I tried to request that they mail me the free cd but they want me to pay for shipping. Did you have to pay for shipping.

And IT'S BAAAAAACK. I'm going to tell you what happened on my original virus thread.

Melody

No, I didn't pay a thing...
could it have been an option if you wanted it to be shipped faster?
Or maybe they are getting too many requests and it is costing too much now.


Darn - I had hoped the treat fire would stop it.

Threatfire tried to stop the Verizon lady from downloading some tools so she could fix my computer. I clicked on Allow and everything went smooth. Hey, at least Threatfire was on the job.!!!!

And while it's free, on the bottom of the screen they now have a "donate" option and you have to pay for shipping. They give you the option of selecting $10, $50 or OTHER.

They also say it's expensive to ship these things out for free.

Oh well.

I'm going through some stuff now so I don't have the time or temperment to try and do the download thing with linux. Maybe soon.

I first have to see if I know how to burn a cd on this computer of mine.

But I do thank you my dear for ALL your help.

Take care,

Melody

I hope the troubles get resolved soon for you.

Where are all these millions of viruses that people keep harping on about.

I have picked up 2 viruses in the 14+ years I have been online and both times it was me not paying attention to the fact that I was clicking on an exe and not an avi.

P.S. And I have been to some dodgy sites in my time!

Yes I know, old thread but exciting and important topic: using Linux to take back control of your computer.

Ubuntu 10.4 LTS(Long Term Support) is not as 'cutting edge' as 11.04/11.10 but it's stable and up to date.

http://releases.ubuntu.com/lucid/

Choose from the two versions of Desktop according to the hardware you have. If in doubt the PC (Intel x86) desktop CD will be just fine, for any modern Intel or AMD hardware.

Link: http://releases.ubuntu.com/lucid/ubu...sktop-i386.iso