Computers should help your daily life.
More often than not, they seem to do the opposite... Why do they suddenly decide to "freeze" when you have written a particularly good email or blog-thread? Why do some updates prevent you from reading your emails as normal or open attachments? I know, I know, I know, it´s supposed to be for security reasons and to protect us from VIRUSES, TROJANS, etc etc.
The last few days my old anti-virus program (Norton) has been playing up my home computer. It kept telling me to compress old files and that there were not enough disk space, etc. VERY annoying since I ended up deleting 3-4 programs, clearing zillions of MB...and it still wouldn´t work.
Well, thank God for Google. I´ve now deleted my old virus program (which in itself needed almost 200MB space!) and installed a FREE (yes! We like!) anti-virus/spyware program for PC-owners, called Avast.
It has had phenomenal feedback on different forums, blogs and magazine sites around cyberspace, so I dare say it comes highly recommended.
Phew! Not only do I have to keep myself in good health this week, it seems that my computer was the one with the potential serious problem...
Ive been using it myself for over a year...no problems so far!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the info - good to know!
ReplyDeleteYou don´t happen to have any suggestion of a good "shredder"-program? :)
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Mo
CCleaner is a great program for removing unwanted from your computer, like your internet history, temporary files, and general junk lying around.
ReplyDeleteIt also has a setting in the options menu for securely deleting the Recycle Bin, which (i guess) should do what you need.
...It's free too!
Wow, top advice - thanks p3te!!
ReplyDeleteWill I find it on downloads.com?
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Mo
just do a google search for "CCleaner", and it will appear at the top of the page.
ReplyDeleteHappy downloading!
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Ccleaner is now installed and works wonders!
ReplyDeleteAnother zillion MB of space were freed in an instant, thanks so much for the tip!
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Mo