Making a PC safe for dodgy websites

[Diver]

I doubt whether he'd notice if I replaced his laptop with a badger, to be honest

[miffy]

F*** him - if he can't run a computer without uninstalling the AV, he deserves to lose data.

Can't argue with that.

Edit: I nominate that for post of the day!

[El_Diablo]

Here you go

http://www.amazon.co.uk/VTech-My-Fir.../dp/B000296LZ2

[Platypus]

Here you go

http://www.amazon.co.uk/VTech-My-Fir.../dp/B000296LZ2

[wobbegong]

I doubt whether he'd notice if I replaced his laptop with a badger, to be honest

Watch it!

[beercohol]

Use Recoverpc

Oh wait. Why didn't you ask earlier? or later, or something? www.recoverpc.com. Blat. Simple. Nothing can hurt your friend's PC.

Clean it up for him one more time, then install this. You never have to see his skinny vegan face again.

[Paddy]

A friend of mine is a complete IT illiterate and continues to use his PC for surfing all sorts of dubious websites. His most recent episode had me cursing him, Windows, virus writers and just about anyone within earshot. He'd managed to uninstall the anti-virus software I'd installed, click on a dubious pop-up 'advertising' some other anti-virus software, hand over his credit card details and download and install this other stuff which turned out to be a nasty virus of some sort. Can't remember the name of it but it took a while to get rid of and frankly was a waste of my time.

I installed AVG and Windows Defender, plus AdAware and showed him how to use them. Got a call from him last night and AVG is picking something up called "psyme" which it doesn't seem to be able to get rid of, so I've got to go and sort it for him tonight.

My question to the esteemed members of this forum is this: What can I do to ensure that no matter what websites he goes to, no matter what he downloads (or tries to) - that his machine won't keep picking up this crap?

I've got rid of IE, I make him use Firefox and I tell him not to go on dodgy websites but he continues to do so. Apart from getting a Mac or not actually using a computer at all - is there anything else I can do?

Create a bootable XP CD with a RAM disk for the swap file and add IE. Remove IE and other browsers from the HD. He can then surf all day and catch virus but when he shuts down all disappears from the ram disk.