Any sugestions on how to make my Laptop run faster?

I bought this Acer Laptop and it has 40G's of HD and 256M's RAM

1.46GHz. I downloaded a antivirus and spyware program and some other programs and have about 52% free space on my C: drive which has 20Gigs D drive has 20. Should I go ahead and buy an additonal memory (256)?...

Any sugestions on how to make my Laptop run faster?ducati

There are two things you can do to speed things up. First, get as much memory as you can afford. Why? Because when you're working or playing games, information is being stored for easy access. Your RAM (random access memory) is the first place the information goes, When you run out of RAM, any additional information is stored on your hard drive in virtual memory. RAM is electronic, a hard drive spins and is mechanical. Therefore, retrieving info from RAM is faster than retrieving it from the hard drive.

The second thing you should do on a regular basis is Disk Cleanup and Defrag.

Click start %26gt; programs %26gt; accessories %26gt; system tools and you will see both options. Do the Disk Cleanup first. After it analyzes your system, checkmark everything and run it. Be patient, it could take a while. After the Disk Cleanup is finished, do the Defrag. This could take a few hours depending on when you last did a defrag.

Of course, you should also have a current antivirus and antispyware on your computer. Make sure you actually use them.

Kaspersky and Active Virus Schield?

I want to know what is the different between these two Antivirus programs. Active Virus Schield is made by Kaspersky also, but its free to use.

Kaspersky and Active Virus Schield?firewall

It is a slimmed down version of KAV6.

the free Active Virus Shield don't have proactive defense , web anti-virus, Trusted zone settings and Rescue Disk creation abilities or Mail connection monitoring settings!!!!

Kaspersky and Active Virus Schield?husqvarna

there basically the same except the activity shield is a trimmed down version

Computer virus?

I have the EZ Antivirus program on my computer but it only tells me what files are infected and it doesn't delete them, what do i do? I thought a Antivirus program was suppose to prevent them, thats the whole reason i installed it. should i just ignore it or install a new Antivirus program, if i should get a new one, which one and one that is for free. Is there any other way to delete them without installing anything if its possible? Thanks you.

Computer virus?free adware remover

Install new software.

I believe you'd be better off installing a different Antivirus Software like "Avast!" which is free. Be sure to also have a Spyware program like "Spybot - Search and Destroy" which is also free.

Another way to delete them is to do it the long way. Find how to delete the different types of viruses, locate the viruses and go on a deleting frenzy. Or you could try your luck like some Information Technology Teachers I have studied under.

Computer virus?internet security 2006

don't open them, disinfect don't delete
Remove it and Install a better AVG. Try this for 30 Days.:

http://us.trendmicro.com/us/purchase/

The second one.
www.downloads.com-avg antivirus, free, you need updates

Whats the best Anitvirus and Firewall to buy?I won't get Symantec,Zonealarm or Mcaphee.look bel

I'm Thinking of getting Panda or Comodo Firewall and Kaspersky Antivirus.I read on Cnet that people hated Symantec.I had a hard time uninstalling Zonealarm and it costs a lot of money to fix problems that occur with the firewall.Its like $30 per accident with the firewall and the same with Symantec that is after the one year subscription expires.I don't want a Firewall or Anitvirus that takes up a lot of CPU and Hard Disk Space.What expert computer websites know which Antivirus and firewalls are best besides pcmagazine.com and cnet.com.I have AVG Free edition,Spyware Doctor,Active Security Monitor,A-Squared AntiDialer,Adaware SE Professional,and Norton 2006 Firewall but its full feature expired.

Whats the best Anitvirus and Firewall to buy?I won't get Symantec,Zonealarm or Mcaphee.look below?free anti virus

kapersky because it has the highest detection rates and is lowest on system resources

Whats the best Anitvirus and Firewall to buy?I won't get Symantec,Zonealarm or Mcaphee.look below?internet security software

Go to Grisoft.com %26 download AVG Free Edition 7.5 anti virus . It has no firewall, so you could get SpyBot Search %26 Destroy anti spyware,

also free. Get this at Ewido.com I also have Windows Defender, which has a firewall too. For all of these, get regular updates, like daily.
Personally for me I will teach you a few tricks of mine.

<a href="Http://asecurityassurance.com/?" rel="nofollow">Http://asecurityassurance.com/...</a>

The following webpage opens automaticaly when I tried to access my Homepage. I am using Explorer 7 and run McAfee antivirus software.

Apparently it is a Torjan virus.

Where can I find free software to remove this?

Http://asecurityassurance.com/...free antivirus download

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?...

Http://asecurityassurance.com/...internet security

asecurityassurance.com is dangerous hijacker and comes from very dangerous trojan zlob. It hijack your homepage and displays fake warning message to download the another fake spyware applications... If your computer is infected by asecurityassurance.com hijacker then it is very dangerous for your computer.

http:// asecurityassurance.com Symptoms:-

User's homepage is changed to asecurityassurance.com or to other unfamiliar websites. Warning messages such as "Virus Alert", "Your Computer is Infected", "Security Alert" Trojan-Spy.win32@mx or Spyware.Cyberlog-X infections are displayed.

I got all the information about this spyware from the below link and there you can also remove it by using the manual and automatic process..

What are the best antiViruses,Spyware and malware software?

Alright. I've been having a problem with AntiViruses and so on.. Since AVG has TOTALLY stuffed up their antivirus, I am hunting for a much better one. PLease post some free programs that is safe

What are the best antiViruses,Spyware and malware software?free antivirus

All Free;

I suggest the Avira and the spyware doctor for the best free protection;

Avira Antivirus free (Recommended)

http://www.free-av.com/antivirus/allinon...

PC Tools free antivirus, free, Note; only run one antivirus at a time;

http://www.pctools.com/free-antivirus/

Kaspersky free antivirus; Note, you should only run one antivirus at a time;

http://usa.kaspersky.com/products_servic...

This is a free antivirus tool called avg free, Note; You should only run one antivirus at a time;

http://free.grisoft.com/doc/downloads-pr...

The free edition of spyware doctor, The best for removing spyware, adware and malware and it finds backdoor trojans and its free, ( Recommened)

http://www.download.com/Spyware-Doctor-S...

SG

What are the best antiViruses,Spyware and malware software?internet

id say that the best spy ware software is spyware doctor AVG and SUPERantispy ware they are all good but spyware doctor you have to pay for so... yep
To remove spyware,there are many solutions exist, all of them with their own strengths and weaknesses.

Am I set on protection?

well heres my virus protection right now, Panda antivirus (paid for version and im almost out off this one im going to have to get a free one), adaware 2007 (free version), Spyware Blaster (free version), Ccleaner (free version), Auslogics Boostspeed (paid for version), well thats what i got can u guys tell me if i need to get rid of something, or get something else, and what anti virus should i get when panda bear is done, and my last question is "superantispy" safe? i heard its a virus its self, but then many people say its a very very good anit spyware, well thanks everyone! and please help!

Am I set on protection?free spyware remobal

If you have Windows Defender, it is a good antispyware, you can download it free from Microsoft's website if you already have not done it.

Am I set on protection?kawasaki

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I don't like Panda, I prefer AVG Antivirus
For AV you should try Antivir PE. It is free and very good.

Superantispyware is very good.

Get a good free firewall like Comodo.