Originally Posted by
750XL
Perfect thanks for the advice, I'll nuke Avira from the laptop and see how it goes.
You probably want to make sure that the windows stuff is turned on once you have done that. I can't help with the details and don't even have a W10 machine available to look at.
Originally Posted by
andytug
Never use Norton or McAffee unless you want yoir machine to practically stop working.... and you can't just uninstall them either, you have to use their special "removal tool"
Interestingly enough - well it is to me:-) - Norton and Mcafee were founded by individuals who have long parted company with the businesses. Very long parted.
Norton - sold in 1990 although Peter Norton remained on the board of the purchaser for a while.
McAfee - Resigned 1994
Wikipedia says - "when it announced that McAfee related products will be marketed as Intel Security. McAfee
expressed his pleasure at his name no longer being associated with the software"
I have no connection with either other than as a enthusiastic consumer of Mr Nortons iconic "The Peter Norton Programmer's Guide to the IBM PC".
Ahhh - timer interrupts, BIOS keyboard buffer, DOS calls, File Allocation Table, ...
Originally Posted by
stevef
I used Avast Free for years and eventually decided to do the decent thing and buy the Premier package.
I use Avast too - no ads. Win 7 here. Never bother with it except to re-confirm email every year (maybe that has stopped now) and every few months it blocks a web site that I didn't really want to visit anyway. I am still indecent
Originally Posted by
stevef
I wouldn't touch Norton - if they can't keep oil in, how can they keep viruses out...
