AlexoftheWest
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first,id like to say that viruses for me, have been a serious bane to my overall computer enjoyment. ive had a number of computers over the years, and far more viruses in that time. some of the viruses i can personaly remove by hand, others i cannot. ive relied on trial versions of mcaffe and norton which from what i have personaly experienced, are only hit and miss at best. I recieved a virus that litteraly killed my computer today, while AVG was on, and from only visiting one website without downloading anything. ever since windows xp, ive been relying extremely heavily on factory restore mode. but this is bothersome to constantly lose all my data. I am going to be building my own computer within the next month, and i would like to protect it,and this computer as well.
first question: is there any effective security that is free, that actualy protects your computer? if so, which should i use. (for now just win xp 32 bit home) but id like to go with win7 64 bit soon.
second question: when looking for parts for my new computer, i see lots of gorgeous hard drives that hold the size of alaska (1tb) within them. however, i am constantly reminded of the horrible question, how can anyone fill up more than 150 gigs before encountering severe viruses that force you to format? how do other people tackle this problem?
third question: because i will be building a computer by hand for the first time instead of a store bought one, the lack of a factory restore is a slight concern but not a major one. can someone explain to me the process for formatting under vista and under windows 7?
any advice would be hugely appreciated, thanks in advance! if im coming across as frustrated, im sorry about that, i just keep running into these thorns called viruses.
first question: is there any effective security that is free, that actualy protects your computer? if so, which should i use. (for now just win xp 32 bit home) but id like to go with win7 64 bit soon.
second question: when looking for parts for my new computer, i see lots of gorgeous hard drives that hold the size of alaska (1tb) within them. however, i am constantly reminded of the horrible question, how can anyone fill up more than 150 gigs before encountering severe viruses that force you to format? how do other people tackle this problem?
third question: because i will be building a computer by hand for the first time instead of a store bought one, the lack of a factory restore is a slight concern but not a major one. can someone explain to me the process for formatting under vista and under windows 7?
any advice would be hugely appreciated, thanks in advance! if im coming across as frustrated, im sorry about that, i just keep running into these thorns called viruses.