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Originally posted by brommas
reply to post by aboutface
I use kaspersky, on my windoze machine, you can buy any version off of ebay for pennies and then upgrade to the latest version free of charge, makes a mockery of paying 50 quid for the latest version, mine costs aroun 6 quid for 3 pc's for a year lol.
The way I see it, these companies are all bought out by intelligence gathering interests. I mean, you're online, who's to say they aren't just scanning your computer and internet activity for their own best interests?
Originally posted by phishyblankwaters
reply to post by aboutface
Ok, assume you are running windows Windows 7 ....
go into control panel / add remove programs
Look for any traces of AVG, you'll probably find whatever "secure search" toolbar it has in there, and should be able to remove it.
I use Security Essentials myself. It's not perfect, but it's free, updated constantly, and works well. That with script blocking for browsers (noscript or yesscript for firefox) and a good spyware solution you should be fine.
Originally posted by aboutface
Originally posted by brommas
reply to post by aboutface
I use kaspersky, on my windoze machine, you can buy any version off of ebay for pennies and then upgrade to the latest version free of charge, makes a mockery of paying 50 quid for the latest version, mine costs aroun 6 quid for 3 pc's for a year lol.
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I've been hacked a couple of times, so I do not do anything financial on my computer. My brother had his ID stolen and that ongoing nightmare of his brought out my paranoia about what info I put on my computer.
Originally posted by aboutface
I had AVG on my computer, but viruses got through. I now have Norton and so far so good, except for one thing. The Norton Safe Search window has suddenly disappeared and in its place it reads AVG Secure Search and lists it as default. I went to Norton's help site, but can't seem to get the problem understood by the help desk.
Another problem is that Norton is on my son's account, and he is currently unavailable so I don't have his PW etc.
Any ideas on what has happened?