I was a diehard PC user, until I got really tired of dealing with all the crap and I saw the light at the end of the tunnel ------>>> the Apple store!
I've been a Mac user for the past 5 years = same laptop, ZERO glitches.
The only thing I did over the years was to upgrade my browser from Safari to Leopard. And that was optional, I could be still be using Safari without any problems.
Isn't Safari the browser and Snow Leopard the operating system??? How do you upgrade from Safari to Leopard?
I have a laptop that I use almost exclusively for hobbying. It went down last week & I lost everything on the hard drive. I run AVG free protection on it & it did not help. Anyone experiencing similar attacks recently. Just wanted to make sure it wasn't from a common frequent hobby site. I installed Avast anti-virus & I have salvaged my laptop, deleted 100 infected files, & am up & running.
A great program to have if are going to surf porn and related sites is Malwarebytes Anti-Malware. ONLY use http://www.malwarebytes.org/products/malwarebytes_free to download and it will take you to a majorgeeks.com site to download the free one. This is always the first thing I run if my computer gets attached (which is more of matter of when then if when you visit porn sites). If your not very computer savvy the $30 product is a great way to stay out of trouble.
Another great free tool is Spybot Search and Destroy you can get at http://www.safer-networking.org It has a "immunize" feature that adds protection and is good to run a scan every few weeks.
Lastly running FireFox as your browser with "Better Privacy" and "AdBlock Plus" (all free) will give you protection from scripts and other nasty things you will find on porn sites.
I was a diehard PC user, until I got really tired of dealing with all the crap and I saw the light at the end of the tunnel ------>>> the Apple store!
I've been a Mac user for the past 5 years = same laptop, ZERO glitches.
The only thing I did over the years was to upgrade my browser from Safari to Leopard. And that was optional, I could be still be using Safari without any problems.
I was a diehard PC user, until I got really tired of dealing with all the crap and I saw the light at the end of the tunnel ------>>> the Apple store!
I've been a Mac user for the past 5 years = same laptop, ZERO glitches.
The only thing I did over the years was to upgrade my browser from Safari to Leopard. And that was optional, I could be still be using Safari without any problems.
Isn't Safari the browser and Snow Leopard the operating system??? How do you upgrade from Safari to Leopard?
Using an alias, I could not edit my post, sorry. I did mean to say - I bought my Macbook about 5 or 6 years ago to try out, as I was a skeptical PC user. I got the first one they did put on the market, it came only in white at the time and did run Safari on Mac OS X (older version) with 1 gig of memory. After few years, it got to the point when I needed more memory for my stuff, so the only thing I did was to upgrade from my original system to Snow Leopard when it came out - now I have 4 gigs of memory and it runs faster too. Never had one single problem with my laptop and I'm a happy 'Mac follower'.
& many tmes can't be prevented by anti-virus & spyware programs. It's a "trojan horse" where bogus Internet Explorer flags & warnings are displayed ( most notably, false control panel readings that your computer is infected ) in a scam attempt to use your credit card to contact these crooks, who try to weasel $ & personal financial info out of your computer.
If you see this come up, DO NOT CLICK ON ANYTHING ! Just reboot your computer & the fucking thing will disappear.
As for security systems, I find Avira anti-virus & Super Anti Spyware to be pretty good.
You get what you pay for. Freeware sux. I spend $50 anum for system security. Not a hiccup in 15+ years on my personal network. www.zonelabs.com makes good stuff.
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