New Laptop question

balloo_2

I have just bought a new Laptop and when i switched it on a warning bow opened up and said Windows Firewall has blocked this program (oovoo) so we dont know whether to carry on and install it or not, also the new laptop came with a Full version of Bullguard which we installed on the Laptop but Bulldog found McAffee already on but we left it on not sure what to do and the next time we switched the laptop on it seemed to be running slow can anyone offer advice to me please.

andih98uk

Yep, oovoo looks like its just a skype style program so doesn't look malicious. Its probably slow because you have 2 anti-virus scanners installed, these will conflict with eachother and cause issues.

The thing to do is go into control panel then add\remove programs. have a look down the list and remove oovoo, bullguard, McAfee and anything else that you don't need.

Then download microsoft security essentials or AVAST. These are free anti-virus scanners that do just as good a job as bulldog or mcafee.

balloo_2

Its Windows 7 :eek: How do i remove the programs? will Revo Uninstaller work with Windows 7

balloo_2

balloo wrote: »

Its Windows 7 :eek: How do i remove the programs? will Revo Uninstaller work with Windows 7

Mc Afee is not displaying I think Bulldog has uninstalled it. uninstalled OOVOO and MSN Messager will not work :eek:

andih98uk

So i'm guessing you've now managed to find the add\remove programs bit in windows 7. If so i'd also remove bullguard as i find it slows machines down greatly. Do that and install microsoft security essentials.

Google microsoft security essentials and it should take you to it.

andih98uk

If its still slow, click the windows 'start' button at the bottom left of the screen and in the search box type msconfig and press enter.

Click the startup tab at the top and untick everything in there, reboot and see if its any quicker.

Once you reboot, if you're missing something then go back into msconfig and retick it.

balloo_2

andih98uk wrote: »

So i'm guessing you've now managed to find the add\remove programs bit in windows 7. If so i'd also remove bullguard as i find it slows machines down greatly. Do that and install microsoft security essentials.

Google microsoft security essentials and it should take you to it.

:rotfl:Eyes don't work properly when you are old Also Brain has a job to understand these computers. Pen and paper with a rubber was all the rage when i was leaving school.