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I had an old macbook once and looked into upgrading the hard drive. I abandoned the idea when it appeared that I'd have to remove approximately 14,000 screws of 9,000 different sizes and practically disassemble the entire machine to get to it. Whereas the typical PC laptop's hard drive is replaceable with the removal of 1-4 screws without taking anything else apart. I also wanted to add a wireless card to it, something that would have been trivial on a PC, but the only card that would work on it had been discontinued by apple for this 3 year old machine. Apple really seems to make it as difficult as possible to NOT buy a new machine every couple of years.
Why wouldn't you just attach an external hard drive through the USB port? I bought a 500 Gig hard drive to back up our two MacBooks, partitioned it in two with one logical disk for each machine and had it up, running and backing up in about 30 seconds flat.
Why wouldn't you just attach an external hard drive through the USB port? I bought a 500 Gig hard drive to back up our two MacBooks, partitioned it in two with one logical disk for each machine and had it up, running and backing up in about 30 seconds flat.
I wasn't looking for a backup solution. I needed more internal storage. On a LAPTOP.
The user is the weak link in any computer system's security. Windows has UAC, requiring a user to pause for a moment before giving an application permission to install or make changes to the system. The mac has the same thing but it requires even an admin to enter their password to continue. An idiot will continue either way.
Thats why in windows you should save whatever you are downloading, scan with an ativirus/maleware, then download it. i got a big old bad virus by not doing that.
Thats why in windows you should save whatever you are downloading, scan with an ativirus/maleware, then download it. i got a big old bad virus by not doing that.
Any antivirus will automatically scan things when you try to execute or open them so manually scanning isn't going to do much more. Besides, unless you wait a month for the AV definitions to get updated before scanning, your scanner could just tell you the file is OK even when its not.
Thats why in windows you should save whatever you are downloading, scan with an ativirus/maleware, then download it. i got a big old bad virus by not doing that.
Thats why in windows you should save whatever you are downloading, scan with an ativirus/maleware, then download it. i got a big old bad virus by not doing that.
I don't quite follow this. Download, scan. Download?
I usually save downloaded programs in a folder so I can reinstall if something goes wrong or if I want to remove it and reinstall it on another machine. As long as your virus protection is up to date and on-access scanning is active, the file will be scanned when you click on it to un-zip it or run the setup.
Yep, Thats what I thought. But I downloaded something that was "safe" and It gave me a virus. Apparently I need to get avast or something. AVG just didn't recognize the virus I guess.....and yes I update AVG when it tells me to, so it's not that.
Yep, Thats what I thought. But I downloaded something that was "safe" and It gave me a virus. Apparently I need to get avast or something. AVG just didn't recognize the virus I guess.....and yes I update AVG when it tells me to, so it's not that.
All AV programs have a time lag between when a new piece of malicious code comes out and they update their definitions. AVG missed this one. Avast could miss the next one. That's why I said you could sit on the file for a month, scan it, and then run it. That's to give your AV time to update itself. This is why keeping your computer clean is more about your behavior than what AV software you run. It will not protect a computer against a reckless user.
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