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Coyote_Bandit

(6,783 posts)
Tue May 15, 2012, 11:35 PM May 2012

Please help me help my 13 year old nephew [View all]

He doesn't want to spend any $$$ for security/anit-virus/malware protection software. Even if he wanted to his meager allowance won't buy him much.

His father is dead. His mother is not very tech (or security) savy and just had both her Facebook account and her email hacked. His new step-father seems even less tech savy.

The kid promised to download, install and use any free security software programs I would recommend to him. The programs that immediately come to mind are AVG, Avast and Spybot.

What would you recommend to this kid?



Thanks in advance for your suggestions.

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Microsoft Security Essentials rawtribe May 2012 #1
second this and Betty88 May 2012 #9
Malwarebytes, Ad-aware free. PoliticAverse May 2012 #2
BTW most accounts are probably hacked by bad password choices. PoliticAverse May 2012 #3
Don't forget a firewall. RC May 2012 #4
Good tip guardian May 2012 #7
Use Firefox. Tools-Options and turn off Javascript, History, and Location Bar HopeHoops May 2012 #5
ZoneAlarm free firewall guardian May 2012 #6
Check with your ISP guardian May 2012 #8
Also Spybot Search & Destroy WhoIsNumberNone May 2012 #10
Thank you all Coyote_Bandit May 2012 #11
SUPERAntiSpyware -free- essential n\t -LOKI -BAD FOR YA Oct 2012 #12
Combofix to clean things up. whistler162 Oct 2012 #13
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