TELUS has a very good Internet Security Suite and its FREE!!
Just follow this link to
download TELUS security. You must download it and during the installation process you will be asked to activate it with your TELUS High Speed Internet Access or HSIA Username and Password. If you don't know your TELUS HSIA Username or Password call 310-2255 and ask for your Username and to have your Password reset. Please record this info in a safe place and retain it for the future, techs sometimes need this info and they don't get it on the order most times. You will need to have your PIN ready to ID yourself to the agent when making this request, the PIN is a 4 digit number found on the header of your phone bill.
If you're not confident you can install this, you can ask the tech if they would do it for you. Many will if asked, but please, if you don't know your HSIA username and password, get on the phone and get it for the tech if they don't have it. Installs are alot of work and the tech would REALLY appreciate you doing this for them. They don't have a secret backdoor number to get his info and would have to wait just as long as you would and waiting is easier for you to do, since your not doing the install.
Make sure and heed the warning "
If you are installing TELUS security services software for the first time, you must uninstall any existing security software on your computer." Just as for any security software failure to do so may result in your PC misbehaving or becoming unresponsive.
The TELUS Security Suite is produced by an outside company for TELUS. That company is not affiliated with AVG.
It is a reliable internet security suite that runs in real time, is easy to use, and uses minimal system resources so it won't slow your PC down and it updates itself automatically every 3 hours. It has both inbound and outbound firewalls, antifraud, antispyware and privacy protection in addition to anti-virus. It's compatible with both Vista and Windows 7 as well as XP.
If you have a very old PC and are looking for an anti-virus that will run on it try Avast. Avast is free and is still compatable and will run on systems as old as Pentiums running Windows 95.
- another TELUS tech