Wondering if anyone can guide me to a free download of a program that will get rid of a Trojan horse,my Norton 360 didn't catch it either.the guy at HP says I most likely have one. He says I need to dump my harddrive and start fresh but I'd like to avoid that if possible,I'm running Windows Vista, thanx all.
I'd go with Avast; I have it on my computer and my mom's home computer and we haven't had problems with it.
Edit: and for the record, both Macafee and Norton are big steaming piles of dog poo.
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VioletlightHeron Wrote:I'd go with Avast; I have it on my computer and my mom's home computer and we haven't had problems with it.
Edit: and for the record, both Macafee and Norton are big steaming piles of dog poo.
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Thank you :thumb:
Ditto on Avast.
I've used it for several years and it's quite good.
VioletlightHeron Wrote:and for the record, both Macafee and Norton are big steaming piles of dog poo.
:thumb:
Cannot agree more. They charge you $40 a year or more just to hog your memory.
I've been using free Grisoft AVG virus protection, it's free and kept me clean for years...
aaronck Wrote:I've been using free Grisoft AVG virus protection, it's free and kept me clean for years...
same here. I switched to Avast at home though because my computer is slow as death and it seems to slow the start up n get go. Both work well.
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I have run into some very, very interesting/bad viruses over the past couple of months - and mcafee/trend micro/norton/avast/avg have not been able to help me much at all. The free version at the link above has done the trick on some bad, bad stuff.
Tthip Wrote:http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php
I have run into some very, very interesting/bad viruses over the past couple of months - and mcafee/trend micro/norton/avast/avg have not been able to help me much at all. The free version at the link above has done the trick on some bad, bad stuff.
You think i'd be ok to have Avast and that Malwarebytes or would they interfere with each other?
I run malwarebytes and all of the scanners I listed above on several computers with not one conflict yet.
I have Mal and one other scanner on each computer so 2 per computer.
Tthip Wrote:I run malwarebytes and all of the scanners I listed above on several computers with not one conflict yet.
I have Mal and one other scanner on each computer so 2 per computer.
Thank you :thumb:
I had a nasty bit of malware recently (Google hijacker) and ran every virus/malware/etc. scan that I could find to no avail. Eventually, Windows Live Onecare (free trial) picked up the problem and fixed it. I almost considered buying a real subscription but then I found out that I get free Trend Micro from my university. Hopefully it works - also I should just be less stupid sometimes.
You could of course always just buy a Mac!
trevor Wrote:You could of course always just buy a Mac!
I have a Mac and use MacScan. It seems to work well so far.
$29.99 for the year (for the full version). I believe there is a free version as well.
I used to use Trend Micro's House call and/or Panda Software - they're both online, so you don't generally use them if you're really euchred, but they're both free -
I stopped because they dont' work properly with this calamity known as vista, or on my Mac.