Essential Stuff for your computer - don't argue, just get them! |
Zone Alarm – a free firewall – a must have, especially if you've got Broadband.
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Go to Zone Alarm |
A virus scanner is something everyone needs. New computers often come with Norton pre-installed. When this runs out and they start wanting money I recomend AVG Virus Scanner
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Free from www.grisoft.com |
Something that stops those annoying popup adverts when you're surfing is very useful. The recent release of XP Service pack 2 includes quite a good one. If that isn't aggressive enough or if you use a different browser try....
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Popup Stopper Pro |
Even with all the anti virus and firewall stuff, the cunning nasties out there still manage to get stuff on your computer. Mostly it's tracking cookies and things, occasionally it's something more sinister. Use this once a week (with water, after a meal).
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Ad Aware |
You need to use this one as well as the one above, same dosage
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Spybot Search & Destroy |
A spam filter – I’m using InBoxer (free trial ~£15 after that) – it’s working well at the moment and it ‘learns’ as it goes along
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www.inboxer.com |
Shopping |
| Here are some of my favourites for various things |
Digital Cameras - It's got to be PIXMANIA, just remember to turn off Zen engagement and don't get the accesories there
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Tesco - it's just down the road for me, so everything comes from there.
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| Computers - I've bought quite a few Dell computers this year, both for myself and on behalf of friends and family |
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| How can you travel without a credit card? |
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| Amazon - for books and CDs obviously. But check out their deals on electronics (DVD players, TVs etc) |
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| Get Lenses - I use them for my disposable lenses. Good delivery |
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