I was wondering if anyone could suggest any good antivirus,other than Nortons or McAfee? My pc has been hit very hard with virus's lately and neither of these two antivirus's caught them at one point I had over 5 hundred files infected. I went to BitDefender on-line scanning to find them,then remove them. So needless to say I don't trust nortons or McAfee.
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..i thought it was a cross between a bird and a walrus. heheh 
but..hey Ron40, did you have up-to-date virus definitions for norton and mcafee? and do you update your windows often? doing those two things usually take care of a lotta problems.
but..hey Ron40, did you have up-to-date virus definitions for norton and mcafee? and do you update your windows often? doing those two things usually take care of a lotta problems.They're free for personal use.
AckNack
= AVG antivirus
= Avast antivirus
They're free for personal use.
AckNack
= Avast antivirus
They're free for personal use.
AckNack
For every virus Norton couldn't find, this company's software found it (at least for me):
Let us know your results!
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No VIRUS scanner is 100%... simple facts, if it doesn't know the VIRUS, it won't find it (Virus Defenition needs to be up to date)...
Personally, I use AntiVir Personal (it's free) aswell as a Trojan Hunter (The Cleaner) and several AntiSpyWare progies like SpyBot, AdAware... and not to forget, you definately need a Firewall (like ZoneAlarm or Sygate Personal Firewall)... even with these installed one is not 100% safe from Virus attacks, but nearly...
Virii usually come attached to EMAILs and need to be opened by the user, unless he/she has certain scripts which open automatically (like vbs or jscripts)...
Ben
If it works don't fix it! If it doesn't use a sledgehammer...
Personally, I use AntiVir Personal (it's free) aswell as a Trojan Hunter (The Cleaner) and several AntiSpyWare progies like SpyBot, AdAware... and not to forget, you definately need a Firewall (like ZoneAlarm or Sygate Personal Firewall)... even with these installed one is not 100% safe from Virus attacks, but nearly...
Virii usually come attached to EMAILs and need to be opened by the user, unless he/she has certain scripts which open automatically (like vbs or jscripts)...
Ben
If it works don't fix it! If it doesn't use a sledgehammer...
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