Help Me With Viruses (see detail)?

Question

i have been download ALOT of antiviruses, ( avast, ewido, ecceleration, AVG, antiVir, trust soft, SE, and spyware doctor. so i wander if you guys can help me with it by give me a anti virus program that works ( pls be FREE)

Answer 1

Each of these Antivirus programs all have their pros and cons, hence there is no "Super Antivirus" program that kills every single virus. In fact, most of your replies would be strictly opinion based on their past experience with the programs.

You have basically listed all of the free major anti virus programs that are worth downloading, and if all of these combined could not take out a virus, you either have a heck of a mighty virus or your "virus" may be another kind of malware. Perhaps try getting some Anti Spyware programs too, such as "Spybot Search and Destroy" and "Adaware SE", both are free and can be downloaded searching for them on Yahoo, or www.pcworld.com/52516 gives you direct download links to those programs.

As well, there are specific tricks to remove various viruses. Therefore, if you do run into one that you cant get rid of, post it on Yahoo Answers and hopefully someone can give you the trick to kill it off. Good luck!

Answer 2

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Answer 3

All of those are pretty good, but you should really only have one antivirus - having 2 is just as bad as having none at all because they conflict with each other. Both Avast and AVG are anti viruses so decide which one you like best and get rid of the other, I think the rest are all anti spyware so they're all safe.
Another good program is A2 free
http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/free/
and Arovax Shield
http://www.arovaxshield.com/

Answer 4

All those you listed are very good. Along with your anti-spyware. You should be OK. It is always advisable to do windows updates when they are available. Also good to have a good firewall. OK, some sites are notorious for malware, trojans and/or viruses. For example (according to my male friends) porn sites are very bad as they found out the hard way! Also, it can be risky to share files as in "peer to peer" programs. Some people like Avast alot but it is very big and sometimes doesn't work with certain programs. I like AVG and my spyware programs.

Answer 5

www.f-secure.com they have a trial period for it, but I've found that it's really the best I've ever had. I had Norton (updated, too), and it kept telling me I needed a .dll file...downloaded F-secure's trial program, and it found many virus', a few trojans, and I think a worm on my computer. After that the trial time ran out, I bought it. Customer service is real good, too...and free. An 800 number takes you to their headquarters in England. Only problem w/ the program though, is that say you have a PC and a laptop. You can only protect one of them. I think you have to buy another membership code if you want both.

Answer 6

Anti Vir has been my favorite for a while now. Please be aware that viruses and spyware are two different things and require two different programs in order to get rid of them. I use Anti Vir for viruses, Windows Defender for spyware, and Ad-Aware SE for adware.

Answer 7

If you have SBC/ATT Yahoo internet, you can use their free virus protection. If not AT&T, check your local service provider, nowadays alot of them provide free antivirus. For example, Comcast provides McAfee for free.

Answer 8

because of the way viruses sometimes attach themselves to the operating system, sometimes professional help is required.

try the forums at http://www.spywareinfo.com/

I hope you don't have all those AV programs running at once.

Answer 9

Avast..It is the best.Stay away from Norton and Mcaffe.

Answer 10

Try NOD32.
But i think all of antivirus works fine, you just only need to update it continously.
Hope you can get your best choice