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You May Not Be Protected!

Dec 15

Posted by Erik Ehresman in Computer Repair, Virus and Spyware Problems | No Comments

Did your internet service provider promise free antivirus software with your internet? They may not have told you that you need to download and install it on your computer. If you don’t have an antivirus program installed on your computer you are not protected. Your internet provider can not just filter it on there end. I have been removing a lot of viruses lately from computers people thought were protected because they were promised free antivirus software with there internet provider. This is usually a good thing but you have to download and install the software from your internet provider it is not automatic. Please protect yourself and either download it from them or choose one of the free antivirus software programs that are out there that work so well.

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Prevent Software Conflicts, Only One Anti-Virus

Sep 21

Posted by Erik Ehresman in Computer Repair, Software and Operating Systems | No Comments

I have run across a lot of computer problems lately at the shop caused by more than one anti-virus program. This is something everyone should know, you can have as many spyware programs as you want ( within reason ) and it is good to scan with more than one. However this is just not the case with anti-virus software. They don’t play well together. Most of the time one software will detect the other one checking your system and think it is a virus then when they start fighting each other you start having problems. Always make sure you have completely removed an old anti-virus software before installing a new one. These simple precautions can keep your computer out of the shop and save you money.

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How to Choose Antivirus Software

Sep 7

Posted by Erik Ehresman in Computer Repair, Virus and Spyware Problems | No Comments

Where are all these computer viruses coming from? To many places to keep track of. What we can control is if they get onto our computer at all, or if they do how long do they stay. I am talking about preventing and repairing problems with antivirus software. The problem is with so many choices what are the ones that work?

I have fixed virus problems on many a computer with a installed and updated antivirus program, so I can tell you they are NOT created equal. I can steer you in the direction of some that in my experience have worked very well. First of all the price you pay is not related to the quality of the product. I have seen some expensive ” Internet Security ” packages fail and had extremely good success with several free software programs. So here is the list of good programs and links to where you can get them.

Let’s start with the free programs that I use.

AVG FREE
This is a very effecive program that I have used for many years. It updates every day and is very effective at blocking and removing virus threats.

Avira Anti Vir

This program has many of the same qualities of AVG but I would rank it lower because somtimes the update server is a little overloaded and you don’t get updates as regularly.

Avast

This program is very effective and takes up very little system resources. However I have less experience with it personally so I won’t rank it quite as high.

These programs are the ones that I would reccomend they are free for non-commerccial use and very effective. They work much better than many other very expensive antivirus software. If you would prefer to have a program that you buy from the store than here is my recommendations.

I prefer Trend Micro for 32 bit operating systems, I have seen a few problems with certain 64 bit installations.

I also think that McAfee is good software however it uses a LOT of system resources and will make your computer run slower.

Kapersky is also a good antivirus software, however it constantly asks you to verify certain system activities and if don’t know what it is asking it gets very annoying. Personally I prefer the first three softwares discussed. I hope this information helps you keep your computer system safe and clean!

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