I’ve been using ESET’s Smart Security 4.0 on my main notebook for a couple of days. Regular readers will know that, although I have a couple desktop computers and a Dell Mini-10 netbook, my 5-year-old Dell Inspiron 8600 continues to be my main workhorse. I have’t given up on Sunbelt VIPRE Antivirus+Antispyware, Sunbelt Personal Firewall [...]
Another Look at Windows Defender
Subscriber and reader Harold wrote about his experiences with the newly renamed Windows Defender (beta 2, the program formerly known as Microsoft Antispyware): I recently downloaded WD and tried using it. It said that my definitions were 22 days old. I tried several things but could never get it to update the definition file. I [...]
NOD32 Review – NOD32 Anti-Virus Review – A Look at NOD32
Product: NOD32 Class: Anti-virus for Windows License: Commercial product. Free 30 day test drive. Operating Systems: Windows 95/98/ME/XP/NT/2000/2003/Vista Version Reviewed: v2.7 I’ve written about NOD32 in my Security Software Recommendations article in each issue. It’s the anti-virus program that I use on all my Windows computers. I began using it in 2003 after becoming dissatisfied [...]
A Look at ESET Smart Security 4 | ESET Smart Security 4 Review
A number of my subscribers have asked me which security suite I would recommend. As I discuss in my "My Computer Security Software Recommendations" article in each newsletter, my own preference is to use the individual security products (antivirus/antispyware, firewall, antispam) that I think serve me best. However, I know that a number of people [...]
Adware Ties into Internet Explorer
I received a query from a reader about a warning message he was receiving: Hi Terry , I was wondering if perhaps you can help me , I have this very annoying adware that occurs EVERYTIME at startup …. not-a-virus:Adware.Win32.BHO.cr Now althugh this doesn’t appeato be causing any problem on my PC and I get [...]
Adware Popups Problem
Subscriber Sheikh Sarwar wrote to ask: When I start pc, lot of popups, programs start showing up. I have to close one by one. Need help in how to (a) stop this messup (b) close all open windows in one shot. Thanks, Sheikh Sarwar I wrote back to advise Sheikh that it sounded like an [...]
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