So slow :(

albertross_2

babes21 wrote: »

The firewalls are installed, all that it said i needed is a antivirus.

Don't understand...

Yes install avast, but that is not enough to keep your pc free from malware, you need some or all of the others.

spakkker

Hi , you should only have one antivirus prog. Avg/grisoft is one and the same- avast is another, the other progs are antispyware. I use avg , I don't know which one albertross uses tho' he recomends two.

albertross_2

I use all of them, because no one scanner picks up everything. They aren't all resident, so you can have as many on demand scanners as you want. AVG antispyware is only resident for 30 days, then reverts to on demand only.

For free resident AV, it is a toss up between Avast and AVG antivirus (or antivir).

babes21

Thank you for all your help.

As yet i've downloading Avast but shall do the remaining tomorrow x

penrhyn

Op when you have done all of the above get rid of all your tempory and junk files with something like ccleaner, its free to download and it works well.
It will also tidy up your registry.
Just remember to uncheck the yahoo toolbar option when installing (assuming you dont want it).
http://www.ccleaner.com/download

Then defragment your harddrive, you'll find it in accessories-system tools in XP.
BTW what operating system are you using and how much RAM have you got?

babes21

Hello

I already have CCleaner.

As yet i've downloaded Avast, just need to register etc. Will i need to download anything more?

albertross_2

You need

A firewall on.
A resident antivirus (e.g. avast)
A resident antispyware.

If you find any infections or it is still running slow (do you have enough ram 512MB++), then using the other on demand scanners as well, and try the rootkit scanner.



A resident antispyware

babes21

Thanks albertross.

I have a firewall on (they notified me of that when i ran the scan), I've downloaded Avast and now have that running (my pc as run a lot faster since, thank you) a resident antispyware?

Donnie

SpyBot Search & Destroy Install the Tea Timer and Explorer protection when given the choice.

babes21

Donnie wrote: »

SpyBot Search & Destroy Install the Tea Timer and Explorer protection when given the choice.

Along with the above and Avast, will this be all i need?