supra steveo Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 i was trying to give the PC a check up to see if the disc drives are deed, and i downloaded this health check program, next thing i know ive got norton as well telling me there are 500+ things wrong with my PC anyone know a free virus and something to check to see if the disk drives are working ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian R Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 Avg http://free.grisoft.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pot Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 Yep, AVG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supra steveo Posted March 22, 2008 Author Share Posted March 22, 2008 ive got AVG and it has never found anything but i get this feeling something is there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian R Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 Try running the computer in Safe Mode and run it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supra steveo Posted March 22, 2008 Author Share Posted March 22, 2008 do what? how do i do that then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian R Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 http://www.pchell.com/support/safemode.shtml Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRalphMan Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 i was trying to give the PC a check up to see if the disc drives are deed, and i downloaded this health check program, next thing i know ive got norton as well telling me there are 500+ things wrong with my PC anyone know a free virus and something to check to see if the disk drives are working ? First off, what did you download? I hope it wasn't from a popup as this could have installed some malicious programs on your pc. You say you have Norton, how comes you want a free AV package? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SILKYSMOOTH Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 Avast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaveriK Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 Dont buy XS power, its cheap and nasty and you get what you pay for! Yes, run AVG, its free and.....oh! Sophos is quality, and i run Ad-aware 2007 and CCleaner. Two firewalls (ok so one is microsofts) and an IP blocker (Protowall). I wouldnt touch AVG with a barge poll Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 I have used Avast and AVG, both are ok. There was an article in a mag not so long ago comparing various antivirus, free and paid setups, the results showed most paid software was utter tosh. Avast came very high on the list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supra steveo Posted March 22, 2008 Author Share Posted March 22, 2008 Avast got that one to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supra steveo Posted March 22, 2008 Author Share Posted March 22, 2008 i am using AVG and avast and still nothing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 I had a problem with my dad's pc the other night. The trouble was it actually altered the AV so that it couldn't find it. Anyway, do an online scan. They aren't the best antivirus scanners but its done online so more difficult to fool. http://housecall.trendmicro.com/uk/ Avast is the best IMO Scott =op Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 Oh for security there is no need to go overboard with loads of firewalls etc. Its quite simple 1 Be careful what you say yes to regarding popups etc 2 Be careful what sites you go onto 3 Be careful what files you download 4 Always use an AV, Avast would be my recommendation 5 Don't bother with software firewalls, get a linksys router and do it properly 6 Do online scans once a month to make sure your AV is doing its job. Scott =op Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 i am using AVG and avast and still nothing Don't use two anti-virus programs at once, you'll get no end of problems when they're both set to do on access scanning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konrad Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 http://support.f-secure.com/enu/home/ols.shtml Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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