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<blockquote data-quote="Scoobydoo" data-source="post: 3097190" data-attributes="member: 564934">The only thing I have is a hardware firewall(i.e. a router) and that has served me well for years. I have only had one really bad virus/malware that cause popups continuously, it was my fault for looking for a crack for a program on some really shady sites, but a reinstall solved that in 30 minutes.I have used Norton and McAfee in the past and I will never make that mistake again. They take over your pc and if you dare try to unistall them they leave crap everywhere. Same with programs like Quicktime, Real Player, ITunes, etc. They are not worth the hassle to use IMO. They all try to integrate too much into the OS and they always seem to screw things up sooner, rather than, later.The easiest is a reinstall and the easiest way to do that is to make sure Windows is installed on a seperate partition from everything that needs to be kept or backed up, that way you dont need to worry about backing things up everytime.30 minutes to install, another 15-30 minutes to reinstall all your programs that you use frequently and your as good as new<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />If a reinstall isn&#039;t an option I have had good luck with Ashampoo products:<a href="http://www.ashampoo.com" target="_blank">http://www.ashampoo.com</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Scoobydoo, post: 3097190, member: 564934"] The only thing I have is a hardware firewall(i.e. a router) and that has served me well for years. I have only had one really bad virus/malware that cause popups continuously, it was my fault for looking for a crack for a program on some really shady sites, but a reinstall solved that in 30 minutes. I have used Norton and McAfee in the past and I will never make that mistake again. They take over your pc and if you dare try to unistall them they leave crap everywhere. Same with programs like Quicktime, Real Player, ITunes, etc. They are not worth the hassle to use IMO. They all try to integrate too much into the OS and they always seem to screw things up sooner, rather than, later. The easiest is a reinstall and the easiest way to do that is to make sure Windows is installed on a seperate partition from everything that needs to be kept or backed up, that way you dont need to worry about backing things up everytime. 30 minutes to install, another 15-30 minutes to reinstall all your programs that you use frequently and your as good as new:) If a reinstall isn't an option I have had good luck with Ashampoo products: [URL="http://www.ashampoo.com"]http://www.ashampoo.com[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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