OK, My dad finally got cable internet. It’s great. There are a couple of problems that go along with it. First, the upload speed is just a little bit faster than dialup, so uploads aren’t that great. Secondly, the viruses like to come in a little faster than at the slower speeds. So, that brings me to the topic of this post. How can you protect your computer from pesky viruses. There are many varieties of virus protection software out there, but lets face it, the people that create these viruses will always come up with new ways to get around the virus scanners. So, with that, there is no possible way of fully protecting yourself from viruses except to completely disconnect your computer from the internet and to not accept files that people bring in on CDs, Flash Drives and Floppy Disks. The first virus removal tool that I use is Ad-Aware created by Lavasoft. This software is easy to use and can find most anything. The next tool that I use is AVG Free. It thoroughly searches EVERYTHING for viruses, trojans, and worms. The only downside is that it can take a while and slows your computer down to a crawl while doing the search, so it is best to schedule your scans at night when the computer is not in use. Well, those two are the tools that I use most often. With these, make sure that they are up to date and working, and if it comes across a virus that can’t be removed, do a google search for the virus, and you can usually find a specialized cleaner for your kind of virus by Symantec or some other company that specializes in computer security.
I think when Charter did the installation last Thursday evening, they should have installed the security suite at the same time vs. my having to do it later. With the one computer, it may be too late. We’ll see how it goes.
Still problems with it. Wow
Well, not so much now. During a run in Safe Mode last night, I got the idea to start Windows with the last known good configuration. That’s what finally got it to fully start again. It’s now throwing OS errors every 5 – 10 seconds though, which is, of course, aggravating. I’ll run a repair from an OS install CD this evening and see if that clears it up.