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AVG and Adware
sabelu
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I have Bt total BB now does this mean I can get rid of the above as this is secure.
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How is it secure??? what does it use now?? What anti-virus/adaware protection do you get with it???0
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Which Option?
Even if you have option 2 or 3 I wouldn't touch Norton with a bargepole.
I'd prefer to use AVG as antivirus and Zonealarm as a firewall - both are free. BTW you do have a firewall already. You didn't mention it so I'm wondering if you are relying on the pathetic Windows Firewall.
General rule - you can only have one anti-virus and one firewall running at the same time
For antispyware I'd keep the Adaware & install the free version of AVG anti-spyware. It doesn't matter how many of them you have0 -
Yep it's better to have a few anti spyware programs. I have ad-aware and spybot. I run them every few days and occasionally I have to get rid of the odd tracking cookie, but other than that, thanks to my AVG anti-virus and Kerio firewall, I never had any major problems with my computer.Be careful who you open up to. Today it's ears, tomorrow it's mouth.0
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