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Old 11 August 2007, 09:58 PM
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HeyHo Folks

Anyone help i have Mcafee anti-virus but its crap and i have a Trojan/virus thing called Ultimate Cleaner and i need a free spyware/anti-virus package to get rid of it!

Now i'm not being a cheapskate because i would pay for one as i've found one that will get rid of this crap but i dont want to put my credit card details on the computer whilst i have something like this!

Thanks in advance!
Old 11 August 2007, 10:06 PM
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avast! antivirus software - computer virus, worm and Trojan protection by ALWIL Software - its free for personal use and its actually very good!

I use this over McAfee.
Old 11 August 2007, 10:09 PM
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thanks very much for the quick reply i'll try this out and hopefully it will do the trick.

Thanks Again!
Old 11 August 2007, 10:12 PM
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If not, try the online scan from BitDefender
BitDefender Free Online Virus Scan
Old 11 August 2007, 10:53 PM
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zone alarms security suite is by far the best you can get for XP

or, if your on vista get kaspersky internet security
Old 11 August 2007, 11:28 PM
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i think thats me sorted, Cheers for all the replies guys!
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i use avast and have done for about 4 years now without problem.
installed zone alarm and then removed it a week later , thought it was a big pile o' poo
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I recommend lavasoft to remove spyware. - lavasoft.de
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Originally Posted by wrx-kris
zone alarms security suite is by far the best you can get for XP

or, if your on vista get kaspersky internet security

I've used both for years without any probs.... Zone Alarm as a firewall & Kaspersky for antivirus, both on XP
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