Miyuki's Safety Tips and Guides for Newbies!
 

Screw that, those are outdated :x

Anyway, here's the latest one
Welcome to Windows Live
security tips.docx - Microsoft Word Web App

Will update from time to time. If you've suggestions or questions, just ask them here ;)

Hey, great post! Its always a good idea to get the user as informed as possible.
Here is another place to check out great freeware:

http://www.techsupportalert.com/

Also, I use SuperAnti Spyware for my spyware. Works very well and has had great reviews. Plus, its also free. Here is the link:

http://www.superantispyware.com/

Safe Surfin!

great post miyuu =D that would help alot qq

Thanks for the feedback guys ^_^, sure I'll updates them and makes the guides even better ;o

nice guide :D im gonna recommend the mc afee site advisor to a friend but does it work with avg? and miss miyuki does take up some space? ima install it on each comp without my brother's knowledge :x and the wikupload.com O_o it shows the red checkmark?

Great guide so far!

Two programs I use that you might like to add onto the list are SpywareBlaster and ThreatFire as an extra layer of protection. They're both also very light on resources.

Personally, I wouldn't recommend using AVG 8.0. There are TONS of complaints about it slowing down the system or causing problems. Frankly, its better to use Avast or Avira.

I don't use a software firewall, so I can't comment on that. Most people will probably find the Windows Firewall adequate though..

^ Yes, I've included them @ my "will be posted" later ;o

Thanks for the suggestions tho ^_^, there's plenty of stuff I'm gonna update later, tips and such x3

I was just about to find a virus program to download and I stumbled across your thread. >__< It helped me, thanks!

i remember seeing something like this in MT
and i needed some of this thing ty
>.<

thread must be stickied =D

You got a description yet for Avast and AVG?

Miyuki, is McAfee a good choice for virus scanning/protection? I have it and I'm not sure if it's really helpful since I've heard bad things about it. ;x

Sorry for not updating the guide and replying to the thread for some time @_@


Guides updated with some useful links and tips ;)

[lol, late reply]
@ Genchou - Should be sufficient, and if your license still valid, I suggest you to stick with it for a moment.

Links updated, some tips added ^^

More to come ;)

Good third party software tools, though I know most of them personally myself :p

You could add Revo Uninstaller, basically it has four modes of uninstalling things (in-depth registry and elements) and some other built-in features that are like CC-Cleaner

Superantispyware could be up there with some anti-spywares too.

Thanks.

And yes, its pretty 'common', but maybe not to others ;o

Ah, you reminded me I need to 're-organize' the post and /updates it ^^;

About the self protection, yes, some of them easily /killed by malwares [note: AVG], since I've seen them myself, lol. But depends on the user, they don't just blindly clicks anything .__.;

Just additional info, for those who have 4GB ram or more on Windows Vista [32-bit], but it displays as 3GB instead, you guys can download Ultimate Windows Tweaker, here
- Ultimate Windows Tweaker v2, a Tweak UI for Windows 7 & Vista | The Windows Club

- Make sure you run it as administrator
- Go to System Performance
- Tick "Enable Support for 4GB of RAM on 32-bit Windows OS"
- Click on Apply
- Restart

:py48::py48: thx Miyuki for all the hard work for all tis guide.

heya~

thanks for this, this'll come handy when i get my new PC within the next few weeks :3

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- Defrag in different settings and scheduling, cleans System temp files, optimizes registry

EDIT: Meow. You can delete my post after adding, so the thread shorter.