Get rid of your virus scanner… and Windows.

On Windows, your virus scanner is constantly scanning every file your system accesses. This is causes your system to slow down significantly. I do not think you should run Windows without a virus scanner, but maybe you  should just not run Windows. On other operating systems you may not need a virus scanner. Apple’s OSX or Linux are mostly run without one and this is relatively safe. I honestly do not know why. Maybe because Microsoft Windows has a market share of over 80% while others are below 10% and low market share might cause slow spread (of the virus)

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Have and Maintain anti-virus and anti-spyware software.

If you don't have anti-virus software installed or your Norton or McAfee subscriptions expired and you no longer get virus updates, GET SOMETHING RIGHT AWAY! It is imperative that you have some kind of protection from viruses. Viruses are rampant on the internet and many can destroy all your computer's data including: Documents, Digital Photos, Music files, and so on.
On our FAVORITE SOFTWARE PAGE we have links to anti-virus and anti-spyware software that are completely free to download. These do not have yearly subscriptions that you have to pay for. However, they get daily updates with all the latest virus definitions. All this for free. They also come highly recommended from many computer magazine publishers.

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