I've been having problems with my new computer lately and wanted to warn anyone against downloading Ad-Aware antivirus. I had a slight problem with ads popping up and thought it would help. Instead it installed a virus called "conduit" into it that allowed me to do nothing more with my computer than click every second to get rid of a pop up or new ad it installed. I reformatted with a new copy of Windows 7 professional (my old disc was Windows 7 and the company doesn't like the registration key anymore on it) and reformatting with 7 pro solved the problem. Of course, it was a 2 day job what with saving my programs, reinstalling, etc.
I can see why some people don't want to work on computers for a living.
Now I'm at a loss as to what protection to reload on my computer. I'm thinking along the lines of "none." McAfee, as mentioned, slows the thing down to a crawl and Norton isn't any better.
Since I discovered awhile back that I can simply restore windows to a previous point and get rid of problems that way, I may just depend on my restore process from now on to take care of any new viruses.
I probably should have thought of that before I bought the 7Pro disc, but I had honestly forgotten.
Dang, I'm getting old.