It can't even detect the ShipUp Trojan (sy.exe and infrom.exe), which AVG Anti-Spyware 7.5 did. So far, it's detected *nothing* on my computer. I had Brontok, RavMon... All of these were removed by AVG Free and AVG Anti-Spyware. I'm considering removing it, but AVG Anti-Spyware's resident shield can't be activated, whereas Windows Defender's active. But then again, it's never warned me of anything... Should I remove it or not? My startup's damn slow =(
2006-11-23 00:25:05 · 10 answers · asked by espers_cypher 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
it sux
2006-11-23 00:26:20 · answer #1 · answered by bsmith13421 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-08-29 18:09:41 · answer #2 · answered by Valerie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It isn't!! Dump it. AVG will do a much better job as you have seen. However if you have to ask how did this stuff get on your computer to start? Do you have a firewall?? If you have a high speed connection then you should have a hardware router/firewall and also use a software firewall, I've had excellent luck with zonealarm.
run msconfig and see what is getting loaded at startup.
2006-11-23 00:39:09 · answer #3 · answered by celtopunk 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because all of these programs take a good chunk of memory, its best to have the most efficiency and protection balance. Usually AVG alone works great with a good firewall and does not have a bunch of processes running in the background consuming memory.
2006-11-23 00:29:46 · answer #4 · answered by Phil 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can give a few links that offer free virus and spyware removers...! Norton, AVG , Avast are free antivirus software. Ad-aware, Ewido are free spyware removers. You can download free softwares at
http://fixit.in/antivirus.html and http://fixit.in/spywareremover.html
2006-11-23 15:02:54 · answer #5 · answered by RICH 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Windows Defender is no longer in beta. I uninstalled the beta version of Windows Defender and went to http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=435bfce7-da2b-4a6a-afa4-f7f14e605a0d&DisplayLang=en for the lastest release.
2006-11-23 07:36:01 · answer #6 · answered by jammindog1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not recommended to install multiple anti-virus in a PC ..
Among other things, it'll take a lot of resources ( which will slow down ur PC ) & the anti-virus will conflict .. So, instead of improving ur PC's security, it actually will make ur PC crash & it'll make the viruses to enter ur PC easier as ur anti-virus have been conflicting.
2006-11-23 00:36:18 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not, since it is only a Beta version it is not the best. Some programs that are complete, such as Norton, Kaspersly and S&E are better.
2006-11-23 00:27:29 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
advert-conscious SE and Spybot seek & injury are 2 of the superb anti-undercover agent ware classes attainable. the two are loose downloads and could immunize your equipment from undercover agent ware. additionally, the two supply periodic updates to maintain them modern-day.
2016-10-04 06:58:23 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who said it was the best program?
2006-11-23 06:27:51 · answer #10 · answered by imfinenbossy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋