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Location: mona vale,northern beache...
Registered: April 2003
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virus protection-free downloads???
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Tue, 09 August 2005 23:55
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as the title says im after a GOOD virus protection program that i can download for free off the net.does anyone know of any?
any help would be much appreciated.thanks
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Location: ballarat
Registered: April 2003
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Location: c'town, NSW
Registered: May 2002
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Re: virus protection-free downloads???
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Wed, 10 August 2005 00:05
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Location: ballarat
Registered: April 2003
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Re: virus protection-free downloads???
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Wed, 10 August 2005 00:09
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or there is that hands-on no-more-internet approach
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Location: Sydney
Registered: April 2004
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Re: virus protection-free downloads???
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Wed, 10 August 2005 00:15
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What I want to know is how my VET picks up that there is viruses in the computer but spybot doesnt??
I still have about 7 that i cant get rid of,after VET has gracefully informed me that the following connot be removed or deleted, then has no further options or information on what to do next
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Location: ballarat
Registered: April 2003
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Re: virus protection-free downloads???
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Wed, 10 August 2005 00:39
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spybot is looking for adware, vet is looking for viruses (not necessarily the same thing)
sometimes the reason these apps cant remove things is beacause they are currently running, or have a file sharing lock on them.
this may help, aussuming your using windows xp. go to you task manager and stop all processes except these:
system
smss.exe
csrss.exe
winlogon.exe
services.exe
lsass.exe
svchost.exe (there may be multiple instances of this one, all required)
Explorer
spoolsv.exe
System Idle Process
then run your antivirus or antiadware <disclaimer>use advice at own risk!</disclaimer>
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Location: Campbelltown
Registered: November 2003
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Wed, 10 August 2005 02:35
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my sis's boyfriends a bit of a computer geek ie plays cs etc lots. Anyway he reccommended we use AVG anti virus, and for the spyware there is a program called spysweeper, be careful though it picks up everything ie legit programs trying to access the net.
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Location: Sydney
Registered: September 2004
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Re: virus protection-free downloads???
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Wed, 10 August 2005 03:14
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Corona RT142 wrote on Wed, 10 August 2005 12:35 | my sis's boyfriends a bit of a computer geek ie plays cs etc lots. Anyway he reccommended we use AVG anti virus, and for the spyware there is a program called spysweeper, be careful though it picks up everything ie legit programs trying to access the net.
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that's the 5th time i've heard about your sis' boyfriend and I'm hardly on the forums anymore
he does a bit of everything that boy
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Location: ballarat
Registered: April 2003
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Re: virus protection-free downloads???
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Wed, 10 August 2005 03:42
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= AVG
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Location: Melbourne
Registered: May 2002
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Thu, 11 August 2005 11:30
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turn of "system (virus) restore" microsoft should be shot for that idea! run vet and your done
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Location: Brisbane
Registered: February 2003
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Re: virus protection-free downloads???
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Thu, 11 August 2005 13:01
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tried erasing the hard drive and installing any flavour of linux?
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Location: Newcastle, Hunter Valley
Registered: January 2004
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I supported Toymods
Location: Perth
Registered: July 2004
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Re: virus protection-free downloads???
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Thu, 18 August 2005 05:12
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if you want an efficient antivirus.. youre not going to get a free one. thats a plain and simple fact.
AVG is shit. its free but its shit. Free Antivirus = No real $ to spend on building real Heuristic Virus Detection engines, proper definition builds and updates.
VET is bottom end of the Scale. It detects and cleans a lot, but not everything by far. It doesnt clean anything out of your System Restore cache or locked temp files either. CA is low end, but does the job sort of.
Symantec - Norton is doubly crap. If you want half a million registry entries that you cant remove, a 30% slower PC and the odd exploit that slips through. Get it. Symantec AV Corp Ed is better, but you need a minimum 10 licence purchase to get it so that isnt feasible.
Trend Micro - Same as Symantec. PC Cillin is crap. OfficeScan is a lot better, better than SAV Corp for sure. But once again minimum licence purchases.
McAfee - THIS IS WHERE U SHOULD BE LOOKING! Obviously not at the box product off the shelf of Harvey Norman because thats crap and buggy just like Trend and Symantec, and not looking at their corporate products like AVD/ATP/TVD, but you should be looking at their MANAGED VirusScan ASAP. Its a Managed Service, Meaning your updates are controlled as they come and threats patched far quicker than a normal Propietary box product can.
go to http://www.yourasap.com and download a free 1 month trial of it. if you choose to subscribe, then its like $50 a year. Come on seriously.. $50 for high end protection that runs off the same engines as the enterprise AVD product you cannot go wrong. Oh and did i mention, that $50 is McAfee VirusScan ASAP AND McAfee Desktop Firewall ASAP bundled.
Even if you were to buy a low end product like VET for $99 off the shelf its still going to cost you $45 a year in renewals.
Basically in the security world, you pay for what you get.
FREE = Bad MM Kay!
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Location: NSW, East Coast
Registered: July 2003
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Re: virus protection-free downloads???
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Sat, 20 August 2005 04:38
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FWIW i have 2005 Norton fully installed and updated daily for 0$
Nothing wrong with my shit, never has sinse Service Pak 2 & Norton been running.
But then again i aint whoring the net either. I usually only go were ive been before.
Cheers
Steve
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Location: Brisbane
Registered: February 2003
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Location: Adelaide
Registered: May 2002
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Re: virus protection-free downloads???
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Sun, 21 August 2005 06:22
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as hamgatan said McAfee is teh best out of the brand name products
however im a huge fan of a australia product. NOD32 - best AV program i have used
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