Q: my Norton Security Software that was a trial on my new laptop is about to expire! i dont have the money to renew yet so isnt there SOME WAY to "renew" it w/o paying or does somebody have subscription i could "use" ORRRR some other free downloadable virus protection software? ALL SAFE PROGRAMS PLEASE IF U SUGGEST ONE!!!
A: A very good, free anti-virus available to download is AVG 8 Anti-virus: http://www.free.grisoft.com And for any spyware problems, get SpyBot - Search and Destroy: http://www.safer-networking.org/en/mirrors/index.html And for protecting your personal info and files, use Ad-Aware 2008 Free Edition: http://lavasoft.com/products/ad_aware_free.php All of them are free, as powerful as paid programs, like Norton and McAfee, and don't use up as many resources. Just boot into Safe Mode (Press F8 when turning on the computer) and run full scans. Hope that helps.