Virus questions..

[dvestors]

I'm the worst when it comes to getting viruses - for example I just found 5 trojans today. I get viruses atleast once a month. I really don't know much about protecting my computers from viruses (obviously) and my job entails visiting sites I've never been to or heard of before. I was hoping some of you guys could help..

I have a couple questions..

*What's the best anti-virus software?

*Once viruses are deleted, is there anything I can do to make sure they're gone?

*How can I find viruses I know are there, but aren't showing up in the scan?

These are the only programs I'm using now: McAffee Virus scan, Ad-Aware

My privacy is set to medium-high and blocks pop ups.

Sorry for the noob questions..lol...

Thank you.

[ukdn]

know the feeling well lol .. thats why 1 of my machines is Linux .. never had 1 virus on it ever .. typical M***osoft lol

[stevey]

SpyBot S&D scans for Adware/Spyware

Hijackthis powerfull program to remove Adware/Spyware (dont remove anything you dont know)

also you should install a firewall, zonealarm is my favorite and there is a free version of it found on there website

if you think your virus scanner isnt picking up a virus then you can try these free online scanners:

Trendmicro
Symantsc

[tekz999]

Yes zonealarm has been my favorite. I use it both on my desktop and laptop.

[MrDude]

I use KasperSky antivirus and BlackIce Firewall.

Allthough I would reccomend Mcafee Security Suite, 2 of the computers at home have it on and its great. Also make sure you regularly update your anti virus.

I normally leave protection on my system at all times and every month or two I like a nice fresh reformat to clean any junk, temp files and just keep it running fast.

[March2005]

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