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Get the following, all are free for a safe surfing experience, with proven track records and do not take up


system resources like Norton or McAffee.


install in SAFE mode with networking ( hit F-8 at boot time ), run them all in SAFE mode


with networking as you'll need it for the updates all the programs below will need.


Turn off RESTORE and the RECYLE BIN temporarily as virii can regenerate / reinfect even if you delete


them with both services on. After all the scanning and cleaning after a 2nd reboot and one last


scan do you turn both of them back on.





ANTI VIRAL





AVG (free) http://free.grisoft.com/








FIREWALL





ZoneAlarm http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/co鈥?/a>





WEB BROWSER - http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox





EMAIL use thunderbird. It has a good built in spam filter and learns when you teach it. http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderb鈥?/a>





SPYWARE





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http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index鈥?/a>





Once you set it all up create 3 email accounts..





a hotmail or yahoo account for web "verification", this account you will not care if it get spammed





a sub account ( from the master account )to your ISP that you use for logons, this is the one you use for personal


emails only to trusted people and banking, ebay and paypal. Never use the account for anything else than that,


you find spam is low to non existant if you follow this rule, and even if it does become spam laden, then you


can delete the account and create a new sub account and do all the email updates to ebay, paypal, banks and your


freinds.





finally your master account from your ISP, this one you NEVER use, it's only kept for creating sub accounts since


changing the master account is a real pain.








and if you have a wireless router follow these tips,








1. Use WPA encryption (WPA-PSK) it's less crackable then WEP.





2. Make a passphrase that is upper %26amp; lower case and has some numbers thrown in there as well, again harder to crack.


some like mAkE1t5eCurE0rel53 and as long as possible.





3. Use MAC access control so only you or authorized PC's can connect (even if you do have encryption turned on)





4. Turn off DHCP use static addresses.





5. Turn off SSID (and change it) unless your card really needs it (some do)





6. Change username/password of access unit front end





7. Ensure you have the usual firewall enabled on your PC.





8. Paranoia rules, turn WLAN off if your not using it :)








one last tip


control panel---administrator tools--services--messenger





right clik on it


stop the service


then disable it


save changes|||Do these popups say "Messenger Service" in the title bar?





If so, then you are using an older version or (un-updated) of Windows (pre XP SP2). These type of popups exploit the Messenger Service in your Windows OS, which after XP SP2 is disabled by default.





A popup blocker "thingy" will be of no help in this case.








You have 3 choices to end the problem.





1. You can disable and stop Messenger Service by typing "services msc." (without the ""s) into your Run Box and then disabling and stopping Messenger Service.





OR





2. You can use the free utility called Shoot The Messenger to automatically disable this unnecessary service.


http://www.grc.com/stm/shootthemessenger鈥?/a>








OR (Best Solution)





3. Update or upgrade your operating system to at least Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2).





Please note that Windows Messenger Service is not the same as any Instant Messenger program that you may have on your computer. Disabling it will not cause you to lose any IM functionality that you may have.





Good luck|||Both of thes are free.





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