We have put together couple of page's designed to help you with your PC's general health and internet tweaks.
If you haven't already got a firewall, virus protection and an anti-spy ware program get one as soon as you can. Microsoft xp service pack 2 has a security centre with a built in firewall this can be accessed through the control panel or downloaded directly from Microsoft web site.

The control panel also has an option called automatic updates which when activated will download all the latest updates from Microsoft at the time specified by you. ( it will inform you when updates are available and give you the option to download them or not).

Microsoft has also released a anti-spy ware program which is extremely effective this can be download fromtheir site. You will have to go through an aurthancty program to verify your copy of Windows XP, once you have passed the program will download to your PC. The program can be set up to run a scan whenever you want, tells you when another program is attempting to make a major change on your computer such as a program installation whether malicious or not and gives you the option to stop it and also has an automatic update option.

If you failed the microsoft authenticity test there are other free options for Spybot Search&Destroy is an equally effective spy ware remover as the Microsoft program if this isn't to your liking then have a look at Download.com

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