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guardian

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8. Check with your ISP

Reply to Coyote_Bandit (Original post)

Thu May 17, 2012, 02:23 PM

May 2012

Check with your Internet provider. Some companies provide security suites for free for subscribers that you'd normally have to pay for. For example, Comcast provides Norton Security Suite to all high speed internet subscribers.

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Please help me help my 13 year old nephew [View all] Coyote_Bandit May 2012 OP

Microsoft Security Essentials rawtribe May 2012 #1

second this and Betty88 May 2012 #9

Malwarebytes, Ad-aware free. PoliticAverse May 2012 #2

BTW most accounts are probably hacked by bad password choices. PoliticAverse May 2012 #3

Don't forget a firewall. RC May 2012 #4

Good tip guardian May 2012 #7

Use Firefox. Tools-Options and turn off Javascript, History, and Location Bar HopeHoops May 2012 #5

ZoneAlarm free firewall guardian May 2012 #6

Check with your ISP guardian May 2012 #8

Also Spybot Search & Destroy WhoIsNumberNone May 2012 #10

Thank you all Coyote_Bandit May 2012 #11

SUPERAntiSpyware -free- essential n\t -LOKI -BAD FOR YA Oct 2012 #12

Combofix to clean things up. whistler162 Oct 2012 #13