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  • forgotmyname
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    Neil_Jones wrote: »
    No anti-virus is 100% perfect.
    And most new machines that come with "preinstalled virus protection" which tends to be only a trial that lasts 90 days.


    Worse than that a lot have McAfee installed and thats rubbish.

    I got fed up of repairing someones infected computer when they repeatedly kept uninstalling the stuff i installed and replaced it with McAfee and then called me again because its infected.

    And yep there was !!!!!! on the system.
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  • Gillor
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    +1 for Sandboxie.

    But for ease of use try something like ToolWiz Timefreeze (free), or Shadow Defender (paid for).

    Either creates a virtual environment and simply rebooting will return your machine to it’s previous state. If something nasty has inadvertently got on to your machine or if you’ve accidentally deleted some important files everything gets returned to its original state.

    Typical review of Timefreeze here:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1T4vosPuMI
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  • onomatopoeia99
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    AndyPix wrote: »
    No - Your computer doesnt care what your sexual orientation is.


    However, !!!!!! sites are riddled with malware (which is different from a virus) so you should do as indicated above and use malwarebytes.
    Free sites can be - this is often the advertising that is drawn in from external sites though. The sites you pay for tend not to be as the operators know that the best way to lose a customer is fill up their computer with malware.
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  • RumRat
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    Seems a lot of people have a lot of knowledge of !!!!!! sites....I guess practice makes perfect....:D;)
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  • Robisere
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    I would venture to suggest that watching too much gay !!!!!! (or straight !!!!!!, come to that) would be harmful to more than just your computer's health.

    But then again, what do I know? When I was young, Raquel Welch in a bikini was about as close as I got to watching !!!!!!.
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    a much bigger hammer.
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