Sunday, October 4, 2009

Antivirus software on multiple computers?

I have McAfee installed on two XP computers (separate subscription and email address for each) and am adding a Win2000Pro notebook to my home network. McAfee wants to charge me for a third package assigned with a different, third, email address. Is there good antivirus software that can be purchased once for use on multiple computers, or is there some other solution? Second question: What is the best/easiest way to 'clean' a pc of all visited web sites, downloaded files, etc? Is deleting cookies and temps good enough?



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Well, I'm sorry to hear that you paid for McAfee because you should have just used AVG Free. Now, if this is a home environment (or non-profit organization) then you could just put AVG Free, http://free.grisoift.com/ on the laptop and you won't have to buy anything. However, if this is some type of business (home or otherwise) then you will need to purchase one of the other AVG versions (if not then you can use the Free version).



The best way to clean your computer is to use CCleaner, http://www.ccleaner.com/ which will remove junk files and clean out the cookies and temporary internet files. It does a better job than the Windows disk cleaner. It also has a scanner to remove old registry entries as well (a must if you have installed/uninstalled a lot of programs).

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