Virus

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$50?!?! Yikes! There are many other free AV products that can do a better
job than McAfee. Good to know you've switched to another (better) AV
product. Hope it works well. Thanks for taking the time to post an update.

"99XJ" <rnwrede@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> It found no viruses or anything. It seems to work silently and only uses 3
> resources, not 10-14 like McAfee did, and the price was going up to almost
> $50 per year. I
> I'll it for a while Thanks all
>
>
>
> "John" <a> wrote in message news:OHKAJN4uIHA.3968@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> After you're done removing McAfee and installing a new (free) AV product,
> would you mind scanning your PC? Come back and let us know if it finds
> anything McAfee can't detect.
>
> Btw, I use Avira Antivir (the free version) and quite happy with it. I'm
> testing Avast (also free version) on my notebook. What I like about Avast
> is
> that it has a boot time scan. It scans my notebook before it gets to
> Windows
> GUI. I'm not sure how effective the boot time scan is.
>
> "99XJ" <rnwrede@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:913B073A-5715-43A6-A24C-0BD5EEB3EA7D@microsoft.com...
>> What is a good Free virus program? I've had it with McAfee, it uses way
>> to
>> many resources, and is getting too expensive for me...
>>
>
 
I saw your information about the Avast AntiVir so I downloaded it. It froze
up my computer. I couldn't get into any programs, emails or icons. I mean
this was completely froze up. Luckily I have 2 computers. I found help on
the other computer how to delete the mess I had.
My question would be "how to download the a/v without my computer freezing
up?
I currently have ESET antivirus, but it's about to expire.
Also I have SpyBot Search and Destroy which asked me a lot of questions
about whether to let this a/v on my system. I said yes to all. Not sure if
that was the right thing to do or not.



"augfl" <augfl@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Agree. I have used all three, AVG, Avast, and AntiVir, and all work: Link
> to
> download:
> http://www.download.com/1200-2018-5186348.html?tag=vtsplashpc
>
> "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 20 May 2008 19:14:48 -0700, "99XJ" <rnwrede@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> > What is a good Free virus program? I've had it with McAfee, it uses way
>> > to
>> > many resources, and is getting too expensive for me...
>>
>>
>>
>> Getting rid of McAfee is an excellent thing to do. Next to Norton,
>> it's probably the worst choice available. There are three free
>> antivirus programs with excellent reputations: Avast, Avira AntiVir,
>> and AVG. I use Avast on my XP machines and like it a lot.
>>
>> --
>> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
>> Please Reply to the Newsgroup
>>
 
EdBice wrote:
> I saw your information about the Avast AntiVir so I downloaded it. It froze
> up my computer. I couldn't get into any programs, emails or icons. I mean
> this was completely froze up. Luckily I have 2 computers. I found help on
> the other computer how to delete the mess I had.
> My question would be "how to download the a/v without my computer freezing
> up?
> I currently have ESET antivirus, but it's about to expire.
> Also I have SpyBot Search and Destroy which asked me a lot of questions
> about whether to let this a/v on my system. I said yes to all. Not sure if
> that was the right thing to do or not.

You probably got a bad download. Try a fresh copy of Avast! (or Antivir
which is a different program). Avast! should alert you that it can't
run while the other is installed, or running. Disable ESET and see if
Avast! works. If so, remove ESET.

--
Joe =o)
 
Why won't it allow 'Windows Defender' to stay loaded?

"Carey Frisch [MVP]" <cnfrisch@nospamgamil.com> wrote in message
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>I have three different computers running Windows OneCare.
> In over 2 years, no system has been infected with malware,
> spyware or viruses. I highly recommend using it.
>
> You can try it FREE for 90 days.
> http://onecare.live.com/standard/en-us/default.htm
>
> --
> Carey Frisch
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Desktop Experience -
> Windows Vista Enthusiast
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>
> "99XJ" wrote:
>
> What is a good Free virus program? I've had it with McAfee, it uses way to
> many resources, and is getting too expensive for me...
>
>
 
"WMB" <brown.2005@.comcast.net> wrote in message
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> Why won't it allow 'Windows Defender' to stay loaded?
>
> "Carey Frisch [MVP]" <cnfrisch@nospamgamil.com> wrote in message
> news:OpJ92luuIHA.5268@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>I have three different computers running Windows OneCare.
>> In over 2 years, no system has been infected with malware,
>> spyware or viruses. I highly recommend using it.
>>
>> You can try it FREE for 90 days.
>> http://onecare.live.com/standard/en-us/default.htm
>>
>> --
>> Carey Frisch
>> Microsoft MVP
>> Windows Desktop Experience -
>> Windows Vista Enthusiast
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> "99XJ" wrote:
>>
>> What is a good Free virus program? I've had it with McAfee, it uses way
>> to
>> many resources, and is getting too expensive for me...
>>
>>
>
>After the new AVG 8 fiasco. I have tried four different anti virus
>programmes of which I did not find to my satisfaction. then I downloaded
>freeware, www.pctools.com found it quite good. cyrano.
 
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