vnf4ultra
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I used the free grisoft avg antivirus on the computer I built. I have norton system works on my old pc. Grisoft avg works well, scans faster than norton, but I haven't got any viruses yet, so I don't know if it works at getting rid of viruses well. Overall, I'm impressed with it. Grisoft website
You could dl it now and save it to a cd (or usb thumbdrive) and then use it to install it later.
It also is a really good idea to get a firewall (or is your cable already firewalled?). How does cable connect to your pc if it doesn't use a ethernet card? (hehe, yeah I'm stuck on dialup, no broadband access where I live, the farm country) I use zonealarm, and it works well.
Another handy program is ad aware se. It detects and deletes spyware on your computer. Spybot s&d is also pretty good for this, and microsoft has an antispyware that looks like it works well too.
Yeah, a printed copy of the guide could be handy. You could memorize it or copy it by hand :haha: .
I'm not sure how much risk it would be to get on the net to dl something without an antivirus. I don't think antivirus programs protect you from viruses, but rather get rid of them once you get some (correct me if I'm wrong).
You could dl it now and save it to a cd (or usb thumbdrive) and then use it to install it later.
It also is a really good idea to get a firewall (or is your cable already firewalled?). How does cable connect to your pc if it doesn't use a ethernet card? (hehe, yeah I'm stuck on dialup, no broadband access where I live, the farm country) I use zonealarm, and it works well.
Another handy program is ad aware se. It detects and deletes spyware on your computer. Spybot s&d is also pretty good for this, and microsoft has an antispyware that looks like it works well too.
Yeah, a printed copy of the guide could be handy. You could memorize it or copy it by hand :haha: .
I'm not sure how much risk it would be to get on the net to dl something without an antivirus. I don't think antivirus programs protect you from viruses, but rather get rid of them once you get some (correct me if I'm wrong).