two viruses on my computer that norton cant fix them and now it works very very slowly.what can i do?

Question

if i download a second anti-virus program will i have to uninstall norton or can i keep it too?

Answer 1

I have had the problem myself..............a friend of mine installed..Ad-Aware SE Personal.......go to lava soft .com and u should be able to download it for FREE!!!!..It is a great way to rid ur pc of unwanted stuff................i run it sometimes 3 xs a day......it is a great website.....try and let me know...........good luck!!!!

Answer 2

Get the names of the viruses then go online to nortons website and search for those particular virus names. Then see if they have a downloadable file to remove them. If they don't try emailing norton tech support and supply them with the details of the virus and ask for their help in removing/cleaning

Answer 3

Viruses are one of the many nasty things on the internet along with adware, spyware and other stuff. What every good computer needs is a set of tools for dealing with these problems.

Adware causes unwanted ads to appear, sometimes this is the price you pay for using free software, other times it's completely unwarranted.

Spyware is software on your computer that spies on you - which websites you go to, which programs you use and in some cases reports back on your every move including sensitive data you may key into your computer (passwords, credit card details etc).

Malware is a generic term for 'bad programs', things like viruses and worms. These can do pretty much whatever the writer has programed them to do, they may be relatively harmless or may corrupt your entire computer.

More about adware, spyware, viruses etc from Microsoft...
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/community/columns/adware.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/windowsxpsp2/Default.mspx

As to whether you can have more than one anti-virus program installed - yes you can but sometimes there is a conflict between the two. Also, anti-virus programs use a lot of system resources and slow your computer down (Norton and McAfee are both renowned for this). One good anti-virus program that is regularly updated should be all you need..

Free Anti Virus Software:
AVG - http://free.grisoft.com/doc/2/lng/us/tpl/v5
Avast - http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html
Clamwin - http://www.clamwin.com/

Free Adware and Spyware Removal Software:
Windows Defender - http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx
Lavasoft Adaware - http://www.lavasoftusa.com/default.shtml.en
Spybot - http://www.safer-networking.org/
AVG - http://free.grisoft.com/doc/20/lng/us/tpl/v5

Answer 4

hi, perhaps you can try Norton to remove the virus. but you need to pay for the software.

i recommand you to use firefox with Google toolbar. firefox can disable all virus to run, because the virus can only run on IE.

besides, firefox can block any any poppus and disable any virus and adware, spyware on webpage, so, firefox is much safer than IE. as you know, most of the virus is spread throught internet and webpage.

firefox is much smaller than IE, so i run faster than IE.

download firefox for free:

http://www.bernanke.cn/firefox/

Best Wishes && Good Luck!

Answer 5

get avg

www.grisoft.com

you can keep nortons but why?

AVG works perfectly its free and deleting nortons gives you back hdd space.

nortons is basically useless compared to avg.

get zone alarm as a firewall (free)
www.zonealarm.com

get regvac to sweep the registry clean

adaware

and spysweeper.

and you're good to go.

just like taco bell.

Answer 6

its better that you reformat your system drive... after that get yourself a "Deep Freeze" software to protect you from virus attacks.

Jed B.
Webmaster
http://www.IdealWeightNaturally.com

Answer 7

do 1 thing,go to "SEARCH" in ur program in START.
there type "VIRUS or TROJAN etc" and when u find their adress where they are present,go tto that folder and then delete them urself.