Lots more good free stuff out there...you don't need to buy anything.
If you're getting screen popups from the fake Windows Antivirus 2009 (or 360) saying you have hundreds of viruses, follow these steps from Russell Smith...they're at his website:
Free AVG 8.5 Anti-Virus Software (has AVG antispyware built in)
I use the free AVG at home. BUT...make sure you uninstall your other anti-virus program and restart your machine before installing AVG anti virus.
If you read the important tips down further on this page, you'll see that you can only run one anti-virus program on your machine at a time or it will mess up your machine.
Microsoft Security Essentials
…here’s the reason Russell says to switch to it:
“MSE is now far superior in my opinion to all AV products. MSE has Windows coding secrets they have never released to anyone so they have a big advantage stopping rootkit and Trojan attacks.”
This keeps the fan from sucking in more dust to your computer, keeps it from starting to drag, keeps the fan from wearing out sooner, protects in case of a power surge or lightening.
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Easy Way to Turn off Your Computer with one button push
This tip came from Russell...more from him below.
To get any XP computer to always do this, just go to start, control panel, power options, choose the advanced tab, then under "when I press the power button on my computer", choose
shut down.
From then on, all you have to do is hold the power button in until the machine shuts down...no more logging off and going through "start, shut down"
Russell Smith of Region 14 gives great computer tips.
