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hi,

I'm a bit of a technophobe and need some advice please!

My Norton internet security (anti-spyware edition) 2005 that came with my laptop originally has expired. So, having read martins article about protecting my PC fopr free I thought i would have a go using free downloads.

I have installed AVG anti-virus, comodo firewall, Ad-Aware SE personal and microsoft windows defender.

Is this enough???? Do i need anything else?:confused:

I have run all the initial scans - the only thing coming up are some (approx 120)third party cookies. DO i delete these? how do i tell if they are 'bad' or not? :o

Any advice gratefully recieved!!!

Thanks
r.mac
aless02 wrote: »
r.mac, you are so wise and wonderful, that post was lovely and so insightful!
I can't promise that all my replies will illicit this response :p

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  • woo
    woo Posts: 1,226 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    I'd say you were pretty well covered there.
    Up to you as to whether you deleted them or not, they are just tracking where you go. |If you were going to clear them down at the end of every session or not accept them in the future it would be worth deleting them.
    Ever stop to think and forget to start again?
  • r.mac_2
    r.mac_2 Posts: 4,746 Forumite
    thanks woo (couldn't get the thanks button to work for some reason)
    aless02 wrote: »
    r.mac, you are so wise and wonderful, that post was lovely and so insightful!
    I can't promise that all my replies will illicit this response :p
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