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I'm a retiree with >20 yrs experience as a counselor . My passion is to meet and talk with people. This augers well for a profession that I enjoy and am proud of. In my leisure, I read a variety of books & surf the net. Since my retirement, I have been doing volunteering work (mainly as a trainer or speaker on stress management), attending meetings at Toastmasters Club meeting & attending seminars/workshops relating to internet & internet marketing Recently, I started to blog. ChrisKent B.Sc Dip in Social Studies CC

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  • I have a 3-in-1 question on Anti-Virus?

    I have been using Norton Anti Virus, for years. Recently, after my usual weekly scan. the result showed that I have a cookie which was fixed.

    Minutes later, I found "Spyware Doctor" while surfing. After reading the sales info., I downloaded the trial version which immediately did another scan on my computer. At the end of which it displayed the shocking result of "4 threats & 49 infections"

    3 groups of infections were classified as "low threats". There are: Application tracking cookies (27), Adware.Advertising (15) Spyware.Known_Bad_Site (1).

    The last group was listed as "Info & PUA threat",

    Adware.Zango_Search_Assistant.

    Only then, did I realised that the "trial" did not provide for fixing the threats found --- I was exhorted to "subscribe" to their program.

    I sent a feedback of the incident to Norton AntiVirus & asked for advice since those "threats" were not picked up by their program. Two weeks passed & I received no word from Norton AntiVirus. To say the least, this is a great disappointment, as I expect a solution & advice for the "infections".

    Meanwhile, my computer slowed down significantly!!

    My Norton AntiVirus is expiring in 2 weeks. Since Norton Antivirus do not even acknowledge my feedback, I am decided to change a service provider for my Anti Virus protection.

    Question

    1) I suspect "Spyware Doc" causes my computer to slow down & delected it but to no avail. What am I to do?

    2) What does "Info &PUAs" mean

    3) Which Anti Virus protects our computers well while giving good support to customers?

    Thank you folks.

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