Anyone running a Windows computer knows how important it is to have good anti-virus software. If someone you know still doesn't have anti-virus software running, here's a quick guide you can send them to help them set it up.
The video above should walk you through most of the process, but you can read through the steps below as well. We're going to use Microsoft Security Essentials for this demo, since it's very easy to use and does a great job of protecting you from viruses. There's really no need to spend money on anti-virus software when Microsoft's offerings are more than good enough.
1. Head over to the Microsoft Security Essentials page and download the software. Double-click on the installer to begin the installation process.
2. The installation should be pretty self-explanatory. Just follow the steps it gives you. Make sure you've checked the box to turn on the Windows Firewall when prompted, and give the whole thing a few minutes to install.
3. When it's done, it will ask you to run a scan. Hit yes, and it will download the latest virus definitions and run its first scan. All of this will take a few minutes, so just leave the program alone and let it do its thing.
4. When it's finished it's scan (hopefully without finding anything), it will begin monitoring your computer. Click the "Change My Scan Schedule" button to schedule a regular scan of your computer. I usually like to run mine on Sunday at 2:00 AM, when I know I'll be sleeping. Save your settings and you're done!
Now, Microsoft Security Essentials will run in the background, constantly monitoring your computer for any viruses. If it catches anything, it will let you know and tell you how to proceed. It will also run a scan during the time you've scheduled it for, so make sure your computer's running at that time (in the above case, Sunday at 2 AM). You can check to make sure it's running by going to your system tray in the bottom-right corner and looking for the green castle icon.
Remember, good anti-virus software is important, but even more important is practicing safe browsing habits. The best way to avoid viruses is to make sure you don't download them in the first place. Don't click on anything that claims its anti-virus software unless you know where it came from, don't click on any suspicious Facebook posts, and make sure that you don't click on any fake email links. If you get an email from ebay.com, hover over the link and look at the bottom of your screen to make sure it actually goes to somewhere at www.ebay.com—if it goes somewhere else, it's probably going to harm your computer.
Source :- tnetech.net
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
How to Uninstall Symantec AntiVirus
To uninstall Symantec Antivirus, you need to close all its services, delete all files and remnants in registry. But not all of these things can be done easily, as Symantec "spreads" its traces deeply into your system. You need to be very careful when doing the removal.
First to shut it down. Like many security software, Symantec Antivirus constantly monitors the status of your system by its powerful background services that runs from every time when you start the main program. Simply disabling the main program will not get its services down. You should right click and close the tray icon, press Ctrl+Alt+Del to bring up the task manger and kill every process that is related to the program. But if you are like me, who is not familiar with all the entries of task manager but really wants to uninstall Symantec Antivirus, well, just get into Safe Mode of your system, in where neither Symantec's services nor other programs that may have files associated with it will be loaded.
Next thing is to delete all files and registry remnants. Main folders can be removed by Control Panle->Add/Remove programs, provided that you do it in Safe Mode. But the following directories need to be found and deleted by your own to fully uninstall Symantec Antivirus:
C:\Program Files\Symantec
C:\Program Files\Symantec AntiVirus
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application DataS\ymantec
These are where all the leftovers are located and unless you delete them and the relative registry entries, you are not likely to successfully uninstall Symantec AntiVirus. The problem is these entries are hard to pinpoint and you will properly risk a danger of crashing your pc as a result of messing with the registry. I did not want it so I turned for a help. A small application named Perfect Uninstall came as my final solution, with its force uninstall method. The advantage is, when you indicate a specific file/folder to Perfect Uninstaller, it not only deletes the file/folder, but also scans and takes out all relevant registry information, which is very effective to uninstall Symantec Antivirus as well as other Symantec software like Norton security.
Source: http://goo.gl/YJSmR
First to shut it down. Like many security software, Symantec Antivirus constantly monitors the status of your system by its powerful background services that runs from every time when you start the main program. Simply disabling the main program will not get its services down. You should right click and close the tray icon, press Ctrl+Alt+Del to bring up the task manger and kill every process that is related to the program. But if you are like me, who is not familiar with all the entries of task manager but really wants to uninstall Symantec Antivirus, well, just get into Safe Mode of your system, in where neither Symantec's services nor other programs that may have files associated with it will be loaded.
Next thing is to delete all files and registry remnants. Main folders can be removed by Control Panle->Add/Remove programs, provided that you do it in Safe Mode. But the following directories need to be found and deleted by your own to fully uninstall Symantec Antivirus:
C:\Program Files\Symantec
C:\Program Files\Symantec AntiVirus
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application DataS\ymantec
These are where all the leftovers are located and unless you delete them and the relative registry entries, you are not likely to successfully uninstall Symantec AntiVirus. The problem is these entries are hard to pinpoint and you will properly risk a danger of crashing your pc as a result of messing with the registry. I did not want it so I turned for a help. A small application named Perfect Uninstall came as my final solution, with its force uninstall method. The advantage is, when you indicate a specific file/folder to Perfect Uninstaller, it not only deletes the file/folder, but also scans and takes out all relevant registry information, which is very effective to uninstall Symantec Antivirus as well as other Symantec software like Norton security.
Source: http://goo.gl/YJSmR