if it were me christy I would have him download from the sites, but that is just a personal preference yes have him get the updates with XP like he would do with ME Is there anyway you could send him the link itself for the download in an email so he would not have to navigate the site?(for the spyware stuff) ----- Original Message ----- From: "cristy" <juneybug2004@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2005 7:29 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: win ME updating and sending antispyware and firewall > > Hi everyone, > > My uncle just got his computer back from the shop and as I expected it was > messed up due to lots of spyware on it. He is having to load all his > programs back on and all. He says he does have Nortons 2005 antivirus > going on it. He has winME OS. I want to walk him through some things > like > making sure his updates are current. Would that be the same as with win > XP > to update, like sp1 and sp2 , just go to start and windows update and let > them tell you the critical ones? Also I want to send him a few sites to > download zonealarm firewall, spybot, adaware, spywareguard, etc.. Can I > just send him the exe files I have since they are on my computer rather > then him downloading from their sites? He gets confused about finding > things on sites sometimes. I cant be there physical right now so am > trying > to help him via online and by phone. > > Thanks, > > Cristy > > > > > To unsub or change your email settings: > http://www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk > > To access our Archives: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ > http://www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ > > For more info: > http://www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk > > To unsub or change your email settings: http://www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ http://www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: http://www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk