I am going BROADBAND and need help.....

[Digsyboy]

Have ordered Broadband, and so should be in a position to download stuff (took far far far too long on dial-up)
My problem is - what to download / what do I need?
I know how to rip & burn a CD, but that's about it :-)
Can you guys out there tell me the best sites / free downloads etc. that you think I should have to: -
Burn DVD's and games - how do I download them? / on what (software)? / and where from? (websites)
Also what do you recommend I download as the best free Anti-virus / anti-spyware / anti-pop-ups that sort of stuff
Any help would be most appreciated, and I will then pass it on to Wayney &GC
Be as simplistic as you like - I am PC thick and so it might be best if you suggest sommat, then to tell me what it actually does as well
Thanks gang :help: ::

[Mattylad]

www.grisoft.com, look for the free AVG antivirus software - an excellent free package.

also search here for "spywareblaster" & there should be links to others.

[Digsyboy]

Cheers Matty mate
At the mo, I have AdAware and SpyBot, bought Norton Antivirus and need some good free download sites for music and DVDs

[Digsyboy]

Cheer Matty
A the mo, I have downloaded AdAwrae and Spybot and have Norton AntiVirus.
i now need to know of any good free dvd/music download sites

Sygate is an excellent free firewall.
Id post a link, but i havent made enough posts yet.

OOH, i have now, well, its been bought by Symantec now but you can still get a free version here.

http://smb.sygate.com/products/spf_standard.htm

[Digsyboy]

cheers madog - will have a look when i get home
is it better than the AOL one i have at the moment?

mmm, maybe you dont need one with AOL, i did find out today that sygate stop AOL broadband from working, i just got my broadband today and it didnt work till i got rid of sygate. So i hope AOL does filter out the nasties.

[jaseyboy]

right, next time i see you , ill give you ares, tis fantastic. i had it with me when i was in cleveleys last time in my flash drive, but i didnt see you. coz u got symantec, you might not need extra firewall, but i recommend zone alarm if you do. plus its free. microsoft anti spyware is also highly recomended by me. on my computer,i have many dld progs, but ares is the best.

[grannyclaret]

Originally Posted by jaseyboy

right, next time i see you , ill give you ares, tis fantastic. i had it with me when i was in cleveleys last time in my flash drive, but i didnt see you. coz u got symantec, you might not need extra firewall, but i recommend zone alarm if you do. plus its free. microsoft anti spyware is also highly recomended by me. on my computer,i have many dld progs, but ares is the best.

jasey get your backside over here fast........:worthy: :worthy: :worthy:

[Digsyboy]

why..... you have Ares GC
Spyware - was told at work and one of the geeks at PCWorld that AdAware was prob the best (free) and spybot does it's stuff
As for Ares - bring it on young man

[Mattylad]

It's best to use these in conjunction with each other as they all seem to do slightly different things.
Spywareblaster prevents them getting opn your PC in the first place, you must check for & update them all regurally.

Scansoft search & destroy also does this & can scan the PC for them.
Adaware also scans the PC & is not memory resident so needs to be done regurally.

There is also a utilty called "hijack this" that will scan for registry keys that are used by trojans etc to hijack your PC.

Getting them all & making a point of using them on a regular basis is the key, it takes a little effort to keep them away but is worth it in the end because you are rewarded with a crud free PC that runs when you need it to.

[Lordmagic]

Mmmmm, watch out tho Digsy matey, if you intend on using a crack version of Norton be very carefull even the bought version is abit one sided, however I used a crack version Norton 2003 (Oh dear) in conjunction with Zonelabs, Zonealarm (free version), worked ok for about a week then things got alittle dizzy, when I tried to take off Norton 2003 I totally lost my Internet connection and I couldnt uninstall Zonealarm (Huh!) which resulted in a complete reformat! (Yeah I know, serves my self right, blah, blah, blah).

I have used Zonealarm with Kaspersky Pro 5 anti-virus and with great success for around a year or two (untill keygen ran out), during this time I was on Winmx (free version) 24/7 sucking like a leech without any major problems, I wouldnt use 'spybot' personally, have in the past but didnt rate it, plus it has its own spyware.

At present I have returned to Kaspersky Pro Anti-virus, backed up with Kaspersky Anti-hacker and cleaning up afterwards with Webroot Spy Sweeper and I must say I'm very impressed with its performance.

As for downloading try the free version of 'Limewire' which is quite good, reliable and pretty fast or if you like that go pro which is even faster, its not like most other P2P share sites where most have spyware etc, Limewire hasnt and trust me its ok, I've also used this when they shut the free/cracked version of Winmx.

Oh well Digsy, the above is my personal choice only but ask around first before you commit yourself.

*Oh by the way, hers something to note before you start downloading anything and everything the Government (Big Bro) has been in meetings with the National Security experts and have decided that ISP providers have to fix a 'Black Box' to their servers which stores everybodys personal data on what exactly they have been downloading, viewing etc, the excuse is that it is to prevent missuse of the internet and help combat copyright theft! Hmmm thats all? (think not), dont be affraid if you dont do nowt wrong!!!