Pay a couple of extra dollars and have updates downloaded and installed automatically. And with Windows Update, keep automatic updates turned ON. There, its not so hard to protect a computer!
I tried that when I first set up the system. The virus software was set up to download automatically and so was Windows Update but she's on dialup and nothing would get finished before she disconnected. I told her that when she dials up in the future, before she goes to a website or checks her mail, she must update the virus scanner, no exceptions. I'm also going to tell her that if this happens again she will either learn how to fix it herself or pay a tech $100 to $300 to fix it. If I thought she could learn something different I would install Mozilla in it but there is no way.
We have three desktops and my laptop at our house and each one is setup to do all of it automatically but I still run the spyware updates on all of them weekly.
Please explain. Are you talking about software that you can buy to have updates downloaded and installed automatically? Also, how do you keep automatic updates turn on?
My computer is now back to normal, but it was taken over by spyware, and my browser was highjacked. The computer had to be wiped clean and everything re-installed.