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<blockquote data-quote="TairikuOkami" data-source="post: 850831" data-attributes="member: 61892"><p>Forget AV and focus on protecting the browser/email. I did the same with mom's computer, any AV was slowing it down beyond reason.</p><p>Pick a safe DNS, extensions blocking malware links and you can use a download manager with AV scanner, updated via a scheduled task.</p><p>Cleanbrowsing Security is the best, but UltraDNS Threat will do as well. Extensions like Bitdefender TrafficLight or Emsisoft Browser Security.</p><p>It would be good to clean browser's cache at closing the browser or shutting down PC, eg with CCleaner's shortcut to clean possible infections.</p><p></p><p><em>Disable WSH and lets not forget the good old utilities for Windows 7 to close some security holes. </em></p><p>[CODE]reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows Script Host\Settings" /v "Enabled" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f</p><p>reg add "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows Script Host\Settings" /v "Enabled" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f</p><p>reg add "HKLM\Software\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows Script Host\Settings" /v "Enabled" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f[/CODE]</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.softpedia.com/get/Security/Firewall/Windows-Worms-Doors-Cleaner.shtml[/URL]</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.softpedia.com/get/System/System-Miscellaneous/MSJVM-Removal-Tool.shtml[/URL]</p><p></p><p>CPU is going to be bottleneck anyway. Mom's laptop has AMD quadcore and 6GB RAM and yet the cold browser's start takes 30-45 seconds.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TairikuOkami, post: 850831, member: 61892"] Forget AV and focus on protecting the browser/email. I did the same with mom's computer, any AV was slowing it down beyond reason. Pick a safe DNS, extensions blocking malware links and you can use a download manager with AV scanner, updated via a scheduled task. Cleanbrowsing Security is the best, but UltraDNS Threat will do as well. Extensions like Bitdefender TrafficLight or Emsisoft Browser Security. It would be good to clean browser's cache at closing the browser or shutting down PC, eg with CCleaner's shortcut to clean possible infections. [I]Disable WSH and lets not forget the good old utilities for Windows 7 to close some security holes. [/I] [CODE]reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows Script Host\Settings" /v "Enabled" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f reg add "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows Script Host\Settings" /v "Enabled" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f reg add "HKLM\Software\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows Script Host\Settings" /v "Enabled" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f[/CODE] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.softpedia.com/get/Security/Firewall/Windows-Worms-Doors-Cleaner.shtml[/URL] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.softpedia.com/get/System/System-Miscellaneous/MSJVM-Removal-Tool.shtml[/URL] CPU is going to be bottleneck anyway. Mom's laptop has AMD quadcore and 6GB RAM and yet the cold browser's start takes 30-45 seconds. [/QUOTE]
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