ctrl-alt-delete question & free anti-virus question

[tk-421]

I think the best anti-virus you can use is NONE. Just switch to Linux and forget about all of that.

Of course, if you must use Windows, then I would tell you to use either Avast or AVG, since I've used them and never had any problems. I believe I used Avira once and it wasn't very effective, but that was many moons ago...

As for the Ctrl+Alt+Del question, it is hard-coded into the OS, and AFAIK there's no way to disable it. Something screwy must be going on, like maybe a rogue app is catching that combo before it gets through to the OS layer. If this is the case, open up the task manager and look at the "processes" tab and see if you can find anything wrong there.

Hope that helps!

[gokartride]

Originally Posted by tk-421

I think the best anti-virus you can use is NONE.

I have heard this, too. My buddy the computer geek/website admin shudders when he considers what anti-virus software does to his computer. He advocates simply turning off Active-X, Java, and a few other things. That said, this is the same guy whose exeriments w/ rockets yeilded a hole in his roof...and an insurance claim...and a restraining order. On the upside, though, he now has friends in the Department of Homeland Security.

Not sure how bullet-proof this approach is, but that's all I do and have had no computer problems for years.