Recommend me a virus checker please
05 March 2010, 10:47 PM
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Recommend me a virus checker please
My Norton subscription is up, and I'm fed up of having to manually remove everything it finds because it won't do it automatically.
Is there something better out there
Is there something better out there
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07 March 2010, 08:17 AM
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A very good free product
07 March 2010, 11:38 AM
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Here's my 2p's worth...
Norton's is a b1tch to uninstall, as are most of the bloated anti-virus programs... Download and use a program called revouninstaller (freeware) - this is an excellent program that allows you to completely uninstall a program, and then remove it's existence from the registry (don't be nervous about cleaning things out of this)... You'll probably find loads of things that you want to clean out - will make your pc run smoother quicker etc...
Then when everything's uninstalled, download and run "CC cleaner" (again freeware), this will fix and clean any leftovers from the uninstallation / clean up temp files etc etc you know general maintenance.
I would then (as I normally do) download AVG (there's a pro version, or the free version), I use the free version, and I never have any problems at all. It's just as effective as norton's / mcafee, and nowhere near as bloated. I also install MBAM (MalwareBytes - freeware) which also does a good job at looking for spyware etc.
PM me if you need anymore help....
Good luck guys !
Norton's is a b1tch to uninstall, as are most of the bloated anti-virus programs... Download and use a program called revouninstaller (freeware) - this is an excellent program that allows you to completely uninstall a program, and then remove it's existence from the registry (don't be nervous about cleaning things out of this)... You'll probably find loads of things that you want to clean out - will make your pc run smoother quicker etc...
Then when everything's uninstalled, download and run "CC cleaner" (again freeware), this will fix and clean any leftovers from the uninstallation / clean up temp files etc etc you know general maintenance.
I would then (as I normally do) download AVG (there's a pro version, or the free version), I use the free version, and I never have any problems at all. It's just as effective as norton's / mcafee, and nowhere near as bloated. I also install MBAM (MalwareBytes - freeware) which also does a good job at looking for spyware etc.
PM me if you need anymore help....
Good luck guys !
10 March 2010, 01:16 PM
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well just a quick update to this been using NOD32 ,Kapersky, virgin essentials and Avast on my mixtures of PC's I have installed microsoft security essentials on each PC one by one and it is finding a viruses and trojans on every PC!
Normally only one or two but it seems the other virus scanners don't pick them up, I hate to say it but the free microsoft one is excellent!
Normally only one or two but it seems the other virus scanners don't pick them up, I hate to say it but the free microsoft one is excellent!
10 March 2010, 01:49 PM
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NOD32 for me, well Eset Smart Security 4 actually 
I started on NOD32 for a year then got the whole package thingy.
I started on NOD32 for a year then got the whole package thingy.
10 March 2010, 04:39 PM
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Its not very good on my pc as it seems to miss a lot of trojans and viruses, I am currently running a full deep scan with microsoft essentials on a PC that has previously had AVG, Avast and Virgin essentials so be careful!
11 March 2010, 12:16 AM
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11 March 2010, 07:31 AM
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You can get a proper program for doing this from Norton/Symantec themselves, and it worked just fine: I used it on my lappie.
As for the original question, I use NOD32 and M$ Security Essentials on various machines. Both are pretty unobtrusive and use very little resources.
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11 March 2010, 08:21 AM
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Ah has to be in store. Didn't realise this, can only check their website as don't have a store locally. Yes 2009 can be upgraded to 2010 free of charge and have done that with all my existing Kaspersky licenses.
11 March 2010, 09:43 AM
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Well just came in to work after running a full scan on another PC with microsoft essentials and another Trojan found!
This is my main PC and its had Kapersky, Avast, virgin essentials and AVG on it and they never picked it up and the file the trojan was in has been on my PC since 2008!
This is my main PC and its had Kapersky, Avast, virgin essentials and AVG on it and they never picked it up and the file the trojan was in has been on my PC since 2008!
11 March 2010, 10:56 AM
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This is what I just got on my personal work PC, (I have deleted end of file paths)
Category: Trojan
Description: This program is dangerous and exploits the computer on which it is run.
Recommendation: Remove this software immediately.
Microsoft Security Essentials detected programs that may compromise your privacy or damage your computer. You can still access the files that these programs use without removing them (not recommended). To access these files, select the 'Allow' action and click 'Apply actions'. If this option is not available, log on as administrator or ask the local administrator for help.
Items:
containerfile:C:\Documents and Settings\Dan\My Documents\***
file:C:\Documents and Settings\Dan\My Documents\**
file:C:\System Volume Information\_restore{202550A8-7A33-4BCA-9586-051D24DDBF8F}\RP1256\A0151135.lnk
Description: This program is dangerous and exploits the computer on which it is run.
Recommendation: Remove this software immediately.
Microsoft Security Essentials detected programs that may compromise your privacy or damage your computer. You can still access the files that these programs use without removing them (not recommended). To access these files, select the 'Allow' action and click 'Apply actions'. If this option is not available, log on as administrator or ask the local administrator for help.
Items:
containerfile:C:\Documents and Settings\Dan\My Documents\***
file:C:\Documents and Settings\Dan\My Documents\**
file:C:\System Volume Information\_restore{202550A8-7A33-4BCA-9586-051D24DDBF8F}\RP1256\A0151135.lnk
11 March 2010, 01:13 PM
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Well just came in to work after running a full scan on another PC with microsoft essentials and another Trojan found!
This is my main PC and its had Kapersky, Avast, virgin essentials and AVG on it and they never picked it up and the file the trojan was in has been on my PC since 2008!
This is my main PC and its had Kapersky, Avast, virgin essentials and AVG on it and they never picked it up and the file the trojan was in has been on my PC since 2008!
, not the fact that Kapersky missed a trojan but that Mircrosoft actually seem to be making a decent product and its free 
11 March 2010, 03:27 PM
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Well just came in to work after running a full scan on another PC with microsoft essentials and another Trojan found!
This is my main PC and its had Kapersky, Avast, virgin essentials and AVG on it and they never picked it up and the file the trojan was in has been on my PC since 2008!
This is my main PC and its had Kapersky, Avast, virgin essentials and AVG on it and they never picked it up and the file the trojan was in has been on my PC since 2008!
MS Security Essentials is VERY good - and I've replaced NOD32 with it on many of my machines.
Earlier this year a friends laptop was so virus/trojan ridden that it would hardly boot into Windows.... AVG, NOD32, Malware Bytes and lots of other "recommended" anti-virus and anti-malware software all scanned it and removed whatever they could - but it still ran like a dog and was obviously still full of trojans etc.
One quick install and run of MSSE and it found a LOT of stuff that was previously unfound, removed them all very quickly and easily and the machine was almost like new again. I was amazed....
I now recommend MSSE to everyone - it's free and it works very well.
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