Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Avast there!

Avast-iconI decided the other day that I’m asking for trouble using my Dell Inspiron Mini 9 on public Wifi connections without some antivirus protection.

But with such limited computing resources, a machine like this needs a very lightweight antivirus program – nothing on the order of Blink or Norton.

After a little research, I decided to try Avast from avast.com. it’s small and free and has good reviews from user forums.

It slowed things down noticeably when I installed it, but I’ve since turned off several features that I don’t need and now it’s unnoticeable.

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