what else do I need (vista)

lipsthefish

Hi all, I'm calling on all your vast ammounts of knowledge again! My cousin has just got a new laptop with vista home premium and has asked me to set up the internet for her. She took delivery today of a bt router and the broadband is all ready to go. I have just downloaded to disk avg free 7.5, is there anything else I will need to get her up and running? Thanks for any advice.

PaulK_3

Spybot S&D? Adaware or any other tool that will do the job?

lipsthefish

Thanks Paul, I wasn't really aware what was compatible with vista, I've never even seen vista running never mind tried to set anything up on it!

xenny

PaulK wrote: »

Spybot S&D? Adaware or any other tool that will do the job?

Vista comes with Windows Defender which is an antispyware tool built in. I suppose it all depends how paranoid you are.

ceridwen

Not paranoid to have more than Windows Defender. Had a vista pc since April and Windows LiveOnecare told me I had a trojan on board at one point and I cleaned that off. I subsequently ran a check with some other thing - cant remember which - and it found 49 infections - some those blessed cookies which seem to keep turning up, advertising stuff, starware, and visits to 2 Known Bad Sites (rated ashigh priority to get rid of). Wish they had told me just which those sites were - in case in all innocence I visit them again! I am wondering if there is a way to tell instantly when one enters a Known Bad Site. I got notified of the Trojan on an innocent-looking dental health site - but dont know if thats where I got it. There was another website I visited where a page came up advising me not to look at that site - but it wasnt phrased as "dont do for security reasons", it sounded more like a moral command - so I ignored it and went in (well I had just been reading stuff by Amnesty International re some governments try and warn people off sites they dont want them to read - and I thought this page might be something along those lines - considering which website it was - and, before anyone asks - no I dont mean a porno one!)