I have a HP Laptop, it has Windows Vista, its about a year old and its in great condition. I want to make sure my laptop stays this ways so I have been looking around for a good Anti-Virus software to prevent any type of virus, spyware, malware, etc. from damaging my laptop. I do not have a lot of experience or knowledge when it comes to the difference between Spyware, Malware, virus, and all the other stuff that we need to protect our computers and laptops from, so I am hoping that someone would help me choose whats best for me at this point.

What are the top 2 Anti-Virus programs that I can look at? Do they all protect from the same issues? Do they all protect from Malware or Spyware and all the other dangerous things that can damage my laptop?

I would appreciate as much help on choosing the right anti-virus software for my HP Laptop, money is not really an issue but if there is a software that doesn’t cost so much and it does the same job I will look at that as well.

Thanks for your help fellow Yahoo’ers

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i have been renting to own a pc laptop and i hate it! if i finished buying it (because i have put WAY to much into it now!) and then sold it and bought a different one, which should i get…

i really love the macbook, but i have heard they are hard to get use to is this true, should i just try another laptop…

i have an hp pavillion dv7 now, i use to have a dell and i like the hp better but i keep getting viruses and stuff messing up or slowing down my computer, i am SO tired of it! i really love the idea of a macbook but i know that it is not easy to find some programs for the mac…

if you are a mac user, do you like it? is it easy for you to find programs? is it more expensive for those programs? and also how long did it take for you to get use to the interface?

anything else i need to know???
haha i know…i am not looking to do this until i find a job (which may be a while) but i am a very ocd person, i have to plan and plan months in advance!

i just finished with school and that cost me ,000 so i wasn’t able to afford anything expensive…

i know the mac does get viruses but not hardly as many as a pc does, and so far i ahve really disliked windows, and the macs i have used i love!

i want something that will be good for traveling, i really enjoy traveling and i plan on doing it more once i get a job. but a 17", 8 pound laptop is not really ideal for traveling with it! idk maybe i will just buy and ipad–you know the new one, and keep my klunker!

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This morning i turned on my laptop (HP, vista home premium), logged on and it said: windows has encountered a critical problem. it will log off. save your work. then sometimes it says error and sometthing else then the computer restarts so i can only stay logged on for about 10 seconds. I’ve tried system restore and start up recovery but it says it can’t do it automatically.I’m sure its infested with viruses because i was using a norton free trial and it eventually expired and was gonna soon buy the full lversion, plus i had been installing software last night. any suggestions of what i can do? I’ve only had this laptop 2 months i cant bear the thought of having to buy a new one. (I’m using my dads laptop now just in case your wondering lol)
Sorry I forgot to say that i didnt download the norton thing, it came with the computer. at the time of buying my laptop i didnt have enough money too buy norton with it but installed on it was a 30 day free trial. i hadnt installed any other virus protection programme.

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I wanted to reset it back to factory settings because the harddrive was given to me by a friend so all of his programs and files were on the computer. There was so much of it, I thought it would be best to just restore the laptop back to factory setting. By the way, my harddrive is by HP but the laptop itself is an IBM. the harddrive does fit the laptop. I logged into the restore managed that HP provides and I selected the setting to restore to factory setting. It went through the entire process and once it got to 100% I got an error message saying the restore process could not be complete, please try again and then the laptop restarted itself. When the laptop restarted itself, before getting the to desktop, the same error message pops up again. The moment I click ok to get out of the message, my laptop restarts and the same thing happens over and over again. Eventually I figured out that by doing alt-ctrl-delete to get into the task manager, a file shows up "audit.exe" if I end the process for it, it takes me to my desktop and everything has been fully restored. The computer fully works, but anytime I restart the computer I have to go into the task manager to end that process and be able to pull up my desktop. I am pulling my hair out because I dont know what to do to make that error message go away. I did a virus scan and theres no virus. Also, I tried going into the restore manager again to try redoing the factory restore and it wont allow me to pick that setting anymore and I cant restore to a previous date, because no restore point was created.

The only thing I can think of, is continue using the laptop as it is OR go buy windows vista and install the operating system and use that as my factory restore.

Is there anything that can be done to make the error go away?
The laptop is running on Vista, I dont have an operating system disk unless I go buy one, and im unsure how to get into safe mode because the harddrive is HP, but the laptop itself is an ibm thinkpad. im not sure if the process to start safe mode is the same for both.

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How do I use the disk that came with my hp or windows xp whatever its called to wipe everything clean and start over so its just like the day I bought it? Help please! Give me steps to do after inserting the disk! Oh, and by doing this, does it get rid of any trojans and viruses?

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I am a 15 year old student and I am going halves on a laptop with my mum and dad for my 16th birthday.
i was wondering what kind of laptop to get
i dont need to worry about inbuilt wireless as i will use a router and a netgear internet stick.
i will mostly use music (but wont doenload any on the laptop incase of viruses)
internet
word/powerpoint etc
i want one with good memory HD (at least 250 gb) a intel core 2 duo processor thats at least 2 GHz and 2gb RAM memory.
At the moment i am keen on the hp Pavilion dv6836TX notebook. i also wouldnt mind one thats no bigget then 15.4 inch

what else would be appropriate
i would love a mac but they are too much and stop saying free website. u find good deal here HELLO SCAMMER!!

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Ok so I called the hp contact center and I told them about the virus and all they said was get an anti-virus protection in your PC and I told them I do have one but it dosent remove it it is just telling me the name of the virus thats all, so then I hanged up cause they were no help at all, so can someone please help me I would realy apprieciate any answers, thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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I just bought a new HP computer from Best buy and with the computer I got both Trend Micro Anti-virus and Spy Sweeper . When I start-up my computer sometimes it takes like 3 minutes for trend antivirus to load and sometimes it doesn’t even load at all and i have to restart my computer. When it loads everything works fine but the problem is it doesn’t load. I know both antiviruses are not that good but i don’t want to buy new antivirus software. Which antivirus should i uninstall?

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I want to buy a laptop for pretty much everyday use. I don’t care if it’s Mac or PC. Mac I know is more expensive, but less virus prone. Right know I’m looking at HP and Dell. Dell I know has awful customer support. I’ve also heard names such as Acer, Toshiba and Gateway. I’m kind of skeptical about Gateway. All I know is that I want
-A webcam
-Windows Word (not Works Word Processor)
-PowerPoint
-An average speed (currently looking at Intel Core 2 Duo)
-Be able to multi-task (music,internet, type all at once)
-would like, (but don’t need) Cd/dvd burner
-Wi-Fi (don’t need broadband)
-Would prefer <,000
-No more than ,500
-Needs to last about 4-yrs
-Needs to work!!!!!

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I just bought a new HP pavillion laptop and I want it to last as long as possible. I use it for about 12 hours every day for work (typing documents). Should I shut it down completely overnight? Will that wear it out faster though?

Also, any other tips for making it last longer??? (I have virus protection).

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I have an hp laptop that needs to be refreshed because of viruses or something. How do i use the backup or recovery disks?

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I see all these black friday ads for cheap hp laptops but I want to hold out until I can buy a mac. I want a laptop for school I have a pc at home that I mostly use. Which should I get? Does the mac already come with windows or do you have to pay separate for that? I also heard macs never get viruses or crash is this true? Thanks for your help.

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I bought an ex display laptop but realised the shop I bought it from, Comet, had already made their own settings etc on the laptop. For example, the C drive is called ‘comet’ and although I can change the name of the computer when I receive files and download things they are always saved under the name ‘comet’. Also, when I turned my laptop on it started up just as if I had used it before (because its ex-display). For some reason I can’t help feeling this laptop is second hand, even though it hasnt been used before exept to show people in the shop.

Is there a way I can restore the laptop to its factory/original settings so that when I turn it on it is as if it has never been used before and I am the first person to have used the laptop? I want to run the startup seetings that would have run if the laptop was turned on for the first time.

I have a HP G60 and it is on windows vista home premium.

However, I don’t really want to lose certain things such as the Norton anti virus that was already running on this laptop and has a month left, or programs such as microsoft word or windows defender.

Thanks for your help it is appreciated!

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I was recently swarmed with a severe malware oriented virus that no matter how many spyware/antivirus oriented programs/software I bought like Norton Antivirus (which I was told for 80 bucks is crap) but I guess I went with the old adage I get what I pay for and then I bought Trend Micro (was also told by the best buy sales associate that it rivals NAV) but it still didn’t help. So I pretty much stripped the 5 year old HP Pavilion desktop that I had back to factory settings, knock on wood the icons are ridiculously HUGE but its been 3days and I haven’t had a whiff of pop up/spyware crap come my way (yet), though my Windows XP was restored to factory settings.

So what can I install on this system so I don’t end up with another Vundo/malware oriented Trojan. I don’t want to install my NAV Antisecuirty software pacakage b/c I was told it was crap & now I can’t seem to trust the generic TrendMicro, so now what do I install so this computer combats any/all update troublesome viruses Thnx

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I just bought a new hp desktop 6 days ago with amd athlon 5600+ windows vista home premium 3 gb ram 500 gb sata hard drive im not really quite sure but i think the video memory is only 128 mb… the computer comes with a free 60 day trial to use norton but this sunday i will have a comcast provider for internet and they have that service that comes with mcafee and my computer has that windows defender thing not quite sure what the differences are but the people that sold the comp to us warned us to buy a antivirus software because they’re computer got attacked by viruses or either got hacked and needed to buy a new one…

P.s. I havent used the free 60 day norton thing I dont really have internet yet im waitin for comcast and either today or tomorrow i will buy a new antivirus/spyware software for my comp…

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My HP Pavilion dv 6500 won’t turn on, the blue light where the charger plugs in but the power light by the wireless switch. I tried using a different battery but it still doesn’t work. I used multiple reliable virus protectors. Please help me i don’t want to have to buy a new Laptop.

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Sorry this is so long!
please lots of answers because im not "computer savy"

My parents apparently guilty because of the whole divorce thing have agreed to buy me a laptop that would be used for mainly school, entertainment purposes (music, photos, SIMS 2?) and just internet
I was thinking about the Dell 1420 because I thought it was cheaper but on dell.com it takes FOREVER to ship and was leaning just toward the Hp tablet one i can pick up in the store.

http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/HP-Pavilion-12-1-Touchscreen-Notebook-PC-TX-1219-US/sem/rpsm/oid/185626/catOid/-12963/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do

- will this allow me (with integrated RAM, processor, graphics card etc.)
- to have my ipod library on it
-my cannon photo library
-play the SIMS 2 (but no other games)
and still have left over memory like just so it doesnt get slow

ON LAST THING
with a virus blocker, does limewire ef up any (specifically that hp tablet) system and slow it down alot because itunes is a ripoff

thanks!

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last night i used my laptop before i went to sleep and it was working fine.This morning when i put it on it was taking long so i took out the battery and tried restarting it. The windows recovery thing was coming up and i pressed it and it said loading files and then it just went back to window recovery … and it keeps repeating itself . my friend told me my laptop crashed but i don;t know , he said i could reinstall windows and see what happens. Also it could of had virus because i heard that the ‘all your friends’ application on fb was once and plenty people tagged me in that . so? hElP . It also is a genuine laptop i bought it this february from the hp store
ummm i solved it for myself but imma pick 1 of u

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I’m going to college this fall and I need to buy a laptop. My first choice was HP because I own an HP desktop but I don’t like the fact that it is sometimes very slow and always gets hosed with virus. I also thought of dell but I don’t know how that is. I feel like I want to get a Mac because I heard it’s really stable and safe but I’m not familiar with their operating system…

What should I get for a laptop that is reliable and not so expensive?

PS I will probably be playing a lot of computer games and I think I will use my laptop primarily for writing papers and browsing the net.

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My computer did an iphone update 2.1 and an HP update and then my computer just about crashed at night??? Aniti Virus XP 2008??? Was installed and i can’t uninstall it…it just keeps saying that i need to pay to have the virus’s removed…my screeensaver is disabled and says that i have a virus and spyware on my comp. When i log on the the internet it says i’m unprotected….

I can’t install norton because there something wrong when i install it…it says error…"norton couldn’t help with this themselves." I’ve never had this problem in all the years i’ve worked with computers…..

Does anyone know any good free programs for now? That will remove the virus? Aside from norton? Also…i can’t do a system restore.

TIPS ANYONE & THX

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I found a used laptop that I wanted to buy. Its 0, and its a Hp. I may be buying it tomorrow. But I’m not sure if I want to buy it, because I don’t want to have problems with it right away. Like downloaded software that I don’t want. Or any viruses, and stuff like that.

So Im asking, if there’s a way that I can get rid of all that crap I dont want, right when I buy the computer.

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I have had my HP Pavilion laptop for about a year now and its really slow and has alot of viruses. So i might get a mac. But i mostly want to know if the mac is good cause i am going to buy one for my grandmas birthday. She wants to use it to see her family on msn.

Can you please answer these questions:

My freind told me that viruses dont even exist in a mac is that true?
What are the good and bad things about a mac?
Do you think i might have any difficulties with it?
Is it easy to use?
About how much does it cost?

Please dont tell me i shouldnt buy it because my hp laptop is still good or something….just answer the questions please.

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I need help! I have an HP laptop that doesn’t seem to wipe out trojans since everytime i use malwarebytes, another one pops up. I plan on buying another laptop tomorrow since this computer coming apart anyways. Will viruses travel through this internet connection?

If I remove this infected laptop and replace it with a new laptop, will viruses come through? I’m using a Toshiba Modem with Earthlink as my ISP.

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This is really getting on my nerves now. About a month ago I did a complete system restore on my old laptop (viruses, you know) using two discs I bought off of the HP website. After I dumped everything on my computer out, I popped in the Applications and Drivers disc and the desktop didn’t respond. So after 3 more grueling months, I finally got my great uncle to literally configure the disc and dish out what it had onto my computer. He said that he couldn’t get all of it on, but that didn’t mind me (thinking it was probably something I would never use). Gradually, I began to notice how slow and choppy the display was on my computer screen was; turns out that the something was wrong with the display. I looked at the DirectX Diagnostic Tool and this is what the notes said: "The system is using the generic video driver…. Direct3D functionality not available." I’ve tried everything I could think of and no go. I know its probably the card or something like that (I’m not the only one getting this problem), but I have no idea what that is. I went onto ATI/AMD and got so confused- actually everyone I’ve asked has. So I really need help with this. If you’ve come here to be some immature juvenile asking for attention then go away. I really need some help here. I don’t want to restore this thing all over again. Thanks.
-Kitty

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I have an HP Omnibook 6100 with Windows 2000 on it which needs a reboot disc (due to virus damage), new LCD display bulb and probably upgrades to the memory and speed. I bought it for 0 from a friend about a year ago and only got about 2 months solid use out of it before it quit on me. Should I pay for the list of things above or just go ahead and buy a new one?

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