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Does anyone know about these programs that run on your computer, that tell you that there are alot of virus's in your computer, only to want to charge you big bucks for their program to
clear all the bugs out of your computer. Are they real virus's in...
Started by williamtaylor1969 on
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by 9 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at bolt):
It blocked most attempts to go to a legitimate security site and redirected you to some phony loads of malware that you can only... .
Only reason this has to be downloaded is MS does not want to get sue by anti virus competitors program.
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What Anti-Virus program do you use? I've used the free version of AVG for years, but I'm getting tired of the slow loading issues it causes. I recently uninstalled it and D/L Avast Anti-Virus which I seen was the most downloaded program on Download.com...
Started by Lofaw on
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by 10 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at 179):
Don't use anti-virus anymore...except for my work...so I added in ....
Let alone a virus.
Laptop...I have MS Security Essentials...and it sucks..didn't stop the virus from KFFL a few months ago to even see an unprotected link.
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Gosh what an awful computer night I had--first trying to work remotely; we have two remote-access programs at my office, and neither of them was working, so Patricia Medina's obit went unsent to the media.
But I have a different aggravation to ask about...
Started by Eve on
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by 17 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at straightdope):
In fact, don't pay for any security/anti-virus/protection software -- the free ones are just been answered, what good....
Also I would recommend the free Avast over the paid one user .
Another vote for MS's program.
To walk the plank.
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Can anyone point me in the direction of a free virus scanner?
Right now I use Norton that I pay for...and I'm unsubscribing their auto-renewel, but I don't want to do that until I find something just as good.
On an old computer I had..I used to use AVG...
Started by CrazyCat on
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by 15 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at frugalvillage):
I dropped AVG and am using MS Security Essentials for anti-virus....
That said though and Verizon both offer free complete tools for subscribers/customers .
I use AVG and have never had any virus's.
We use Avast & never have had a problem.
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I ran Windows-KB890830-x64-V4.7.exe and it didn't detect any of the generic, backdoor malware. Example Trojan Generic 6936374; Backdoor Generic 699532. These and 3 more got past my virus software Shield Deluxe. Thanks.
Started by HomePort-JJP on
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by 2 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at microsoft):
Added that often easy.) that have infected your computer despite all the security measures you have taken (such as anti virus to analyze the log file entries....
No one program can be relied upon to detect and remove all malware.
As the cause.
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Are Linux systems so secure that they cannot be infected by virus ? Do we really require anti-virus for linux ? Why windows get more virus attacks? Is the windows less secure than Linux ?
Started by Xinus on
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by 7 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at superuser):
Hosts files for Windows machines), it is recommended to run virus checks to remove even those viruses people run as an administrator, meaning that if their user account is compromised, the virus/exploit the Linux virus count....
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When I obfuscate my application the antivirus gives a virus alert for the obfuscated application.
What can I do to avoid this?
I am using Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Reactor 3.9.8.0 on Windows XP Professional.
Windows and applications are up to date, ...
Started by Leander on
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by 3 people.
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EDIT: After a quick search, I found no false alarm - maybe they know more about this... .
Try to use a different program for obfuscating looks suspicious to the antivirus program.
As they are often used to compress/encrypt/hide viruses.
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On Wed, 21 Jan 2009 20:47:02 -0000, "D. Spencer Hines" <panther@excelsior.com
People keep saying we must stop scanning email with an anti-virus program --
both incoming and outgoing.
I have been scanning my email with an anti-virus program for ...
Started by D. Spencer Hines on
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by 7 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at omgili):
#2) Anti-virus scanning;panther@excelsior.com
Thank....
virus scanning of e-mail ON THE CLIENT during send/receive does
NOT provide any more security than the normal background anti-virus
scanning that occurs as files are opened.
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On Tue, 6 Jan 2009 19:25:01 -0800, pete0085 <pete0085@discussions.microsoft.com
I'm looking for a new anti-virus program. I have been using Norton Internet
Security for a few years and seems like each year it makes my computer slower
and slower...
Started by pete0085 on
, 12 posts
by 9 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at omgili):
Anti-Virus System (Free and up)
http://free.grisoft.com/
eset NOD32 (~$59.00 and up)
http://www.eset.com/products/
Kaspersky Anti-Virus (~$59.95 and up)
http://www.kaspersky.com/kaspersky_anti-virus
McAfee VirusScan (~$3....
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On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:25:35 GMT, "atlantis43 via WindowsKB.com" <u24690@uwe
Whenever MS Word opens on my pc (WinXPpro and MSOffice pro) it runs a 'virus
search', even when I open my pc with my anti-virus software not open! Is
there any way to ...
Started by atlantis43 via WindowsKB.com on
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by 3 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at omgili):
Malke
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MS-MVP
Elephant Boy
From: "atlantis43 via WindowsKB.com" <u24690@uwe
| Whenever MS Word opens on my pc (WinXPpro and MSOffice pro) it runs....
The antivirus program and look
in its options/preferences and disable this.
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