Thread: #!!%@*&^ computer viruses

hosuecall from trend micro works pretty good but can take a while. i like malwarebytes anti-malware.

i run firefox with no script and i can still manage to get viruses every so often. i don't know why but it happens.

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I used to use AVG-Free until my PC started having noticable delays in use, so I uninstalled it. All I use at the moment is Ad-Aware. My main worry is keyloggers and the like.

Viruses are passé, so 20th century don't you think?

Think I'll run an online virus check now just to be sure...
... All clear!

Once you straighten out your machine you might consider using Chrome as your browser. As I understand it its basically a sandbox and isn't connected to anything else so in order to infect your machine besides having to infect the browser they then have to find a connection inside your machine.

Try Malwarebytes.com. You have to update virus definitions daily but the service is free. Pretty good program & you can't beat the price!!!

Originally Posted by Rajagra

I used to use AVG-Free until my PC started having noticable delays in use, so I uninstalled it. All I use at the moment is Ad-Aware. My main worry is keyloggers and the like.

Viruses are passé, so 20th century don't you think?

Think I'll run an online virus check now just to be sure...
... All clear!

try avast...you need to have virus scan software on windows.

Originally Posted by Slartibartfast

try avast...you need to have virus scan software on windows.

Big fat plus 1! Avast is excellent. Kees I recommend you get a copy as well. McAffee is rubbish and WAY too expensive.

Avast is the best I've used to far and it's free.

I hear Kaspersky is even better but Avast works so well that I'll just stick to that for now.

Avast and trend micro are good, but don't get everything (not sure that anything does!), the best I have used is Spyware Doctor - not free though.

I used to get a lot of viruses, but now I use Vista, Firefox as a browser, and Spyware Search & Destroy (free) as a memory-resident program, I haven't had to use Spyware Doctor for ages.

The pop-ups are annoying, and sometimes very hard to get rid of. Sometimes rolling the system back via 'system restore' (included in XP) to a time before the virus infected you, then booting into "safe mode" and turning off system restore (otherwise it makes a copy of the virus, all ready to infect you again) and running a virus scan helps.

To really pin-point what is infecting you you need a free program called "hijack this" which tells you every memory-resident program that is running, but you need to know 100% what you are doing before you remove anything. The best bet is to run HJ on a clean system (not many people do, though!) and compare the log it produces with the log it produces once the system is infected.

If you can't get rid of the virus, there is a free support board - Tech Support Guy (HelpOnThe.Net: Tech Support Guy - Free help for Windows XP, Vista, 98, and more!) that is really good - they tell you what to download (all free progs), which free online virus scanners to use, and also look at you HJ log to find what is infecting your computer. They sometimes take a bit of time to respond.

Regards,
Neil.

Originally Posted by Slartibartfast

you need to have virus scan software on windows.

I find the less protection I have, the more careful I am when I surf the web.

I won't use a resident checker that impairs my regular computer use. The objective is to avoid problems, not cause them!

Having said that, I do have a router with NAT, so that acts as a simple hardware firewall. If it wasn't for that I would be MUCH more careful.

Also having a network switch I can turn off by remote control is kinda handy.

Ray - network switches aren't much use against stealth viruses that locate themselves in the windows internet temporary file and only "come to life" once the machine is re-booted. Things like S&D Resident don't have that much impact on resources either - nothing compared to the constant HDD thrashing that Vista, for example, gives the system with its superfetch and auto defrag tendencies!

Regards,
Neil