Like many who are responsible for curing the PCs of friends and family, I’ve been leaning on the 1-2 combo punch of Malwarebytes Anti-Malware (free) and SUPERAntiSpyware (also free) for the past year or so. Between the two of them — and judicious use of Safe Mode scanning — I’ve … Continue reading
Just a quick public safety announcement: When doing maintenance on other people’s PCs, take a moment and check out what they’re running for antivirus, anti-spyware, anti-malware, anti-whatever-we-call-it. Lately I’ve seen a handful of machines running versions of McAfee first installed 4 or 5 years ago. No offense McAfee, but that … Continue reading
It has been a while since I mentioned Microsoft’s Security Essentials antivirus application. This is what I’ve standardized on for the family and friend home machines that I “manage” for them. Simple, light-weight and has worked very well for us over the past year. Pretty easy to forget about it … Continue reading
I was over at my folks’ house yesterday when my Dad walked out of their office asking, “Who rebooted the computer?” Well, nobody had, but after he logged in we noticed they had a new unwelcome guest installed: Personal Security. (cue the “Boo Hiss” sounds) This is another one of … Continue reading
As geeks, we’re often asked for help with choosing and installing antivirus software for friends & family members. We all have our favorite “packages” and we all trade thoughts on the latest/greatest free AV offerings. For instance, until this week I’d settled on the free version of Avira AntiVir coupled with Microsoft’s … Continue reading
