Replies to post #34519 on Computer Learning (HELP)

[Eli's Gone]

Panda

http://www.pandasecurity.com/usa/homeusers/solutions/free-antivirus/


Technical requirements
Operating system: Windows 10 (32-bit & 64-bit),
Windows 8/8.1 (32-bit & 64-bit),
Windows 7 (32-bit & 64-bit),
Windows Vista (32-bit & 64-bit),
Windows XP (32-bit) SP3 or later
Processor: Pentium 300 MHz or faster
RAM: 256 MB
Hard Disk: 240 MB free space
Browser: MS Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher,
Mozilla Firefox 2 or higher,
Google Chrome

[DownWithPumpers]

I repurposed my old XP laptop to using Linux (ubuntu). That worked really well. It's much much faster now.

If you must stay on XP, I'd do all my routine work using a non-administrator account. That's basically the #1 anti-malware suggestion.

http://www.tomsguide.com/us/standard-accounts-stop-malware,news-18326.html