Protect a PC and clean up the crap on Windows

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Mike Butcher
on September 4, 2008
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I recently asked my twitter friends how they protect their Windows XP PC from viruses and clean up all the crap you usually find on Windows machines (I wouldn’t know, I have always used Macs). Here are their answers:

freecloud @mbites as well as AVG, use something like Lavasoft and CrapCleaner and   run those every so often. XP is quite clean, strip the addware

iusher @mbites I’ve used http://www.nkprods.com/ncleaner/ on an XP machine with good results, or CCleaner http://www.ccleaner.com might be OK
iusher @mbites I’ve used http://www.nkprods.com/ncleaner/ on an XP machine with good results, or CCleaner http://www.ccleaner.com might be OK
sbisson @mbites I’ve found Avast! both better than AVG and also a lot less of a resource hog.
Alfie @mbites ESET NOD32 good and free, easy
grouchal @mbites I have a lot of respect for onecare – if you also sign up you can monitor the machine remotely – uptodate etc – for a low price
BrotherMagneto @mbites Highly recommend AVG, I run it at home and it’s great, updates automatically, uses few resources http://free.avg.com/
rmmarshall @mbites Windows defender can find adware that AVG won’t. Best rule: run all the programs several times to completion.
domsparks @mbites I have Norton 360 – lots of protection features + simple backup , but can slow down PC, especially  if it’s an old
offmessage @mbites: AVG all the way – and it’s free: http://free.avg.com/
BrotherMagneto @mbites Highly recommend AVG, I run it at home and it’s great, updates automatically, uses few resources http://free.avg.com/
loudmouthman @mbites avast, firfefox, lock down IE add ons, use gmail no local email at all, and create a restricted profile and add crossloop.

rmmarshall @mbites Windows defender can find adware that AVG won’t. Best rule: run all the programs several times to completion.

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  1. 1 David Bradley
    September 4, 2008 at 4:00 pm

    I used to recommend CCleaner, but a side-by-side comparison with iSysCleanerPro seemed to find almost 100Mb more junk than Crap Cleaner did, so I recommend that one now.

    http://www.sciencetext.com/boost-your-computer-performance-by-7756.html

  2. 2 Emma Kane
    September 12, 2008 at 12:34 pm

    Stay with Macs? Surely you aren’t switching the other way :)

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