disc wipe

[Ian FG]

dun85, I can think of no other way but to connect to the Internet and then immediately update your firewall and anti-virus before you do anything else. I can't think how you could get those updates on CD before you connect to the Internet.

[dunc85]

From a friend? Or before the disk was wiped?

[Ian FG]

dunc85,

 

OK so say I run Norton Liveupdate and it downloads and installs all the lastest firewall patches and AV stuff, what exactly do I copy to a CD and where do I copy it back to on a new install? Not being funny mate, genuine question, I would love to know if there is a way to do this.

[dunc85]

Norton AV isn't that great at detecting viruses. But anyway, you can do this:

 

Download Grisoft AVG from the net (free). It will have the latest definitions. Put on a CD.

 

Download Sygate firewall (also free). Put on CD.

 

Install from CD onto your computer before connecting to the net. Hey presto, you're protected.

 

I don't know if you could run Norton by just copying it's folder from 'Program Files' as it has loads of other files in other places.

 

[ 04. September 2004, 03:55 PM: Message edited by: dunc85 ]

[jeepster]

why do you think norton is not that great? i think its the best around, AVG seems to miss quite a few, a few people on here have had problems with it

[dunc85]

It's a big drain on resources, especially at startup.

 

It misses a lot of stuff.

 

It gives multiple alerts for the same file, even though it says access to that file has been denied.

 

Doesn't pick up many spyware infections, AVG does.

 

The virus definitions are not updated often enough. They should be updated every day.

 

I saw a great site "Norton bashing" once, but i cant find it. :-p

 

[ 04. September 2004, 04:11 PM: Message edited by: dunc85 ]

[jeepster]

we heard you the first time

[Dan]

Does silence mean Kleinboet has failed?!!

 

dan

[kleinboet]

Silence means kleinboet hasn't done anything - he's too bl00dy scared!

Don't know about AVG though, I've got that loaded and it says I have no viruses yet my computer reboots when it feels like it!

I had avast and liked that a lot.

[Paulg]

Kleinboet,

 

AVG - do you keep it updated?

 

You say the PC reboots when it feels like it, is there any pattern at all, ie, when running a particular program, or after the system has been running for a while? Do you get any error message at all?

 

Other pieces of software to help clean your PC, as I would always say that a complete reformat should be your very last option.

 

ZoneAlarm - free software to protect PC from unauthorised access etc.

AVG - You've got this, just make sure it is updating, and you run regular checks.

Spybot - More free software which can detect and remove any spyware that has been installed on your PC.

 

There's another one which I can't remember the exact name of, I've got the cd at home, but it is adviertised as a One Click to clean your PC, again another free bit of software. I put this on my PC, ran it, it clears such as invalid registry entries, my PC now about 20% faster than before.

 

Hope this helps a bit,

Paul