Re: Still very slow

On 06/09/2005 Foxy at w**k wrote:

> > Do you have a firewall, anti-virus, SpyBot and AdAware on the
> > computer at work? If so are they updated/run regularly?
>
> Yes I have a firewall that came with the Hewlett Packard Package
> I have Norton Anti Virus and it's on automatic update, seems to
> update most days

An anti virus program may not, in fact probably will not, pick up
nasties like trojans and worms etc. It's worth using SpyBot and AdAware
as well.

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