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Originally Posted by Dina_Nichole  Thank you for all of the help. I don't have many pop-ups. I get some here and there. I do have ad-ware and run it pretty often. I guess I'll stay away from Vista, lol. Tell your hubby thanks.  Again, I am so not a computer person but would reloading XP be okay? I just thought maybe since Vista is the newest that was the reason why it would be bad for me. However, I wasn't sure about the others.
I'm ready to pull my hair out, lol!!  |
It's so frustrating isn't it? I'm so lucky I just let my husband deal with all the problems!
If you have ANY popups you probably have adware. It's not a bad idea to use Ad-Aware AND Spybot because they search for slightly different things. Make sure you have the newest versions of both.
Check out this CNet review on Norton:
"Resource hogging bloatware" - Norton Antivirus 2008 with Antispyware user opinion and rating - CNET Reviews
Oh also - how much RAM do you have? RAM is relatively cheap but improves your performance significantly!
If you buy a new computer buy a Mac.