Do I have a virus?

Question

I recently bought an anti virus program online its called Win Anti Virus Pro 2007 then i went to pcpitstop.com and they are telling me that that program is a virus. What do i do?

Answer 1

it probally is a virus
and no you do not have to turn off AV programs during an online scan
i do online scans with AVG free and have no issues what so ever
the problem with there other not well known AV programs is they often infect and then detect to give you a false sense of security like they are working
there are many out there in cluding the notorious Winfixer, which is really tough to remove once infected.

you best bet would be to get the following, all are free for a safe surfing experience,
install in SAFE mode with networking ( hit F-8 at boot time ), run them all in SAFE mode
with networking as you'll need it for the updates all the programs below will need.
Turn off RESTORE and the RECYLE BIN temporarily as virii can regenerate / reinfect even if you delete
them with both services on. After all the scanning and cleaning after a 2nd reboot and one last
scan do you turn both of them back on.

ANTI VIRAL

AVG (free) http://free.grisoft.com/


FIREWALL

ZoneAlarm http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/company/products/znalm/freeDownload.jsp

WEB BROWSER - http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox

EMAIL use thunderbird. It has a good built in spam filter and learns when you teach it. http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird

SPYWARE

http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/

http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html


and if you have a wireless router follow these tips,


1. Use WPA encryption (WPA-PSK) it's less crackable then WEP.

2. Make a passphrase that is upper & lower case and has some numbers thrown in there as well, again harder to crack.
some like mAkE1t5eCurE0rel53 and as long as possible.

3. Use MAC access control so only you or authorized PC's can connect (even if you do have encryption turned on)

4. Turn off DHCP use static addresses.

5. Turn off SSID (and change it) unless your card really needs it (some do)

6. Change username/password of access unit front end

7. Ensure you have the usual firewall enabled on your PC.

8. Paranoia rules, turn WLAN off if your not using it :)


one last tip
control panel---administrator tools--services--messenger

right clik on it
stop the service
then disable it
save changes

Answer 2

There are lots of stuff which pose as a anti virus but still they are viruses.So it is better you go for any well known anti virus software like McAfee,AVG,AVAST,Norton.so it is better to uninstall the anti virus and try using a renowned anti virus software...

Answer 3

In online detection , you are supposed to turn off the antivirus programs during the period it is doing online scan. Otherwise they detect it as a virus.

Answer 4

uninstall it, then go to download.com and search for an antivirus. download.com has an anti spyware/adware/malware policy with all its programs. then scan ur pc and delete the virus.

Answer 5

Don't install that and find another one like Kasperky or AVG or anything that people commonly use.