Help I have some questions with Virus?

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Hello Everybody and thannks for looking at my question.I have a few questions on virusis,.What is a Virus?how can i prevent them?.How Much does it cost?What if I Download A Ant-Virus Download and I already Have 12 Virus?Please help me !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 1

This will remove 99% of all virus.It is a 30 day free trial but it works great.The way to prevent virus is to keep your PC off,Not being cute,but the safest PC is one that is not on.We are all @ risk.Good luck

Answer 2

A program or piece of code that is loaded onto your computer without your knowledge and runs against your wishes. Viruses can also replicate themselves. All computer viruses are manmade. A simple virus that can make a copy of itself over and over again is relatively easy to produce. Even such a simple virus is dangerous because it will quickly use all available memory and bring the system to a halt. An even more dangerous type of virus is one capable of transmitting itself across networks and bypassing security systems.
Since 1987, when a virus infected ARPANET, a large network used by the Defense Department and many universities, many antivirus programs have become available. These programs periodically check your computer system for the best-known types of viruses.

Some people distinguish between general viruses and worms. A worm is a special type of virus that can replicate itself and use memory, but cannot attach itself to other programs.

hmm nowadays its easy to prevent them cozz there are good antivirus companies.. For free u can get the best of protection too... www.activevirusshield.com and www.free-av.com
better will be 1st time u scan ur pc in sae mode.. and dont forget to update it

Answer 3

ahh i see....A computer virus is a computer program written to alter the way a computer operates, without the permission or knowledge of the user. Though the term is commonly used to refer to a range of malware, a true virus must replicate itself, and must execute itself. The latter criteria are often met by a virus which replaces existing executable files with a virus-infected copy. While viruses can be intentionally destructive—destroying data, for example—some viruses are benign or merely annoying.

Methods to avoid detection

In order to avoid detection by users, some viruses employ different kinds of deception. Some old viruses, especially on the MS-DOS platform, make sure that the "last modified" date of a host file stays the same when the file is infected by the virus. This approach does not fool anti-virus software, however.

Some viruses can infect files without increasing their sizes or damaging the files. They accomplish this by overwriting unused areas of executable files. These are called cavity viruses. For example the CIH virus, or Chernobyl Virus, infects Portable Executable files. Because those files had many empty gaps, the virus, which was 1 KB in length, did not add to the size of the file.

Some viruses try to avoid detection by killing the tasks associated with antivirus software before it can detect them.

As computers and operating systems grow larger and more complex, old hiding techniques need to be updated or replaced

Good softwares cost money like Mcafee or symantec ...it depends on what virus you have...the internet is mostly filled with spyware,so i suggest use spybot search and destroy,that is if its a spyware.trojan on the other hand might wanna use other software.You can download an anti virus and scan your pc fully...*****i hope people that are giving answers to this girl will give out some good free software suggestions.I tend to put firewalls to prevent them and not going to those filthy sites except if i trust in that site*****

rlh242424 and your the dream have good suggestions....trendmicro is free and very good..www.download.com is where you can get free anti virus softwares like i suggested Spyware Search And Destroy

my brother uses kaspersky antivirus ...pretty good...i seem to grow to like it :D

Answer 4

OH NO!!!! Wow you are going to need some serious help with this one.
Download, update and run Spybot---http://www.safer-networking.org/ . Don't forget to use the Immunize feature.

Download, update and run Adaware---http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/products/select_your_product.php

Update and run your Anti-Virus program. Don't have one? You can run a free online scan from Trendmicro. When I have tested it it takes some time to run it but it may be time well spent if it can fix any problems.

Download and run http://housecall.trendmicro.com/

Download HijackThis---http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/programs.php#hijackthis. Run and Save a Log. When you log comes up copy and paste the entire log at http://www.hijackthis.de/ . Analyze your results. You will then get a screen that will tell you if you have any nasty stuff in your computer. Follow instructions to deal with any nasties. CAUTION: This is a very powerful tool. Be careful.

This is not going to be a quick fix. I will try to help you further if you want to email me or post back at this forum.

Answer 5

Viruses and spywares are programs launched in the net by people to meet their self intrests. Spywares reside in your PC and spyes your actions. Virus is meant for affecting the normal performance of the PC. 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

Answer 6

Viruses are simple. A virus is just what it sounds like. A virus is like a bug for your computer. You can prevent your computer by getting anti-virus protection. I would definately recommend getting more than one anti-virus system and firewall. I would recommend getting Norton Anti-Virus and EZ firewall. These are the best and top of the line protection for virus/spam that you can get for your computer.I hope this information helps!

Answer 7

You should download a free anti-virus software and run a scan on
your PC, hopefully it will remove most of them. Here's a list of free
ones http://www.basicspywaretips.com/freevirusremovaltool.html

Answer 8

12 virus on pc ue a good antivirus to remove them Kaspersky .antivirus .keep that upto date . and you can have free antispyware as well .AD-aware - personal.spybot search and destory
anitspyware blocker
A-squared. download them . then you run 1 at a time to scan ur pc . use deep scan with them all .when found spyware or addware .malware .trojan in da scan . just hit on delete.also have registry machanic . that will clean up ur pc registry you want to use a good anitivurs .. Kaspersky .antivirus is verry good .when you have scan ur pc .and remove da malware . then start pc in safemode and scan da pc again as in safe mode it will do a even more deep scan for spyware or malware or trojans you will not need to format da pc at all you can remove any spyware or trojan malware in da way i told you how to it is easy never disable ur antivirus or firewall

Answer 9

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I suggest you download AOL Active Virus Shield, It's based on the popular Kaspersky Lab Virus Killer.

It removes viruses, spyware, trojans and as it's based on kaspersky lab it removes 100% of viruses in the wild.

There's links and also a great walkthrough with a step by step guide: http://walkthroughwizard.info/
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Answer 10

Read this:
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And go here to get a free antivirus program:
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