Please oh please do not get Norton again! It's horrible.
Download an anti-virus called AVG. It's free, but you still get updates and works better and faster than Norton. It's only free because you hvae no options the professional version has. I'll give you a direct download link, just click here, right click and save as to your desktop, then install it. Once you install it, update it (there's usually updates weekly) and then run it, it will take maybe like a half hour to an hour at most.
Also, like everyone else is probably telling you, get Ad-Aware and Spybot Search & Destroy. Don't get Webroot Spy Sweeper, because not only do you have to pay for it, but it slows down the computer. Install both Spybot and Ad-Aware and then update them, and run them one at a time. If you run them at the same time it'll go so slow, so do them seperately. I recommend you run each at least once a week; the anti-virus can set itself up to run automatically everynight, or you can still run it manually if you suspect a virus or just don't leave the computer on all the time.
For your browser, DO NOT use Internet Explorer unless you absolutely have to (some websites need it because the way it reads certain scripts in the raw coding of pages). Download Mozilla Firefox. It's an awesome browser with sweet features like tabbed browsing which is hard to get used to, but you'll love it. It also has a built in pop-up blocker that actually works, unlike Internet Explorer's. There are also some cool downloadable extensions that boost it's features, which you cannot get on IE.
The combination of those 4 should get your computer working smooth again.
If you hvae and questions or anything, just hit me up on AIM or give me a call or whatever, I'll help you out.
Download an anti-virus called AVG. It's free, but you still get updates and works better and faster than Norton. It's only free because you hvae no options the professional version has. I'll give you a direct download link, just click here, right click and save as to your desktop, then install it. Once you install it, update it (there's usually updates weekly) and then run it, it will take maybe like a half hour to an hour at most.
Also, like everyone else is probably telling you, get Ad-Aware and Spybot Search & Destroy. Don't get Webroot Spy Sweeper, because not only do you have to pay for it, but it slows down the computer. Install both Spybot and Ad-Aware and then update them, and run them one at a time. If you run them at the same time it'll go so slow, so do them seperately. I recommend you run each at least once a week; the anti-virus can set itself up to run automatically everynight, or you can still run it manually if you suspect a virus or just don't leave the computer on all the time.
For your browser, DO NOT use Internet Explorer unless you absolutely have to (some websites need it because the way it reads certain scripts in the raw coding of pages). Download Mozilla Firefox. It's an awesome browser with sweet features like tabbed browsing which is hard to get used to, but you'll love it. It also has a built in pop-up blocker that actually works, unlike Internet Explorer's. There are also some cool downloadable extensions that boost it's features, which you cannot get on IE.
The combination of those 4 should get your computer working smooth again.
If you hvae and questions or anything, just hit me up on AIM or give me a call or whatever, I'll help you out.
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