Posts Tagged ‘last’

What spyware/antivirus programs do I need for a new computer?

I really don’t know the difference between the two. For my last computer I know that I had Webroot Spysweeper and Trend-Micro. Then I ran into some problems and my friend rebooted my computer with a Symantec program and that worked fine until I developed an overheating problem. Any suggestions on what I might need [...]

Why Has My Webroot Spy Sweeper Stopped Finding Cookies!?

I have Webroot Spy Sweeper with I have the latest definitions. For the last month I’ve been running scans (about 1 a day). It used to find usually 4-8 cookies per scan. Now it always says that it hasn’t found any. Sure this may be a good thing that I have no cookies, but I [...]

I have Webroot Antivirus and Avast! Antivirus should I keep them both on or should I remove one?

Avast! has served me well up until this last update. Once it is fixed I’m sure it’ll be good again. Is one better than the other or is both a good idea? I tried AVG but it did not remove the virus and slowed down my computer alot. I found the opposite with avast! which [...]

I know my computer has some malicious software or virus but my antivirus isn’t working, what can I do?

Background: I had Webroot Antivirus with Spysweeper and no fatal problems with bad viruses for the last 4 years. It was time to renew my subscription and the salesperson convinced me to upgrade to Security Essentials. After installing it, things weren’t working quite right; pages weren’t loading correctly on the first try, PDFs wouldn’t open, [...]