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I have a virus help! by _Humphreys on 11-22-2004 at 10:35 PM

I have my zone alarm firewall on all of the time I am connected to the net but somehow I have a virus on my C: Drive! It would be much appreciated if someone could tell me of a good anit-virus which is free to use without restrictions to get rid of it.

RE: I have a virus help! by Caboose on 11-22-2004 at 10:45 PM

http://www.avast.com

I use this all the time with no problems. If you want to use it for longer then 30 days, you have to register it, but that's free and only takes a few minutes :)

RE: I have a virus help! by _Humphreys on 11-22-2004 at 10:50 PM

Thanks very much.:) I am using this now I am not bothered by the 30 day file limit thing either!

RE: I have a virus help! by Sunshine on 11-22-2004 at 11:16 PM

Alongside your regular AV program you can use Avert Stinger to scan and get rid of most virusses, trojans etc. ;)

Another good FREE AV: Antivir Personal Edition

RE: I have a virus help! by Hank on 11-23-2004 at 12:12 AM

why not just do an online scan at online scan

RE: I have a virus help! by Caboose on 11-23-2004 at 12:15 AM

Because having an application installed is MUCH safer then doing an online scan every now and then :P

RE: I have a virus help! by .blade// on 11-23-2004 at 12:21 AM

For the record:
Zone Alarm is a firewall - firewalls block un-wanted connections to the internet by un-approved programs and/or hackers.

An Anti-Virus stops known viruses/worms from attacking. Viruses/worms don't always embed themselves on your system, Virusesare usually loaded on the system by File Sharing or email attachments, but Worms usually get through via exploits ("back doors") in Windows.

RE: I have a virus help! by Hank on 11-23-2004 at 12:22 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Caboose
Because having an application installed is MUCH safer then doing an online scan every now and then

true, but also a FREE Antivirus cleaner isnt gonna fix all related viruses either, 
RE: I have a virus help! by Caboose on 11-23-2004 at 12:25 AM

It has for me so far :)

RE: I have a virus help! by Hank on 11-23-2004 at 12:48 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Caboose
It has for me so far


thats what you think, now scan it with a Proper Antivirus, see how many Viruses werent detected
RE: I have a virus help! by gnownoskcid on 11-23-2004 at 03:41 AM

im currently using Norton Internet Security 2005

RE: RE: I have a virus help! by Sunshine on 11-23-2004 at 02:04 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Demandred
quote:
Originally posted by Caboose
It has for me so far


thats what you think, now scan it with a Proper Antivirus, see how many Viruses werent detected
The FREE AV i mentioned above has found trojans Norton had left (and no i have not been online/connected to the net between uninstalling Norton and installing that AV), so whats a good virusscanner? Also it doesn't slow down the startup of my comp as Norton did.

You will never ever be fully safe, new virusses are made every day..how can it protect against something it doesn't know? If you have any doubts about a program or a file just don't open it till your AV program has a new virusdefinitions update.

Edit: Free doesn't necessarily mean bad.