http://www.elpassoblog.com/how-to-make-a-full-pc-backup-and-restore-after-hard-drive-failure/

Great post and thank you for the info. I learned my lesson twice last year I had 2 hard drive crashes in 6 months, plus the computer was back to the tech docs riddled with virus in November.

I now have virus protector using Nortons at moment will be changing that soon, it is a bugger of a program. Plus Search and Destroy, plus CCleaner, plus Malwarebytes, plus Super Anti Spyware. I think I am covered.

Just got to remember to do the back ups!

Cheers

Jacinta

A really good post Dan!

Besides using Antivirus, Antispyware and Anti malware, I also use firewall to keep my computer secure from hackers.

I am using free personal version of ZoneAlarm firewall and would recommend it for work from home users.

I wrote a series of posts on my blog for keeping PC secure and the list of URL’s are:

http://www.pctipstricks.com/the-expert-no-nonsense-tips-on-keeping-your-pc-secure-i/

http://www.pctipstricks.com/the-expert-no-nonsense-tips-on-keeping-your-pc-secure-part-ii/

http://www.pctipstricks.com/the-expert-no-nonsense-tips-on-keeping-your-pc-secure-iii/

http://www.pctipstricks.com/the-expert-no-nonsense-tips-on-keeping-yours-pc-and-online-identity-secure-iv/

Hope that it adds little more value to Dan’s useful post of making one’s computer secure.

Vivien go to cnetdownload.com They have downloads for wendows and Mac users. They have three of the four dan listed. I use AVG Free for anti-virus which runs in the back ground. I also have Advance System Care which I run myself. It has several different cleanersYou can also downloat IOBit360 seperate on cnet or after you get the ASC you can download it from inside it. It is freebut you can upgrade. I also have Malwarebytes’ anti-Malware. The CCleaner. For a free Registey I use Eusing Free Registry Cleaner. To get a cleaner uninstal I use Revo Unstaller. All of what I have listed are free but every one of them have a upgrade button where you can pay. The free works for me. Would do even better if I could get the kids to run them. Have three desk top and one lap top.

If you need some of the addresses for some of the millions I inherited ,or some of the “Dearest” emails from those poor UK women that have cancer and only have three months to live. What is great six or seven months thay still only have three months to live but they are ten years older.

Is this the decrypt? Ill Do It At Some Point But Only If Im Really Bored And Have Run Out Of Computer Games To Play And Food To Eat. That was hard to do with one eye.
Thanks Dan for the information.

James

The old jokes are the best….if you’ve run out of new ones to tell, lol.

Your ROUNDTOIT folder sounds like my ILLDOITATSOMEPOINTBUTONLYIFIMREALLYBOREDANDHAVERUNOUTOFCOMPUETRGAMESTOPLAYANDFOODTOEAT folder…anyone that can decrypt that wins a free copy of the Boomerang List Builder!

What you doing with Norton, it’s a wonder you can get on the site to post a comment with that monster churning away in the background