Virus help

[TruWrecks]

The reason I run AVG and Zone Alarm is that I haven't had a single computer I've setup like that get a virus (so far).  That built my confidence in some of the free software out there.  Spybot Search and Destroy has also been pretty solid.

If you are going to pay for protection, Symantec has the best AV lab out there.  I haven't had any problem with Norton AV, but I still prefer Zone Alarm Pro to the Norton Security firewall.



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[SoBad]

I second the AVG and Zonealarm combo and using Firefox. The only thing thing that may bother you is little java crap some sites hit you with if you leave it enabled in Firefox.

JJ

 

[nitrousjunkie]

Get It?

 

[hydrabusa]

Get a second opinion.  I have this installed on my personal computers.  I works pretty well, and it's free.

AVG Antivirus

thanx for the linky...I found some virus on my drive...its fixed now.

 

[Pipefighter248]

Get It?

I reckon so.
Haven't had any warnings since.

 

[TruWrecks]

Good. Now uninstall the junk the ISP provided, and stay with the goods that got it cleaned up!

 

[HRJR]

Reboot into Safe Mode, then you should be able to manually clear out the \windows\temp or \temp folders.  Also try one of the free online virus scans too.

You should always boot into safe mode when you want to remove a virus or spyware from your system. If the malware is resident in the computer's memory in most cases you will not be able to remove it. You may be able to kill the process, but it will reappear very quickly afterward.

Steps to follow if you think you have some kind of infection:

Boot into safe mode
Run a full virus scan on each partition on you computer. Make sure your A/V product is perfectly up-to-date. Verify that you are scanning for *all files* including compressed files. Don't exclude anything.
Then run a anti-spyware scan on each partition on your computer.
If the anti-spyware scanner found some malware and cleaned it, then I would also consider running the spyware scan *again*. This would let you know if it is indeed removed.
Reboot, then see how she runs.

 

[chrisjp]

i have been useing this free antivirus for like 6 years now...never have a problem...if its something it cant remove it gives you step by step how to take it out... here is the link http://housecall.trendmicro.com/

 

[Pipefighter248]

Hey Doug, did you computer run real slow after installing zone alarm and avg?
It took 40 some seconds to load this topic.

 

[Turbo-Torch]

Hey Doug, did you computer run real slow after installing zone alarm and avg?
It took 40 some seconds to load this topic.

No firewall will slow you down that much. When I used to use ZA on my last ancient PC, it was pretty much invisible.

You got problems!

 

[Pipefighter248]

It was working fine before installing and running the two programs above.

 

[Pipefighter248]

I turned off the programs and it only took 2.380 seconds to load this page using firefox's page timer.

 

[Turbo-Torch]

Might be conflicting with another program.

Have you tested your speed to see if it's slowing down your PC or screwing with your connection?

http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/

 

[TruWrecks]

Make sure you aren't loading 2 firewalls. I use ZoneAlarm on my work and home PCs with no delays. I can load webpages (including this one) in only a few seconds.

 

[Pipefighter248]

Nope, just one firewall, antivirus and such.
Windows firewall is turned off also.
Seems to be running fine now.