toadiepug
2009-07-28, 01:52
Hi,
I've used spybot S&D in past and always like it...my son who is nearly computer illiterate has just plunked down five hundred bucks and bought a toshiba with Nortons installed..Well it only took two days for him to get a virus and this new computer shuts down alot. He took it into the store and the sales person identified the W32ACJabttaB@mm worm along with a trojan.(he hasn't given me the name yet) Nortons won't help him.. told him he had to pay someone online to fix it...but sales person who sold him the pc said he could return it for another and that they strongly urge him to get mcafe installed on it. I have mcafe on mine and I had found that spybot S&D was easier for me to use...but I have a whole lot more experience in maintaining, diagnosing and solving problems..he is totally clueless. Before he spends the money...I'd like to know if spybot has a more user friendly virus protection than mcafe...specifically the problem I think he will have are the constant pop ups asking for permission to access...he won't know which ones to allow..he'd be clueless.. I sometimes don't know which ones to allow as they don't always give enough detail or aren't familiar. Any thoughts??
I've used spybot S&D in past and always like it...my son who is nearly computer illiterate has just plunked down five hundred bucks and bought a toshiba with Nortons installed..Well it only took two days for him to get a virus and this new computer shuts down alot. He took it into the store and the sales person identified the W32ACJabttaB@mm worm along with a trojan.(he hasn't given me the name yet) Nortons won't help him.. told him he had to pay someone online to fix it...but sales person who sold him the pc said he could return it for another and that they strongly urge him to get mcafe installed on it. I have mcafe on mine and I had found that spybot S&D was easier for me to use...but I have a whole lot more experience in maintaining, diagnosing and solving problems..he is totally clueless. Before he spends the money...I'd like to know if spybot has a more user friendly virus protection than mcafe...specifically the problem I think he will have are the constant pop ups asking for permission to access...he won't know which ones to allow..he'd be clueless.. I sometimes don't know which ones to allow as they don't always give enough detail or aren't familiar. Any thoughts??