Some advice from the pro's now





AVG is the computing equivalent of the chocolate fireguard, it stops windows moaning about not having any Antivirus but thats about it.



Also within the current version of AVG it has a nasty habit of redirecting all your web traffic through AVG, and while you said you do nothing dodgy, this can have a detrimental effect on your browsing speed.



So free options you can look at for AV protection are [url=http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.htmlAvast[/url as someone already mention is good, but can be a little resource hungry on your PC.



A better option would be [url=http://www.free-av.com/en/download/1/avira_antivir_personal__free_antivirus.htmlAvira[/url. This rates very highly in most virus protection reviews and outperforms most paid for products, its my personal choice of AV.



Spybot as suggested by Rob is excellent for keeping all the nasties that aint viruses away.



If you are using router you have no need for a firewall on your desktop PC, tho if you are using an ADSL USB modem, or one of those Mobile Broadband dongle things then you will need a firewall.



If anyone wants anymore PC advice just ask

Thanks for that Steve, sorry I buried the question.You did,nt mention the consultancy fee !!!

oh im not like Maureen from those adverts





Of course I could suggest that if your interested in learning more about PC Technical stuff you could attend a course at the College, they start in September

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Thanks again Steve, I,m wrong side of 75 to be back at school. I,ll just have to keep learning as I go along. Seriously though I could get you a pint at the Keepmoat if you can stomach the stuff.

75 nowt but a young strap I have a student turn 80 last week

Might be 5 years brighter than me. I,ve another problem now. I had all my photos in Picasa 3 and suddenly I,ve lost them. I believe they are still onmy hard disc but I can,t bring them back to view. Any clues???