I just had AVG Virus Free v7.5 on my hd and i had to take it off (Uninstall)?

Question

... Cause it has not allow my computer to shut down windows xp, so do i have to have virus protection on my pc or not?
I ran the computer scan- it only found 3 infected files, and i deleted them

Answer 1

No, you don't have anything.

There are a lot of free ones out there -- I've heard WinClam is good http://sourceforge.net/projects/clamwin/ -- but there is an AVG free version. http://free.grisoft.com/doc/2/

Answer 2

Hello,

You asked: " so do i have to have virus protection on my pc or not? "

Yes. It's a good idea to have some sort of Anti-Virus protection if you plan on sharing files with friends and or surf the Internet.
Try these, they will help with just that.



Popups:
You might have been infected with some sort of tracking cookie that is causing you to get Popups.

Spy ware:
You might have clicked YES to something while on a web site, or entered your login info.


Scanning your system:

Go to these links in this order:
This first one, you need to RUN from that location.

This is a DIRECT link to that exe file.
If it finds a suspicious program, remove it IF you DONT know what it is.
http://www.xblock.com/download/xclean_micro.exe
This one is the same thing, but you go a different way to this program.
http://www.spywareguide.com/onlinescan.php

Also, I use a program called Spyware Blaster. This program ADDs "ActiveX Kill Bits" to the registry to
help keep some if not most of the popups and parasites from installing onto your computer.
You can surf just about anywhere and watch this program do it's job.
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/sbdownload.html

Also, while you MIGHT have installed something that messed with your win sock, you need this to fix it:
This is a XP Win Sock Fix
Download and run this and it will want you to reboot. DO SO. REBOOT your computer or this will not work
like it is supposed
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4372.html

The download this and INSTALL it and update it, then run this and remove what it finds.
This is a DIRECT link to the exe file.
http://downloads2.superantispyware.com/downloads/SUPERAntiSpyware.exe


The you need a good anti-virus.
If you have AVG, get rid of it and use something else. Although AVG is free (so are many others) it has
it's problems and sometimes (more times then normal) reports false positives.

If you use Norton (Symantec) You need to get rid of that also. It isn't nothing but a resource hog and causes
problems that takes for ever to try and troubleshoot. Also, Norton has a removal tool in order for anyone to
remove it from their system (I say this is bad practice for ANYONE - the removal should have been included).
Norton Removal Tool here :http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/tsgeninfo.nsf/docid/2005033108162039



Anti-Virus
AVAST Anti Virus is FREE and you can also pay for it.
AVAST HERE http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html


And finally, you need to clean your registry out from all the crap that you may have installed and then
uninstalled. To do this, you would need a registry cleaner. MS has a nice one, but would not suggest any
one to use it as it is directed towards the advacned users. However, there is one that I would recommend
to normal users. A program called Reg Seeker. Simple, lite and does not stay resident. Meaning, you load it
and tell it to do it's job, then close it. Simple fast and usefull.
http://www.hoverdesk.net/freeware.htm

Answer 3

Yes Tim it won't allow you to shut down your xp.
I may also camethrough the same problem.

So Goto controlpanel and select the add/remove programs and uninstall the AVG.

or

Go to start->programs->avg7.5->uninstall

These options will uninstall AVG from your system.

Then restart your systems and download some other AV from web. There are lot of free AV versions available.(now I am using AVAST AV . THe main advantage is, it automatically Updates its newer versions. the downloading time is 2 or 3 sec only.Quite Powerful)


-- Thanks --

Answer 4

Udate your antivirus and scan your coputer in safe mode. After you remove virus, I recommend you use firefox browser. It is safer than IE. It can prevent viruses such as worm,trojan and etc. The newest official edition of firefox can be downloaded from http://www.mollzia.com

Answer 5

YES YES!!! no one should be online without a antivirus if you do banking or other personal bussiness online it will keep others from giving you viruses that can send them all your info be sure to get a good spyware too may i suggest nortons 2007 anti-virus it has all you need