For a apple mac powerbook g4 laptop?

do you really need any kind of spyware/adware or antivirus programs? if so is there a way to get one compatible for free?

For a apple mac powerbook g4 laptop?nortonantivirus

For years, Apples have been almost virus and spyware free because they had such a small share of the market. It just wasn't as much "fun" to mess up a few dozen computers when you could mess up millions of computers running Windows. But now Apples are occupying more of the market and slowly but surely viruses and spyware are appearing. Do you need such "anti" programs? It depends on your personal computer habits. If you never go to questionable sites, if you never open unknown email attachments, if you are 100% sure that nobody else who has access to your computer can be trusted 100% of the time, then you probably don't need these programs. But it might not hurt to check them out now, before you need one.

Just as an example, here's some antivirus programs from Majorgeeks:

http://mac.majorgeeks.com/downloads29.ht...

You could look through these sites for additional antivirus and antispyware programs compatible with a Mac OS. Some are free, some might be trial versions or shareware, and some might be full price. You could also search for previously answered questions on Y!A and find out what other Mac users recommend. Hope this helps.

http://www.majorgeeks.com/

http://www.download.com/

http://www.softpedia.com/

http://www.snapfiles.com/

http://www.tucows.com/

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PC Problem Hell!?!?!?

First things first, I need a good antivirus on my pc, I am going to buy one instead of having free ones because I don't feel they are doing anything. Which one is GOOD? with spyware??

Now, I keep having annoying blank popups, ran spybot, cc cleaners, adaware etc, still doesn't stop them. The other day my pc wouldn't start, said i needed to boot from CD, which I downloaded from microsoft, didnt work. So I just opened up my pc and checked my hard disk cables were all in tact, after that it started. But I had an error message saying kerna_stack_inpage_error the other day and NOW everytime I want to open windows explorer, ie my documents etc i get "windows explorer has encountered and error and needs to close" ARRRRGHHH!!! It's driving me insane, maybe I should re-install or try to fix?

PC Problem Hell!?!?!?noton

You need to just reinstall the OS and that will fix the problem, and Avast is a great free Antivirus software thats free, and I use it on all 20 of my shop computers and have great results. You can buy the pro version, but you will get the same with the free. You OS has gotten corrupted somehow, and a reinstall will do the trick.

PC Problem Hell!?!?!?stinger

try superantispyware if that dosent work back up all your files and reset to factory settings
SAVE ANYTHING OF IMPORTANCE%26REINSTALL.GOOD LUCK.
if you have the install cd's that came with the computer

"... has encountered a problem and needs to close" all the time?

Something's happened on my laptop but not sure what.

We had antivirus software installed and that's never reported anything. I've recently installed free.grisoft.com too, and that's clear too.

THE PROBLEM

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I rebooted a couple of weeks ago, and then whenever I do anything that seems to have anything to do with connecting to the internet:

- IE and try to access google

- Firefox and try to access google

- Windows Media Player (9 or 10) and play a locally stored movie

(other things too that I can't remember)

it always says almost immediately, "[name of program] has encountered a problem and needs to close"

My workaround is to just move this dialog box off the edge of the screen, and carry on working as usual (surfing, watching the movie, etc) - and things work fine.

But it's very annoying to have this dialog box up all the time, and I can't click "Send" or "Don't Send" because then the application closes.

How can I resolve this, please?

"... has encountered a problem and needs to close" all the time?panda

Before reinstalling your computer (a drastic step!) could you go into Control Panel and access Event Viewer and check the Error Log to see what it says is happening when you try to access the 3 programs you have mentioned? If it has the same error message in each case, could you come back here and add details of the error message to your question please?

Please help, My computer has come up with a message?

saying my computer may be infected with viruses, adware or spyware and recommends that i use Malware alarm for free. I am scared, should i trust it or ignore it?. I installed Norton antivirus a couple of days ago and updated it yesterday.

Please help, My computer has come up with a message?pc security

Ignore it - its a spam/scam popup designed to scare you into using then buying their product.

Please help, My computer has come up with a message?symantic

Like everyone said, ignore it. BUT installing Norton is not the only answer. Depending on which version of Norton you installed, you may only have Antivirus protection. This may be something called Spyware or Malware.

To get rid of this type of stuff, download and install Ad-Aware, Spybot Search %26 Destroy, and A-Squared. All three programs are free, and can be downloaded from www.download.com. Install each one, update it with the latest definitions, and then let it run. Do this for each of the 3 programs one at a time. Between all 3 programs, most (if not all) of the malware on your PC will be removed. Good Luck!!
I'm thinking Norton should take care of you. I get that popup all the time, I just cancel it. My computer is running fine, and I don't want to take any chances. That's just me.
Yep ignor it its a virus!
ignore it and just delete it i get the same thing about 20 times a day,grrrr as i am writing it is on my screen now,unfortunately pop up blocker won`t stop the damn thing.
Go into your security settings and put your pop up blocker on.

Have you got any idea, how to improve the computer speed.?

I have a four year old Pc

Operating system: Windows XP home

Processor: Pentium4, 2.4 Ghz

Memory: 512MB

Hard disk: 65% if free at the moment

None of the program is to set to run at start-up (Except Northern antivirus)

But it鈥檚 still running very slowly. I have update Windows xp and antivirus.

I also done the full virus scan as well. There is no virus.

Have you got any idea, how to improve the computer speed.?photoshop

Make sure you're "ONLY" running Norton. It sounds like you probably are so this is more of a PA statement. Having more than 1 AV program will make a computer nearly useless as they take up all your resources trying to decide which one is protecting the system and which is the potential virus.

Large backgound pics and animated pointers take up a lot of resources.

Setting your virtual memory to auto will likely help. Suposedly there's ways to make the computer use ram before vram, but every time I've come upon a slow system it always seems to have been set rather than letting the system decide what it needs. Switching it to auto has always helped. FYI, right click 'my computer', select properties, go to advanced, performance options.

The main culprit I suspect is services but it's hard to figure out which ones are good and which aren't. My advise would be to just whipe out the OS and start from scratch. It's the only way to make sure you get rid of all the junk.

Tell me about youtube.com?

I am going to watch cricket highlights there. Is it free to sign up and free to watch high lights? Is there a potentail threat of virus? (Well I ve got Symantec antivirus running in my PC, but am scared. Last time I got a virus I had a rough time)

Tell me about youtube.com?pop up blocker

youtube is undoubtedly safe and free for signing up nd watching videos.

there are over millions of videos involving almost anything to sports, tv, etc because people put them up

Tell me about youtube.com?systemworks

You tube is a multi million dollar corporation that is famous all over the world. If there was a virus on the site y would it b so popoular?

Don't worry abt it. 100% safe.
it's absolutely free to sign up and to watch videos in youtube.it will cause no harm to your computer, don't worry.. :)
Okies, lets answer your questions one at a time.

1. Free to sign up

2. Free to watch highlights - you don't even need to sign up for that.

3. No threat of viruses. Plus, if you have an antivirus running, then you are all set.

Have fun with those highlights : )
You tube is a site where u can see the video, movies etc.

u can also download video from thier site, but first u hav tu create a account there , its totally free, so u can see the world cup video clip.

My Computer is has the virus "ErrorSafe" and "WinFixer" please help?

-Laptop is 2 years old

-I have paid for a renewed subscription to Norton Antivirus to get rid of it and still I am having problems even though the software says that it was removed

-I am getting constant popups from Norton Antivirus asking me if i want to let"..." program connect to the internet

-I have tried installing free remover tools and it cant detect the virus anymore since Norton apprently removed it, but I am still having all the symptoms and can not even use my computer

My Computer is has the virus "ErrorSafe" and "WinFixer" please help?product key

WinFixer is a type of software application that uses deception to trick the consumer into buying unnecessary software products to remove unwanted applications. In actuality, WinFixer offers false positives for the computer user indicating the presence of undesirable software. Moreover, WinFixer is installed to spy on the computer user tracking his Internet use. In the worst case scenario, spyware has also been included and personal information can be gleaned from the computer user鈥檚 activity as well.

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