What are these legit websites. How can you be sure they are legit?
Because Norton has checked a great many websites. It tells you whether or not they are safe without you asking.
“Legit” websites get hacked w/malware quite often.
Safeweb.com doesn’t work properly anymore. You have to read the reviews.
And what jhb said is true as well.
eh, norton isn’t the best. It’s too common, so most people build viruses that get past it easily. I use malware bytes and avast. Avast is free, and malwarebytes you can get a free trial.
As far as maintenance, as jhb said, there’s not much. I generally clear my cache atleast once a month using ccleaner or comodo (amazing freeware), and defrag about once every 2 months (again,ccleaner or comodo). Then I physically clean out any dust the fans have accumulated every 3 months or so. I didn’t do any any cleaning or anything on my laptop for about a year when I first got it, and there were no ill effects. Still don’t dust it ever, as I have an external fan that collects most the dust.
Depending on what you’ll be using it for, you may want to get something with a long battery life. Mine has pretty awful battery life as I always kept it charging (which over time worsens a battery, or so I hear). I get about 1-2 hours on a charge. So I’ll have to get a new battery or laptop in general before I take it with me to college.