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To: bentway who wrote (559430)	4/7/2010 3:31:02 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) of 1576246

I've had computers I just had to reformat the HD after nuking it, and start over. Not bad nowdays, when all your important info is on the cloud. I think the trick is to keep from getting infected in the first place. I'm using Window's Defender ( from Vista ) by Microsoft, which really seems to do a great job. MS updates it all the time. Yes, but not getting infected is tricky. I think this current infection is due to opening an email that was bogus. In any case, I have yet to find a sec. software that keeps you safe 100%. Every one I've used has stunk up the joint. I think it was Mcafee that had these pop ups telling you your computer was infected and asked if you wanted to delete the virus, worm or trojan. Of course the answer was yes........so then you click on yes......15 minutes later the pop up would be back with the same message. I finally figured out that McAfee simply warns you that you've picked up something but its up to you to get rid of it.....all while slowing your computer. Having said that, I will look into Defenders......add it to what I already have.

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