Guest Vince Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 (edited) AVG works fine with windows firewall! Edited November 5, 2008 by Vince Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 After tons of research, I started using Kaspersky quite a few years ago, and have done so ever since. It's always top of the reports (way above AVG ), and hasn't given me any problems. I would certainly try the uninstall and reinstall. If it really took two hours, then there was was something wrong, and as beef said, that could be mucking all sorts of things up. Also, do you have any other AVs on your computer, because the two together could be causing problems. At the end of the day though, if things don't settle, and the computer shop is any good, they may give you your money back?? The other one with a great reputation is NOD32. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Vince Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 The company that supplies all our pc's, software & back up at work even recomend AVG so it can't be that bad plus it stooped a trojan horse on my system that came from limewire, why spend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 But then again, Kaspersky cleared some rather nasty spyware from a friend's pc when I cleared it for her, when nothing else worked. Most importantly, Kaspersky doesn't have to cost Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ii Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 Is F-Secure available in the UK? I have nothing but the highest praise to say for it, and it's really simple to use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 Yes, I have a feeling it is.. and I also believe (although I could be wrong ) that it also does well in all the tests. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ii Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 I'm biased, I know. It's basically the "biggest and most beautiful" in Finland (wonder why? haha) so... But, I have to say, it works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 That seems to be the thing with AV programmes.. most people find one they like, and stick to it, and most have their own opinions about what's good and not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ii Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 ... and in the end it's nothing but a big "my dad has a bigger car than your dad" instead of comparative conversation. *laughs* And really. I know next to nothing about computers, I practically keep a person employed at HP tech support, so... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beef Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 AVG works fine with windows firewall! good one. I like AVG, I use it on my dads laptop,but at times the free version seems to get a little lax and things get through, no AV is flawless, they all miss things at times. P.S Whoever it was that was using limewire - bad! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcow Posted November 27, 2008 Share Posted November 27, 2008 I need help again my puter has been hijacked with spyware and I can't get rid of it! I can't even get onto the mcafee site for their help. What can I do??????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle Posted November 27, 2008 Share Posted November 27, 2008 There's lots of good syware removal software out there Jules, but also alot to be avoided. I've cleaned up two computers in the past, one of which was a complete nightmare, and they needed a combination of programs. My first point of call would be to install a trial version of Kaspersky Internet Security, as it includes pretty good anti virus, and anti spyware. Then you can see if there's anything problematic left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcow Posted November 27, 2008 Share Posted November 27, 2008 I can't access the site Michelle, this is a nightmare Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle Posted November 27, 2008 Share Posted November 27, 2008 Can you get to another computer, and download the program onto a disc.. then install it on yours? Do you know what specific spyware you have, causing the problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipread Posted November 27, 2008 Share Posted November 27, 2008 I need help again my puter has been hijacked with spyware and I can't get rid of it! I can't even get onto the mcafee site for their help. What can I do??????? We had this problem a while ago, don`t know if your computer`s the same but we were able to do a system restore, which took the computer back to a point before the problem occured. Then the anti-virus did it`s job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beef Posted November 27, 2008 Share Posted November 27, 2008 if you can get a net connection get: spybot search and destroy avg hijackthis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppy Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 good one. I like AVG, I use it on my dads laptop,but at times the free version seems to get a little lax and things get through, no AV is flawless, they all miss things at times. P.S Whoever it was that was using limewire - bad! We use the bought version of AVG and we have had no trouble since we installed it. You have to keep buying it when it expires but it is well worth the money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 beef, HijackThis is no use to anyone if they don't know what they're doing with it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beef Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 does it not (or used to have) a feature to export a .txt of whats wrong to be pasted to forum/email/etc tho? (not using windows for about 2 years is starting to show. ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 Yep it should do (again, I haven't used it for a while), but you still need someone who knows what they're doing to interpret it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcow Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 We had this problem a while ago, don`t know if your computer`s the same but we were able to do a system restore, which took the computer back to a point before the problem occured. Then the anti-virus did it`s job. Oh I didn't think of that, will give it a go. Can you get to another computer, and download the program onto a disc.. then install it on yours? Do you know what specific spyware you have, causing the problem? If the above fails I'll see if my son will let me use his laptop and try that. Failing that Kat and O's are coming through on Sunday to have a look Thank you guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilywhite Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 I'm taking a bat with me.... just in case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nici Posted November 29, 2008 Author Share Posted November 29, 2008 I'm taking a bat with me.... just in case. Did it work Kat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcow Posted November 29, 2008 Share Posted November 29, 2008 Did it work Kat? She'll let you know tomorrow Nici (So far nothing has worked:() Waiting for son to come home so I can borrow his laptop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mia Posted November 29, 2008 Share Posted November 29, 2008 Apologies for the very long post ahead... I wonder if someone could help my brother? He only bought his PC last Sept, and now it's not working. He had Norton 360 installed, but it ran out after a year and his PC started freezing etc. so he bought Norton Internet Security 2009. The installation didn't go right, so he uninstalled it and did it again, and it seemed OK for a short while. But now when he switches his PC on, all he gets is the following white text on a black background: Checking file system on D: The type of the file system is NTFS Volume label is DATA One of your disks needs to be checked for consistency. You may cancel the disk check, but it is strongly recommended that you continue. windows will now check the disk (It said to press any key to cancel this check, but that does not work). It then says: CHKDSK is verifying files (stage 1 of 3) File record segment 136 is unreadable File record segment 137 is unreadable File record segment 138 is unreadable File record segment 139 is unreadable 192 file records processed File verification completed 0 large file records processed 4 bad file records processed 0 EA records processed 0 reparse records processed CHKDSK is verifying indexes (stage 2 of 3) 302 index entries processed Index verification completed 0 unindexed files processed CHKDSK is verifying security descriptors (stage 3 of 3) 192 security descriptors processed Security descriptor verification completed 56 data files processed CHKDSK is verifying usn journal... 131632 usn bytes processed usn journal verification completed. The screen just sticks on this and never advances, so he cannot do anything except switch the PC off at the mains. Is everything corrupted? Sorry for all the text, but I thought I'd better write the whole lot down so hopefully someone might know what is wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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