I just bought the license for Malwarebytes for 'real-time protection'. Fifteen minutes in and already getting pop-ups.....while navigating this site. Here is my log. 10:46:44 Judy *****MESSAGE Protection started successfully 10:46:49 Judy MESSAGE IP Protection started successfully 10:48:07 Judy MESSAGE Scheduled update executed successfully 10:48:08 Judy MESSAGE IP Protection stopped 10:48:13 Judy MESSAGE Database updated successfully 10:48:15 Judy MESSAGE IP Protection started successfully 11:02:34 Judy IP-BLOCK 208.87.149.250 (Type: outgoing) 11:02:37 Judy IP-BLOCK 208.87.149.250 (Type: outgoing) 11:02:43 Judy IP-BLOCK 208.87.149.250 (Type: outgoing) 11:03:10 Judy IP-BLOCK 208.87.149.250 (Type: outgoing) 11:03:13 Judy IP-BLOCK 208.87.149.250 (Type: outgoing) 11:03:19 Judy IP-BLOCK 208.87.149.250 (Type: outgoing) 11:03:41 Judy IP-BLOCK 208.87.149.250 (Type: outgoing) 11:03:44 Judy IP-BLOCK 208.87.149.250 (Type: outgoing) 11:03:50 Judy IP-BLOCK 208.87.149.250 (Type: outgoing) 11:04:29 Judy IP-BLOCK 208.87.149.250 (Type: outgoing) 11:04:32 Judy IP-BLOCK 208.87.149.250 (Type: outgoing) 11:04:38 Judy IP-BLOCK 208.87.149.250 (Type: outgoing) 11:09:22 Judy IP-BLOCK 208.87.149.250 (Type: outgoing) 11:09:25 Judy IP-BLOCK 208.87.149.250 (Type: outgoing) 11:09:31 Judy IP-BLOCK 208.87.149.250 (Type: outgoing) I guess it's good to have the real time protection, but I'd like to hear other people experience with this. Anyone else have the licensed version? Will this slow down my computer at all.

grandmas....I will not let country of origin make my decision, but I do still believe in buying made in the USA if possible, and that's hard, but another subject. I too am a "Grandma" and not that computer savy. That is the reason for my two posts about virus scans. I was looking for other peoples ideas and experiences, since mine are so few and I feel I am not qualified to make a good decision based on my knowledge alone (which is little). I probably will go with Avast from the comments posted. I do want something that updates daily. Maybe you could tell me of your experiences with MSE since you are trying it on one of your computers and have Avast on the other. I only have one computer and it's all I need, it's a Gateway and I will have to look at the box to see where it is made. I know my old Gateway was made in America, not sure about this new one, well 1 year old. I'm just trying to get as much info as possible before the 12th, when I have to decide. I have looked at websites that compare virus scans but that can be confusing. I want real answers from real people, it makes more sense to an old Grandma like me. LOL Thanks everyone for your help, I appreciate it so much. It's nice to have a forum to ask for help.

since you said you don't know anything about it then I would run a belarc to get all the info about the pc and a SIW, plus you will want to run a secunia scan to see what needs updating on it and do those asap. Belarc Advisor SIW those are good to print so that you have all the info handy should you need it. Secunia Online Software Inspector (OSI) I forgot to mention adding spywareblaster to your security list, just install, update then once a week open it hit update then click the enable all protection so the shield turns green. SpywareBlaster be sure you get the free version when you go to the download link just continue with the one you started with do not move to the trial of the pay version.

All done scanning...nothing found and MSE seems to be working correctly again after a restart....I guess all is well for now. Thank you for your help and concern...you probably know how we novices panic when something goes wrong :o)