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Old 08-12-2011, 04:06 AM
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Lately i've had issues with my computer, from being to slow ect. I had it in the shop last week to clean it up and get it to work faster.And since i got it back,i don't see any change. I'm to the point of throwing it out the door. My question is what kind of programs do you use in your computer to protect it from spyware,ect. I bought the kaspersky anti virus program a few months ago and saw no difference.So i'll never buy that again.
 
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Old 08-12-2011, 05:37 AM
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mcafee have ya tried my clean pc?
 
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Old 08-12-2011, 06:10 AM
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Malware-Bytes anti-malware. It does a way better job than Mcafee (Mcafee is still useful in other ways though). It doesn't bog your system down like Norton either .

Malwarebytes : Free anti-malware, anti-virus and spyware removal download
 
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Thanks,I'm willing to try anything.
 
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Old 08-12-2011, 10:51 PM
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Im not a computer expert by any means but Im running 6 years on a windows install so I must be doing something ok.

I use Glary Utilities, Ad Aware, and Malware Bytes. For antivirus, I use Avast on one machine and the other 2 machines have AVG. Every program has been free.

You have to stay on top of the malware/spyware or it will kill your machine in no time.
 
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Old 08-12-2011, 11:41 PM
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Like others have already mentioned, I use Avast, Malwarebytes, and Spybot, and I also use CCleaner.

Pretty sure all of these are available from download.com, and they are all free.
 
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Old 08-13-2011, 10:20 PM
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Originally Posted by 97cummins
Lately i've had issues with my computer, from being to slow ect. I had it in the shop last week to clean it up and get it to work faster.And since i got it back,i don't see any change. I'm to the point of throwing it out the door.

Im in the same boat as you!!!

and i use AVG and Ad Aware
 
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Unfortunatly i had to take it back to the shop because it seemed to be getting worse so there looking at it again.
 
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Still having problems I take it? If I still lived in Bremerton, I'd take a ride over and give you a hand. Try running something like malwarebytes in "Safe Mode."

Start your computer in safe mode
 


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