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The single worst threat on the net these days is extortionware, software that holds your machine hostage until you pay up, at which point it usually kills the hostage. The two main ways you can get it are through bad links in spam email, and popup ads. Unfortunately the popup ads look like authentic system messages, DO NOT CLICK ON THEM AT ALL, NOT EVEN THE X. Shutdown and restart the computer or Ctrl-Alt-Delete and end the iexplore process. It is really just an ad until you click on it.

To prevent the popup in the first place, we recommend Firefox with Adblock Plus
SaskTel Satellite Internet powered by Xplornet is now available for everyone that can't get on SaskTel's regular high speed services or SaskTel's High Speed Wireless Broadband service.

To get hooked up, contact DirectTech here in Moose Jaw at 631-5244. For more details concerning pricing, click this: SaskTel Satellite Internet
AVG is no longer a good product in our opinion. Over the past year, the core design of the program has been changed such that it is now taking up to 120 Mb ram, which makes it just as fat and slow as Panda, Kaspersky, Shaw Secure or McAfee. If you want something free and slow, AVG is still it.

Avast! has come up with a free version of their commercial software and it only runs 27 Mb RAM. Available here.

Norton Internet Security 2010 is fatter than 2009 was, it now takes 20 Mb RAM. That still makes it the best product available because it is fast and light while still giving leading edge effectiveness against threats of any kind. In addition to virus protection you get a software firewall, spam blocking, browser protection, Instant Messenger scan, Identity Safe password protection. My verdict: PHENOMENAL PERFORMANCE at a reasonable price. It's just $79 for 3 PCs for one year.