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Davik Dakari
2004-07-16, 04:39 PM
Does anybody know a good Spyware/Anti-Virus program that is free? My brand new computer is already infected :mad: . If there isn't one I guess I will settle paying monthly for Stop-Sign.

Factorfish
2004-07-16, 04:50 PM
AVG Antivirus - Found here, scroll down to Next button (http://free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php/doc/2/lng/us/tpl/v5)

Thats the Antivirus, spyware...do a Google search on Spybot Search&Destroy.
And there is probably something better then AVG, worked good for me so far anyways.

Davik Dakari
2004-07-16, 05:17 PM
AVG found and deleted the three trojans I had but it did not find and delete the five spyware files that the free Stop-Sign scan found.

MattxMosh
2004-07-16, 05:54 PM
HouseCall (http://housecall.trendmicro.com) By Trend Micro can help.

Lavasoft AD-Aware (http://www.lavasoftusa.com) and Hijack This (http://www.spywareinfo.com) work well.

You should also us eteh free version of Zone Alarm (http://ww.zonelabs.com) for soem extra protection.

Davik Dakari
2004-07-16, 07:57 PM
:D whoops didn't read his reply really well. The search&destroy thing worked well, thank you for your help.

Red October
2004-07-16, 09:56 PM
I got some nasty spyware stuff at work. Used Adaware and Spybot to kill some of it. But I ran Norton Antivirus which found 6 trojans...which it was supposed to block coming in the first place...dont know why it didn't, but kind of scary. But I still had problems...unitil i started going program by program and deleting anything that didn't belong there (know most of the programs we use at work and checked with nieghbors computer to make sure i wasn't deleting something we use). So far, its worked...I hope :scared:

At home I use Zone Alarm Fire Wall w/Anti Virus....its blocked 3500+ attempts of others attempting to access my computer and hadn't had any spyware/adware/trojan/virus problems. *hugs Zone Alarm* :love:

JetRaiden
2004-07-16, 11:24 PM
spybot S&D, Adaware 6.0, and Norton Anti-Virus will keep you clean. for norton, you can scan before you even install, so just borrow the disk from someone.

Factorfish
2004-07-17, 05:12 AM
:D whoops didn't read his reply really well. The search&destroy thing worked well, thank you for your help.
Np =)