[pchelpers] Re: AVG dos vrs AVG windows

Ekhart GEORGI (last name last) wrote:
> What antispyware program did you use? It's good to know which ones are 
> good at finding some stuff and which ones are also good at cleaning up 
> more of the remnants.
>
>   

The normal ones Ad-aware, Spybot, SpywareBlaster


>
> Is he using IE and/or just installing loads of junk? Does he have 
> antispyware with real-time protection? WinPatrol also runs on 98.
>
>   

I installed Firefox, but they still use I.E. They play a lot of Yahoo games.
They have all the protections but they never run it or update it. That 
what they have me for.



> It would probably still run fairly fast with Linux, and then it wouldn't 
> get infected.
>   
These people barely know how to turn the thing on.
>   
> Sounds like you should either wear a gas mask! You'd also save a huge 
> amount of time if you took the computer home with you and let the scans 
> run while you're doing other things.
>   

I don't want the stinking thing (excuse the pun) in my house.
>   
>> His a:\ drive doesn't even work cause of the yellow build up in it. Hate 
>> to see what the inside of his computer looks like.
>>     
>
> Hope you're not accidentally helping to create a fire hazard...
>   

That is the one thing he does that i taught him is to keep the fans and 
vents blown out.

Pc


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