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[lman2]

I just bought an old alienware computer that was running windows xp and had a bunch of viruses. It seems the previous owner didn't know what he was doing and deleted a lot of the main programs too because I couldn't access anything, such as the "uninstall programs" menu or "system properties" etc. I took it to my friend and he installed windows 7 and told me that should take care of all the problems. It seems to be running smoother. I just downloaded malwayrebytes on it. Should I also download tdsskiller and OTL on it too? Or does anyone know of any other antivirus/malware etc programs I should download on it? Any advice on how to get the best use out of this computer. I plan on using it mostly for gaming. I happen to be really bad with computer jargon so if anyone could give me as simple instructions as possible I would really appreciate it. =D

P.S. By installing windows 7 did he erase any of the alienware software? Not sure if there is even such a thing (like I said bad with computers lol) but I don't have any install disks or anything like that so if it is missing that software anyone know how I could go about replacing it if its even necessary

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[lman2]

I just bought an old alienware computer that was running windows xp and had a bunch of viruses. It seems the previous owner didn't know what he was doing and deleted a lot of the main programs too because I couldn't access anything, such as the "uninstall programs" menu or "system properties" etc. I took it to my friend and he installed windows 7 and told me that should take care of all the problems. It seems to be running smoother. I just downloaded malwayrebytes on it. Should I also download tdsskiller and OTL on it too? Or does anyone know of any other antivirus/malware etc programs I should download on it? Any advice on how to get the best use out of this computer. I plan on using it mostly for gaming. I happen to be really bad with computer jargon so if anyone could give me as simple instructions as possible I would really appreciate it. =D

P.S. By installing windows 7 did he erase any of the alienware software? Not sure if there is even such a thing (like I said bad with computers lol) but I don't have any install disks or anything like that so if it is missing that software anyone know how I could go about replacing it if its even necessary