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SharpZone
08-30-2008, 08:41 AM
i downloaded one of the "free" scan things and it says i have 348 infections and 14 threats... includin trogans back doors all sorts, but then it says to get rid of them i need to pay £30...

i need to know what is the best anti spyware/anti virus protection that will get rid of them and scan and provent that is 100% free!

if there are none i guess i will have to pay...
Toph
08-30-2008, 09:51 AM
It's better if you pay. Keep yo computa clean.
robodestructo
08-30-2008, 10:23 AM
get avast, it helps alot
wut
08-30-2008, 11:01 AM
Kapersky.

OR McFee.
bigbase
08-30-2008, 11:17 AM
theres

Ad aware
http://lavasoft.com/single/trialpay.php
Get the free one.

and

Avast
http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html
Hit the download button. and make sure you register it. Then open it and put in your key.
silentiger
09-03-2008, 03:16 PM
Never trust free scans that tell you to pay for it.

Instead, try other full-free antivirus

such as
what he said above,

Avira AntiVir,
Avast,
AVG,

Ad Aware (this is anti-spyware and stuff)

What is the name of it, i want to make sure it isn't fake etc.

If it's Antivirus 2008 then your fucked.
HWV
09-03-2008, 09:22 PM
Pay for trusted antivirus software, such as Kapersky, Norton, Mcaffee, etc.

Personally, I have Norton 360 2008 Edition, and I like it. It works, and stays out of the way. McAffee is slightly more secure, but a hundred-fold more annoying. I don't know as much about Kapersky. Maybe someone else can tell him about that? I'm not going to tell you about an antivirus I've never personally used, because I don't claim to know everything.
BENJE
09-03-2008, 11:18 PM
You should get norton i had over 700 infections and only 30 threats and norton took them down :D but you have to punch in this long activation key.
vSkyzv
09-04-2008, 08:51 PM
i downloaded one of the "free" scan things and it says i have 348 infections and 14 threats... includin trogans back doors all sorts, but then it says to get rid of them i need to pay £30...

i need to know what is the best anti spyware/anti virus protection that will get rid of them and scan and provent that is 100% free!

if there are none i guess i will have to pay...

This is what we call "rouge anti-virus\spyware programs". They tell you that your computer has a lot of problems when nothing is wrong. The purpose is to scam you into buying something that does nothing at all.
Bonk
09-04-2008, 11:01 PM
This is what we call "rouge anti-virus\spyware programs". They tell you that your computer has a lot of problems when nothing is wrong. The purpose is to scam you into buying something that does nothing at all.

Oh. So thats why when i payed nothing happend once. T_T
ReaperPlaya
09-04-2008, 11:33 PM
Dude, you have spywarez and adwarez. D:!

Either download Smitfraudfix.exe to help detect the infections..

Then use Avast! 4.8 Home Edition *Free*

Also, download SUPERantispyware. The Best Antispyware program in like teh world.

Avast! and SUPERantispyware r00lz.

:)
SharpZone
09-05-2008, 01:09 PM
you can stop replying now guys, got avast that got rid of viruses, also got ad-aware, that works i checked if there was any adware with MSCONFIG, everything is good on my crappy computer now, i think...
ReaperPlaya
09-05-2008, 08:42 PM
Dude you should have Smitfraudfix.exe just in case it happens again. The infections can easily come back.. Oh and congrats on getting rid of spywarez.!
MagicalDog
09-05-2008, 10:44 PM
Honestly, if you want a good Virus Protection that will actually work, you need to buy one.

A few good oens are:

Mcafee
AVG Version 8.0
avast!

These are the three I use, I run a scan or two everyday, usually on all three of them. You might think I don't need to scan on three different scanners, but I don't take risks at all.