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Originally Posted by Juanca
the thing is that when i received it did not have any antivirus or antimalware installed and it was working pretty fast. Then I installed avira and boclean
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beeeeep big mistake. service pack 2 with security leaks patched +even the default firewall equals no threats unless you download very suspicious files. viruses don't pop up for themselves (if you have security leaks closed), they install only after you manually open suspicious excutables or scripts.
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So if an antivirus is a must
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i run without any antivirus. at first i had that basic microsoft preinstalled firewall but then after i closed all the holes i don't even use that one. it works like that for about 2 years now and recently i ran a virus scan just out of curiousity, 0 threads, 0 infectinos
for start, disable autoruns on all your drives with
tweakUI (saves you a lot of trouble, believe me)
and close the most critical holes with
windows worm hole cleaner