i wanted to say AVG before i saw the end of the message... i don't know any other free and good anti-virus, sorry. cahaz.
AVG is absolutely awesome, even the free edition outperforms shite like Norton or McAfee. Just make sure you have your auto-update scheduled for A) When your computer is on (happens to me a lot, my update is a week old because my computer happened to be off at the time) and B)every day or every other day. You won't find a better program. :smt023
nah it wont install internet updates with me saying that my install is currupted or something. Done this with two installs now so i need something else.
AVG is nowhere near as good as Norton or Kaspersky, I'm afraid. I have had it on customers machines do two things: 1. Say there's no virii. Run Norton on it, picks up anything up to 8 virii. 2. Say there's a virus, give you the name. Tells you it can't be repaired/quarantined and to run AVG full scan. You run the scan, it finds no virii. Have to run another program to remove it. Kaspersky is very good, but does like taking up a lot of CPU usage when you do things like open web pages. Not for low spec PCs, really. It deals with a LOT more trojans than Norton does. Umm, there's Panda. That comes free with lots of motherboards and other peripherals. Then there's Avast! The home edition is free. IMHO, no free anti-virus software is much cop. Most AV companies do free online scans too. To be honest, you do a lot better to go with a proper antivirus program. You pay for a year's peace of mind, priority updates and a comprehensive virus database with removal instructions for the toughies. Norton do upgrade packages or student packages for money saving. To be honest, Norton comes up against a lot of stick, but it is a pretty good, straightforward Anti-Virus tool.
Sure, Norton's great, if you want to pay out the nose for little functionality... One of the reasons behind virii that appear in a warning and then are gone when a virus scan is ran is that they are virii that have gotten onto your system via the internet - downloaded from some website, etc. A good majority of them are saved into your temp folder, and when you close your browser, if things are working right it's supposed to clear out its temp files, which includes said virii. I used Norton for about two years before switching to AVG, and I have a hard time recommending Norton to anyone while keeping a straight face. Try one of the other free AV programs people mentioned, but if you really want a reliable and value-packed program, stay away from Norton the way you'd stay away from a leper colony.
1. Run mcafee stinger , it's free 2. Run panda, but don't install, just do system scan on install, then quit. 3. Run the scan from housecall 4. Run aVAST! 5. Run spyware doctor 6. Run hijack this 7. Run CWshredder 8. Run adaware 9. Run spybot 10. Install and run any commercial antivirus, like norton. housecall can clean stuff that block running any executables. You can also get around this in safemode, just remember to delete any NON administrator profiles as they will have viruses in each profile, and remember to turn off system restore for God's sake! Good luck.
Well, considering it ignores virii that Norton finds, then AVG must be like the brothel in the leper colony :smt043
