why do they do it

[darryl]

thats the question why does some random geek sit behind a computer to develop viruses just to spoil everyone elses fun, yes you guessed it they have spoilt my fun ,is there a computer whizz on here that can give me a sure fire way to get rid of trojans and trojan droppers, yes its my fault i did not update my virus protector as its expired so off tommorow to get a new one was thinking norton 360 is this about the best one and will it resolve my problems
thanks guys not sure if it is appropriate to post this on here but im sure jimmy will remove it can you remove my trojans whilst your at it

[DCM]

I usa AVG Free (www.grisoft.com) and that covers most things and windows defender....

[darryl]

thanks dcm
i downloaded the avg free and ran a scan but when it gets to c/ windows fonts it detects music and film files and there are thousands to clear them all would mean leaving computer on all night with virus scan running to quarantine all those zip files

[markwilliamson2001]

Also worth running adware se personal through your system, and spybot search and destroy. Also check through your control panel - add/remove programs (assume your running XP, 2000 or Vista) for any rogue items....

HTH

Agree with DCM, I use AVG and its brilliant, AND FREE

[bondy]

Originally Posted by DCM

I usa AVG Free (www.grisoft.com) and that covers most things and windows defender....

Agree AVG is one of the best free ones out there ! Oh and the geeks sat at the computer's creating viruses are most probably the ones being paid to write the anti virus software that gets ride of them !

Demmand = supply etc etc etc etc etc

[DCM]

Originally Posted by bondy

Agree AVG is one of the best free ones out there ! Oh and the geeks sat at the computer's creating viruses are most probably the ones being paid to write the anti virus software that gets ride of them !

Demmand = supply etc etc etc etc etc

and I thought I was cynical...... lol!!

[Southwell]

I went to an security/antivirus conference, man that was dull I must of looked well bad sat there yawning!
AVG is prob the best free one, even better than Norton and Mcafee which are both, to put it politely, crap.

[markwilliamson2001]

We use Sophos at work, but its 'okay' in my opinion. The older versions were better, and much easier to setup.

[Southwell]

Originally Posted by markwilliamson2001

We use Sophos at work, but its 'okay' in my opinion. The older versions were better, and much easier to setup.

Ditto. If you need any help just pm me mate.
I found the new one much easier to setup lol.

[markwilliamson2001]

well the new one was easy to setup/install, but I don't like the new enterprise console. I just don't get the 'policy' issues which occur. Either the AV is installed and up-to-date or it isnt... I don't care if it doesn't match a policy...

Gimme 3.1 back...lol

[VintageRacer]

Another vote for AVG here.

[Southwell]

Originally Posted by markwilliamson2001

well the new one was easy to setup/install, but I don't like the new enterprise console. I just don't get the 'policy' issues which occur. Either the AV is installed and up-to-date or it isnt... I don't care if it doesn't match a policy...

Gimme 3.1 back...lol

Yeah we get that. I think it's something to do with the way GP updates over wireless and drops connections and things, nevermind, i just ignore it until it says virus or such.

[darryl]

im running the avg free edition now,some one told me to run it but with telephone cable unplugged so will give that a whirl tommorow dont know if it will work or not tho

[bigred5765]

if you can get on the internet this one works a treat
trend micro house calls downloads a small piece of software that lets you do a deep scan of ur pc on line finds alsorts of stuff and kills em
CLICKY

[budgio]

AVG all the way !
I,ve been using it for years along with ad aware(lavasoft)

These are the first two (free) programs i install for any of my pc builds.

Also worth doing a search for Hirens boot cd which is full of great stuff.

[darryl]

thanks fellas will give them a whirl

[Garry Driffill]

http://www.kaspersky.com/

ive been told by one of the blokes that used to come into the computer shop i used to work that this is probibly the best anti virus software you can . It uses little to none in memory to run it aswell, I dont have it but i hear its cutting edge software in the virus protection area.


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This stuff from this company seems like NASA shiz !
Garry

[Southwell]

There is a major flaw in Kaspersky, hackers can actually get in via a back door in the program and plant viruses, not sure if they've fixed it now but i wouldn't touch it with a barge pole.

[markwilliamson2001]

Yeah I would agree with Southwell, I had to fix one of the teachers home laptops, and it wouldn't go on the internet. Once I removed kapsersky, it was fine... stuck avg on there instead and no problems since.

[Nick Goodall]

Download C Cleaner for free here - http://www.ccleaner.com/

That's a really good way of cleaning up all the crap that gets left in your registry and temp files etc - it will only help!