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The missus' sister has got a PC which her daughter uses, on average, about 25 hours a day and has managed to cover it in spyware and it does funny things like pop-up porn sites and shutdown at seemingly random times. She's asked me to give her some advice on how to protect the PC and she's quite willing to pay for the software/hardware (and put it through the husband's business ;^).

So, can I get some recommendations on the best software to buy, i.e. antivirus, firewall etc., please? Also, would buying a new modem/router help at all? She's currently using the one that came with her BT broadband connection.

Thanks.

Sometimes my computer shuts down randomly too, although that only happenes when I'm downloading porn.

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The missus' sister has got a PC which her daughter uses, on average, about 25 hours a day and has managed to cover it in spyware and it does funny things like pop-up porn sites and shutdown at seemingly random times. She's asked me to give her some advice on how to protect the PC and she's quite willing to pay for the software/hardware (and put it through the husband's business ;^).

So, can I get some recommendations on the best software to buy, i.e. antivirus, firewall etc., please? Also, would buying a new modem/router help at all? She's currently using the one that came with her BT broadband connection.

Thanks.