

There's also content filtering that parents can easily set up.

By: Mac Jones

Mac Jones — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:22:11 +0000

Great advice. I've changed to open DNS and besides the security issues it has solved another issue I had – that of websites not loading when using my ISP's DNS service.

By: KVNPark

KVNPark — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 18:28:40 +0000

One note on the sluggish startups…

Spywares / adwares is one likely cause, but many times, people just have too many programs starting up. From MSN messenger to various other programs, everytime a program is installed people forget to uncheck ‘start with Windows’ or ‘launch at startup’.

Nont only do they slow the startup process, they keep running in the background using up the resources.

Only let programs you really want launch at startup. This seems to solve a lot of my friends’ slow computers.