Everyone needs a good virus protection program

[Rob Robinson]

Great info Chuck, especially that Shields Up site. Thank you very much

On 12 June 2010 09:50, Chuck Wheeler <"cwheeler@kathleenwheeler.com"> wrote:

 

A good test of your firewall and computer
settings can be run from Steve Gibson’s site Shields UP! .  You can
run several tests that will try and attack your computer and provide the
results and suggestions to fix the problems.  This is where I find some
problems with AVG free.  It’s not that the software is bad but the
default configuration is weak.

 

- Chuck
Wheeler-

1982 FC 31SB Fort Worth TX

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From: "WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com" [mailto:"WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com"] On Behalf Of Chuck Wheeler

Sent: Saturday, June 12, 2010
11:17 AM

To: "WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com"

Subject: RE: [WanderlodgeForum]
Re: Everyone needs a good virus protection program

 

 

A free program that I have found very useful is Malwarebytes . It doesn’t replace
your virus scanner, but looks for “bad” things that you have
inadvertently loaded when visiting sites.  I support 30+ personal laptops
at my wife’s C21 office and have had very good luck with it.  I
personally scan our personal computers as part of our weekly maintenance-cleanup-backup
routine.  I have even been able to recover laptops that would not boot
after being infected with one of those online scanner scams.  It gets
updates almost daily.  It is a program that you must manually update and
manually run.  If you have serious problems boot your computer in safe
mode and then run it.

 

Another very useful free program is Ccleaner .  It will keep your
computer running better by cleaning up the clutter.  It works especially
well if you run your defrag program after running ccleaner.

 

What ever virus program you use update it daily and keep it
actively scanning.  I have my preferences but I won’t even start
that argument.  There are other programs that perform the functions of the
above programs but these have NEVER caused other problems.

 

Because of my wife’s business website we pay for a service
that blocks emails that are scams, phishing, or contain virus.  For my
email account it blocks about 900 and passes about 70 a day.  I
periodically down load a sample of the blocked emails to a test system and they
are indeed “loaded”.  There are a few members of this site
that get blocked often so keep your AV software current and your firewall
settings appropriate for where you are connected.

 

 

 

 

 

- Chuck Wheeler-

1982 FC 31SB Fort
Worth TX

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From: "WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com"
[mailto:"WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com"]
On Behalf Of Jo-Ski

Sent: Saturday, June 12, 2010 5:10
AM

To: "WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com"

Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum]
Re: Everyone needs a good virus protection program

 

 

Good
comment about AVG-free edition, Mario. And, perhaps, I should have reworded my
comment to say that the AVG pay-for edition simply provides
"even more protection and some additional features." I have heard
from several other friends that AVG free-edition provides all they need. I
guess with all them 24/7 hackers out there (and my worry-wart tendency to feel
vulnerable to them), I tend to go for as many extras as I can, so in my
mind, I guess I'm buying a little extra peace-of-mind. But, in terms of not
interfering with your programs and OS, doesn't it seem that AVG-whatever-edition
seems sooo much better than the so-called "industry standards" that
the stores stock, Norton and McAffee?

 

Jo-ski
(also for Stew)

"The
Bird Abides"

'83 FC
35' RB

Blaine, WA

 

In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, Mario
wrote: 

Hi All

I have used AVG free edition for about 5 years , works great never had a
problem . You do need to update at least once a week .

Mario in Carlsbad
CA.

"mariopatti1@yahoo.com?subject=Re:%20Everyone%20needs%20a%20good%20virus%20protec​tion%20program" 

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Rob, Sue and Joey Robinson