Howdy, Bloodstalker!
The toolbars on your browser are added by a lot of people. My comment about them was only that generally, it seems that people that have those kinds of things installed tend to install other programs as well. As far as having multiple protection programs, that depends a lot on what the program is protecting you from. Those toolbars aren't going to protect you from viruses though, so they shouldn't conflict with anything else.
So I can leave them alone then? Okay. Hm. Well I did used to have a lot more installed than I do now. But to make room for Oblivion and all the mods I use, I had to uninstall and otherwise remove them! I used to have people over and entertain them with my computer. Now I don't. But back then, it was fun to have a big variety of this, that, or the other. Mostly to let the females have something to do, when us guys weren't playing "DOOM"!
Watching female eyes glaze over when guys are game obsessing, is more fun that watching grass grow or paint dry, but only because they're breathing and thus have heaving bosoms. Otherwise, it isn't a good sign to see, if you care about whether or not you may be loosing your female. But as they weren't mine to loose, I let the guys obsess on "DOOM" et cetera, then I had fun watching the females have their fun. But I'm digressing like Peter Davis again!
Generally, it's best to pick one virus program, such as MacAfee. Virus protections programs can sometimes conflict with each other, or read each other as potential threats to your system. So yeah, most people recommend only using one.
Yes, that was what was happening, dueling programs! It was funny to see sometimes, when it wasn't causing problems otherwise.
Spyware programs, however, are another story. A lot of people run several spyware protections without problems. One thing to consider though, try to get a program that doesn't just scan your system if possible. Get something that will provide you with some amount of real time protection, meaning a program that will alert you when something attempts to access your system. Just scanning is great, but if you don't have a program that catches stuff before it's on your somputer, a lot of times it is very difficult to remove from your system. Check out the links already provided.
Well, I think I have that. I was confused at the moment it happened, because it was McAfee defending against that scam, "WinFix"!
Remember, virus protection is NOT the same thing as protection from spyware. Having McAfee won't mean you can't use the spyware protections as well.
Okay. I should make a mental note of that.
Re: Opera, just go to Opera Browser | Faster & safer Internet | Free Download. If you want to use that particualr browser, you can get it there. The main idea here is to pick a browser you are comfortable using.
Clicked on and saved for further investigation. Thanks!
As I said before, if you do get paranoid someone is hacking your computer, all you need to do is pull the Internet cable from the back of your case to break the connection. If you can think of that at the time, it's just as effective as turning your system off, and easier on your computer.
Oh, it's hard to get at without knocking my monitor onto the keyboard. Dad got gruff once with it, and the monitor slammed forward onto the keyboard and now the screen has this odd shadow-like shape in it. It's an LCD I think, as when you touch it, it makes waves.
Oh, wait! That particular connection is dangling from a hole in my ceiling as it is part of a wireless set-up. So I need only reach right and pull that plug, without causing power loss! (Well I have to unclick it, not simply pull it. Its like a telephone plug.)
Thanks for the advice and other help!
