Tuesday, July 14, 2009

McAfee and Norton Antivirus

McAfee and Norton are two Antivirus programs protect your computer against viruses. McAfee is one of the most famous fighter for the computer virus and is 5 euros cheaper than competitor Norton Antivirus. This article is about the two most Antivirus programs McAfee and Norton.

McAfee
What is McAfee?
Here are some steps that McAfee against viruses.

* Securing your computer against viruses, spyware and hackers, so you can surf safely on the Internet.
* Unsafe vermeiden websites with McAfee SiteAdvisor.
* Continuous updates free downloads so that the computer is equipped with the latest software.
* Standard features you can customize.

Security
The computer almost every day new software that it installs immediately. He searches the computer for viruses and blocks them so that they do not damage the computer can process. The computer is invisible on the Internet so that hackers can not be. Also, the system for so many days a system scan. By scanning all unnecessary files so your system is not full of stuff sitting. He removed the dangerous files automatically.

Site Advisor
McAfee Site Advisor is part of McAfee. It is free for download on the McAfee site. The SiteAdvisor site indicates whether a 'good' or 'bad' is. If a site is no viruses, etc., a green tick behind the site name to it. The site advisor is no antivirus, so you have your antivirus program is not discarded.

Free Scan
This program can be downloaded for free on the McAfee site. This program helps Antivirus smaller, sometimes almost impossible to find, virus to detect and remove. If the computer has been searched, a list of files containing such viruses.


Norton

Norton searches the computer for viruses. If he has found it immediately removed. All viruses come in via the Internet. Most e-mail or downloaded music. Limewire is an example of a free music download site where you as a user likely to have viruses. Viruses affect parts of programs in which files or even the whole program away. If these viruses are not addressed, it's likely that they jump to the next program to which to attack. For example, the whole computer crashing.
If Norton has the whole computer will be searched for viruses, check each file that the computer arrives. So keep your computer clean. If Norton for a while on your computer is it to spend so much time re-search all files for viruses.

Update
Once you've bought a Norton, it is not necessary for this each year. Each year you can download new updates so that the system cope with new types of viruses. Through the program on Internet Live Update, you can each year, the latest updates.

Remove
It is very difficult to remove Norton. You can not just simple un-install it. Here are some steps to NAV (Norton Anti Virus) removal.

* Remove first Norton via the normal way: via: Start-control panel software, select Norton and click remove.
* Click on A: Norton AV remover and then double-click Remove.exe.
* A window appears, choose no.
* There is still a window appears, select the version you are using and click Yes.
* There is still a window appears, choose Yes.
* There is still a window appears, choose Yes.
* Install the new version Anti Virus and it's done.

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Make your computer faster and virus-free

It is common that computers slow. There are many different causes and the solutions it can read.

Why computers slow?
If you have many emailt, download and simply surf the Internet you can get many files inside. Sometimes viruses, trojan horses, worms and spyware disguised as an innocent music or an attachment to an email. The viruses can themselves unnoticed into your computer and if your computer is always slower. Many people are not well prepared for viruses. There are many unnecessary files stored on your PC making it slower.

Remove your viruses
The first thing you should do is make your computer clean of viruses etc. I have a few good programs in a row put.

AVG Anti-Virus
AVG Anti-virus is one of the best free anti-virussen.Klik Here to download.
Click run and install the program. If you have started the program you see a screen with: congratulations! Press next, check for updates, the internet and then update. The latest update is installed.

Press next and Low Priority. Then press Scan computer! Your computer is now gescant. Wait until it has finished scanning, this can be a time. If it does AVG daily scan for viruses, so your computer remains virus-free.

Ad-Aware
Ad-Aware is a good program to spyware and malware. Click Here to download. Press again, and follow the steps to install it. When they ask for a code: use Free.

If the program is running, close all programs and press the right in the middle of the scan now and then Full Scan. When the scan is finished, then with your right mouse button on the white box and select: Select all objects, then press Delete.
Put at least 1 time per week a full scan.

Remove unnecessary software
Press start> control panel> software. View the list and press the software that you never used and do not need. Then click Remove or Change / Remove. If there is a setup of the program that you should uninstall or delete key. Do this for all programs you want to leave and then restart your PC.

Clean your private data of Firefox. It is just are cookies.
Do this 1 x per week.
For Firefox users:
* Go to Tools> Options> Privacy
* Click "Clear" and new window will open.
* Check all boxes in "the following information now clear:"
* Click on "Clear Private Data Now"

For Internet Explorer users:
* In IE Tools> Internet Options> General tab
* Click the browser history on "Delete" and a new window will open.
* Check the following: Delete Files, Delete Cookies and Delete History. Then click ok.


Disk Cleanup
Enter 1 time every two weeks from a disk cleanup. Your disk is army and your PC is faster.

* Go to My Computer> The disk where you store all your files (usually C or D)> properties.
* Press the button on disk cleanup. The computer will analyze what it can remove.
* Check the following components: Temporary Internet Files, Recycle Bin, Temporary files and cataloging files for indexing.
* Click OK and then Yes.

Friday, July 3, 2009

Viruses and free AVG, Anti-Virus Free

Today there are more and more computer viruses that you'd rather not encounter on your computer. So here an article about what a virus is now and what you can do against. Of course you can buy expensive anti-virus software, but a free virus scanner like AVG Anti-Virus is also very safe.

What are viruses?
Very simply get a virus your entire computer by the war. It seems like you have nothing under control, the icons on your desktop can go jump back and forth or you get junk on anti-virus companies.

Worse still are the worms, also known as the Trojan horse called. These are small programs that unseen installed and after a few hours to a few days to activate Windows on your computer there may be.

Anti-virus programs

Of course you can protect yourself with known anti-virus programs. A very good program that is free to download via the Internet is AVG Anti-Virus Free. This program lets you download and install as follows on your computer;

1. Go to AVG Anti-Virus Free and download the file 'avg75free_446a965.exe,'
2. Then choose 'run' and wait until the file is downloaded,
3. Click 'run'. Now start the installation, the program is about 17 Mb,
4. If the program is installed you will see the Welcome screen, click here on 'next'
5. You will now see a License Agreement. Read this post and accept it,
6. Now go to the next screen, you can for a number of options that you just have to find themselves,
7. It may now be that you get the option to install AVG now, but if it is, this is already on the computer and there is another option, depending on your computer. Choose the option that suits you, in this case, that 'install' are
8. The program will now be launched and when it is ready you can 'finish' button. AVG is now installed,
9. Restart your computer if necessary, then start AVG also automatically.

AVG Anti-Virus use
AVG performs every day a full scan of your computer. This setting lets you change if you find this a bit redundant. AVG Anti-Virus starts off as your computer. You can also choose to have a scan to run while your computer is not on. These things can all change in the menu. Click on your start bar with your right mouse button on the AVG logo. Click on 'Launch AVG Test Center, "now brings you a menu where you can change everything.

What if the computer it infected?
If your computer is infected with a virus, you can go to an expensive expert, but you can also put the 'DIY' store. In forums on the Internet you can find useful tips here, you or even a computer and internet access from someone else needed .. Having problems? You can always still the expert to steps.