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Name: zasdfg Date: September 16, 2004 at 17:14:41 Pacific OS: xp CPU/Ram: xp
Comment:
i think that maybe the ones from the most know products could be the best sites to online scan for virus and other treaths..but i could be wrongh.... so can you tell me wich are the best places to go ..
i have installed avg free, spybot, and adware,..do you think i need to instal anything more...
im just asking this cus my pc is not working fine, ..
Name: Derek Date: September 16, 2004 at 18:52:01 Pacific
Reply:
SpywareBlaster is worth getting because this keeps malware out rather than fixing it after it has arrived. It uses no background resources. I doubt it will help any present problem you have though.
I'll leave it to others to suggest the best on-line scanner.
Derek.W
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Response Number 2
Name: fordman Date: September 16, 2004 at 18:54:50 Pacific
Reply:
Either the PandaScan or trendmicro house call.
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Response Number 3
Name: keltikgent Date: September 16, 2004 at 19:16:59 Pacific
Reply:
definatly panda,helped someone with a problem the other night,he runs nortons.got him to run panda it found 99 infections on his computer.cleaned 95 of them.norton never even popped up with a warning.
Name: coly Date: September 16, 2004 at 22:26:46 Pacific
Reply:
i belive you need to buy an up to date virus program, norton or another top of the range antivirus software... the security of your computer is paramount.
best wishes coly
zenno
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Response Number 5
Name: Mechanix2Go Date: September 17, 2004 at 02:29:07 Pacific
Reply:
I've used a couple of the major ones and they're pretty slick.
FWIW, running more than one AV at a time is a BAD IDEA.
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