Posted: 8/15/2010 8:05:40 AM EDT
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Alright ARFCOM...I'll default to you all on this one. Just got a new laptop, and am wondering what the best anti-virus/spyware programs to have loaded are.
Usually on a new computer I'll install the following: AVG Anti-virus free edition Spybot S&D iTunes VLC Skype MS Office Tell me what to add! |
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Alright ARFCOM...I'll default to you all on this one. Just got a new laptop, and am wondering what the best anti-virus/spyware programs to have loaded are. Usually on a new computer I'll install the following: AVG Anti-virus free edition Spybot S&D iTunes VLC Skype MS Office Tell me what to add! iTunes? WTF over. MSE is better than AVG Spybot S&D is rendered useless compared to a much better Malwarebytes. |
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I urge you to try LinuxMint. Install it in Windows through the CD installer, and try it for a week. . Mint 9 KDE is excellent. Looks good and runs better. I have not used KDE for many years, but I agree; Linux Mint is nice. Also I agree with another poster; ditch AVG and install Microsoft Security Essentials. And I also agree on Google Earth...I just flew from Cheyenne to Yellowstone in the F-16  Good time waster.
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: I urge you to try LinuxMint. Install it in Windows through the CD installer, and try it for a week. . Mint 9 KDE is excellent. Looks good and runs better. I have not used KDE for many years, but I agree; Linux Mint is nice. Also I agree with another poster; ditch AVG and install Microsoft Security Essentials. And I also agree on Google Earth...I just flew from Cheyenne to Yellowstone in the F-16 Good time waster.I run Mint 9 x 64 Gnome on my backup HD. It's pretty good. The KDE version is really sexy and runs real smooth. I suggest to the OP he dual boot Windoze and Mint. If there is a problem with Windows you can boot to Linux and keep going. I also suggest getting a 4 or 8 gb flash drive and install Mint 9 to it. It can be used on any computer that can boot from USB. You can run on someone else's computer with your bookmarks, settings etc. In case of a catastrophic crash or HD failure, the flash drive operating system will run your computer even without a HD present. |
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Alright ARFCOM...I'll default to you all on this one. Just got a new laptop, and am wondering what the best anti-virus/spyware programs to have loaded are. Usually on a new computer I'll install the following: AVG Anti-virus free edition Spybot S&D iTunes VLC Skype MS Office Tell me what to add! Dump AVG, get Avira free. |
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<–– IT Guy that runs Microsoft Security Essentials on all of his personally owned Win7 machines. Interpret that any way you want. Yep. I actually like Windows 7 quite a bit, it's the best thing that Microsoft has put out since Win98SE. My last laptop was ArchLinux, and when Win7 RC came out, I installed it alongside. I just bought a new laptop about 2 weeks ago, and it has Win7 Ultimate on it, and I do all my programming in a LinuxMint VM. Historically, MS can't seem to follow a good product with a good product, though, so I'm sure that once Windows 7 starts to show its age, I'll be back using Linxu full-time for another 10 years or so. |