… of a busy day today.<\/p>\n
And it started, believe it or not, with me being up and about before the alarm clock went off – something that doesn’t happen every day.<\/p>\n
So after an early breakfast I stayed in and spent much of the time on the computer working on another project for the radio, more of which anon<\/i>. <\/p>\n
But this involved making a few downloads from the internet. And as I watched these downloads unfold I noticed the internet speed dropping slowly but surely. Clearly something is up, and it’s high time I fixed it. <\/p>\n
That meant disabling and then deleting the MacAfee anti-virus suite, which is something pretty appalling and I can’t think whyever it is that computer manufacturers bundle it in.<\/p>\n
Once that was out of the way I went back to prehistoric computer protection, and installed the latest free AVG anti-virus software, and then Ad-Aware, Spybot and C-Cleaner, the same as I have been using for years. <\/p>\n
Sure enough, 2 viruses, 140-odd adware links and the odd bit of spyware, and half a gb of bunged-up old temporary files all littering the computer and after quite a bit of patience and persuasion, they have all gone.<\/p>\n
Now I seem to have a leaner, fitter computer. <\/p>\n
Mind you, trying to download AVG at 9.3kbs took absolutely hours, but it was worth it and I’m hoping that I can win back the time in due course.<\/p>\n
It’s all very well having virus protection, but not just any old virus protection though. You need one that works quietly, quickly and effectively without pinching all of your resources.<\/p>\n
