Do I have to go third party software to rid my computer of a virus?

Question

My computer contracted the following virus: C:WINDOWS \S\system32\ld100.temp Win32/Beovenslogeneric. I received several good suggestions through this service. Norton or Macafee downloads at a cost to me or "foxfire" for free. I thought that I could get all the virus removal software I need through SBC without going to a third party. What is the answer?

Answer 1

I believe that SBC does offer some tools to help with the issues discussed but their effectiveness may be in doubt. I find that the free tools available on the net for non commercial use are actually ver effective. check out http://360.yahoo.com/wektech for some suggestions. I usually use bitdefender for removing virus infections and AVG or Avast for protect against them. Spyware scanners are a must and you must use multiple scanners as none seem to be able to deal with every possible permutation of malware.

Answer 2

I would recommend using Norton Anti-Virus, McAfee Anti-Virus, or Grisoft AVG Anti-Virus software. SBC Anti-Virus should be good enough as well, but somehow a virus did get through, whether you visited a Web site or opened a file that had the virus. No anti-virus program is 100% effective, as there are dozens of new viruses every day, and sometimes it is hard to catch up.

The best precaution is always to make sure that you have an updated anti-virus program, and that you use great caution when opening files from people, as well as prudence in going to Web sites that are not widely recognized.

Answer 3

Using a Antivirus program is the most easiest. McGaffy or Nortons are both recomended programs. You pay for these on a monthly basis but the protection is very current.

Another is to Formate your hard drive. I would not recomend that unless you have the programs on a disk that you want to reload back in as Formating will wipe your hard drive clean of all active programs and files (including the viruses). I would suggest find a 'Computer Guru' that would be avalible to assist you if you have problems too.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

What does SBC offer?

If you want free virus software check out AVG.

Answer 6

yea you should but try freewares since they can also remove viruses easily and not less than Paid ones like Norton or Mc-cafee.....
try avast! antivirus or avg both works great can be found at http://www.download.com (note home edition is free but proffessional edition costs for both of them you can try For 60 days Freely) and home edition is also excellent

Answer 7

Try ewido.net and do and online free scan and it should get that virus off of there.

Try Housecall free scan and see if that works for you.

Answer 8

I recommend this free antivirus. It is called antivir