[The eaglenator]

My PC has a virus I think. What do you all think is the best protection for my PC. Should I use McAfee or Nortons. Or is there something better.

[ChrisJ]

Nortons is good...

But for free you are going to have a hard time getting something decent unless someone on here can send you a "trial" copy of something...

I use
Zone Alarm Pro for my firewall
Adware SE for my spyware/adware remover

I have a alot of other protection but I cant remember it right off hand...

[The eaglenator]

No I'm not expecting to get it for free. That's my problem what I have now is free. You get what you pay for. I just kept forgeting to get something better.

[GTsetGO]

i use norton and have had no problems with it. I also use adware se for my spyware software.

[BlackStang]

Norton offers free downloadable v-scanners ( full trials) or go to www.download.com and search antivirus ...... theres a bunch sort your searches


and for chrisj u should try "spybot search and destroy" it collects the other half that adaware cant find

[Dennis]

norton is by far the best their virus database has about 200,000 more confirmed threats then mcaffe you can also for right now go to symantec.com and run their free online scan which should help you alot until you go buy it the onyl ting about norton you only get a 1 year licence but for 30-50 bucks for a year of no viruses that aint bad plus most of the time you can get free upgrades with your origional copy from bestbuy

when you do get it instal it let it do all its updates then disable your system restore which also should clear up a couple of gb's of space on your drive then reboot in safe mode then run the virus scan that way nothing is running then the esentials and it can pick up dormant viruses you can restart the system restore after you reboot from that if you wish

[Slicey]

i use mcafee and norton and for the internet shtuff i use adaware and spybot.

setup works great!

[The eaglenator]

Well I went with McAfee they had the 2007 issue and Norton only had the 2006. I ran into a friend of mine at the store who knows something about computers and he recommened the McAfee.

[DragonFreak]

i use mcafee norton spybot adware plus all aohell's stuff lol trojan hunter can never be to carfull. its suprizing how many differnt things each of them find

[rednsilver91]

Originally Posted by cherry99gt i use mcafee and norton and for the internet shtuff i use adaware and spybot. setup works great!

+1

i use them both too and my computer works pretty well

[ChrisJ]

I actaully use Symantec Anti-Virus which is by Norton...But there are better ones out there...They are pricey though...I get the Symantec Anti-Virus through the USAF...

[Dennis]

i have a degree in computer system network technology so i belive i know a little about computers lol i say for at home applications norton is the way to go i have fixed at least 15 computers who were running mcaffe and got infected to no beyond

[B0mb3r645]

I use Anti-Virus Guard (AVG), free and works good.

[The eaglenator]

Originally Posted by dburklen i have a degree in computer system network technology so i belive i know a little about computers lol i say for at home applications norton is the way to go i have fixed at least 15 computers who were running mcaffe and got infected to no beyond

I wish I would of heard from you a day sooner I already bought and installed McAfee. I used it last year with no prob's hopefully I'l make it another year. Can't afford to Buy Nortons too. Now it's just running slow. That'a cuz of to much stuff on it. And way to many user's. Thanks

[99mustang232]

Originally Posted by dburklen norton is by far the best their virus database has about 200,000 more confirmed threats then mcaffe you can also for right now go to symantec.com and run their free online scan which should help you alot until you go buy it the onyl ting about norton you only get a 1 year licence but for 30-50 bucks for a year of no viruses that aint bad plus most of the time you can get free upgrades with your origional copy from bestbuy when you do get it instal it let it do all its updates then disable your system restore which also should clear up a couple of gb's of space on your drive then reboot in safe mode then run the virus scan that way nothing is running then the esentials and it can pick up dormant viruses you can restart the system restore after you reboot from that if you wish

a guy i work with had a few trojans on his laptop so after updating and re-configuring his norton and running it in safemode it didn't pick up on anything, low and behold after i un-installed his norton and installed mcafee 8, it i got 5 hits. have found virii that mcafee wouldn't pick up on... so it is hit or miss, but needless to say if you really think you have a virus or some sort of malicous code on your computer i would burn all of my needed data (pictures/music/office files) to cd-r then restore the computer, remove all of the vendor preloaded crap and re-install all software then defrag and you will be good to go. most people pick up malware from P2P software, porn sites, or warez sites... and were not even talking about rootkits.

[The eaglenator]

So far everything is good to go. I just need to clean it up. To many games on it & I have a lot of pictures on it too. Thanks to everyone for all the advice
:award

[ChrisJ]

Well hope it all works out...

AVG is antoher good one...My AVG is good up till 2177...lol

[87foxbodylx]

ive used numerous things of virus protectors, norton is good, but takes up WAY to much room and can slow down your computer. really no virus protection is safe, you will always be able to get an infected file. my parents friend has norton and spy sweeper that he purchesed and he still gets junk and all.

[ChrisJ]

Most people are safe behind a good firewall...But most people dont run a good friewall...

[The eaglenator]

Everything seems to be okay right now. I really don't keep that much important stuff on my PC.