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How often do you carry out a scan?
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Thanks for all your previous help, I now have AVG 2011 and Malware on my computer.
In addition to these two I have Spybot Search & Destroy, Ad-Aware and CCleaner.
How often should one put these items into operation?
And should one carry out full scans or quick scans?
In addition to these two I have Spybot Search & Destroy, Ad-Aware and CCleaner.
How often should one put these items into operation?
And should one carry out full scans or quick scans?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.That's well over the top .. to the extent of being paranoid.
Adaware is so unfriendly now, with a slow interface and loads of entries (let alone the permanent background services) I got rid.
PAID for AVG .. Avast .. Norton ... Avira ... fine.
Malwarebytes .. registered ... Fine
CCleaner ... Fine.
Norton does constant (idle time) background work. Scan once every 2 weeks maybe.
Malwarebytes .. Start with Windows or switch that off and scan once a week maybe. Do a system scan more often.
Adaware is so unfriendly now, with a slow interface and loads of entries (let alone the permanent background services) I got rid.
PAID for AVG .. Avast .. Norton ... Avira ... fine.
Malwarebytes .. registered ... Fine
CCleaner ... Fine.
Norton does constant (idle time) background work. Scan once every 2 weeks maybe.
Malwarebytes .. Start with Windows or switch that off and scan once a week maybe. Do a system scan more often.
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People slate Norton .. It did used to be large, consume a lot of resources .. and could be trouble. Since 2009 it has been re-written and now uses very little system resources.
I've been on 2010 for several months with no issues at all.
It's using about 18Mb of memory at the moment .. which is pretty little.
I've been on 2010 for several months with no issues at all.
It's using about 18Mb of memory at the moment .. which is pretty little.
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