Gah!! Kaspersky = super restrictive!

[Tyreal]

Kasperksy, in my opinion is THE best antivirus there is.
If you don't have a hardware firewall in your router or in any other network hardware, then I recommend you run ZoneAlarm which is a software firewall.

[wtcnbrwndo4u]

Originally Posted by Quakindude

Before you transfer any of the files over from your iPod to your fresh install of Windows, make sure you scan the contents. Any viruses you may have now can certainly reside on there until they got transferred back over to your computer.

Mmm, yeah, I'll be sure to do that sir!

Yeah, I think I'll just install Kaspersky then and do the normal running XP Firewall...

[screwballl]

try Avira AntiVir
its free and works very well, plus it is rated higher than pretty much all of the other AV programs.... also I would suggest a-squared, it scans for trojans, backdoor, some rootkits, and other nasties

[One4yu2c]

Originally Posted by wtcnbrwndo4u

It's not what I'm downloading... it's where I'm going... You know all those crack sites...

We'll assume it was for research only and leave this thread open. In the future, consider purchasing your software and/or finding free alternatives.

In the meantime, I'm with Panda in that this is one of those situations where I would recommend a fresh install. Depending on the particular malware(s) you picked up, it could have its hooks deep within your OS. Even if you can get your PC to appear clean, would you trust it enough to continue using your passwords for forums or other sites you may visit (such as online banking, Paypal, EBay, etc)?

Kaspersky's a really good antivirus program that I have no hesitation in recommending, if you're willing to pay for it. Other worthy antivirus software includes NOD32, AntiVir, and AVG. Really though, any of them will do more than an adequate job if you practice safe computing habits.

As far as what I personally use:

AVG Free (antivirus)
ZoneAlarm Free (firewall)
A-Squared Free (antispyware, very occasional scans)
Spybot Free (antispyware, very occasional scans)
Adaware Free (antispyware, very occasional scans)
F-Secure Blacklight Beta Free (anti-rootkit, extremely rare scans)
Common Sense Computing Free (daily usage, )

[wtcnbrwndo4u]

Yeah, just reformatted! :)

I went out and bought Kaspersky as you said earlier. I'm gonna install after I delete all this Dell crap... :)

[screwballl]

I refuse to pay for another AV program. when the free ones do just as good if not better then the paid ones then I see no need to pay... I guess people pay for all that touchy feely good things like a big extensive GUI and other useless CPU cycle-stealing crap.. no thx...

[wtcnbrwndo4u]

Well, I haven't opened it yet or anything... should I continue to use Avast? It did work damn well...

[screwballl]

One problem with Avast is that it locks the proxy settings and uses them for its updates and other communications with their servers.

[wtcnbrwndo4u]

Originally Posted by screwballl

One problem with Avast is that it locks the proxy settings and uses them for its updates and other communications with their servers.

Uh....

Lol. Right now I'm still not running anything. I'm copying over my songs on my iPod...

I think I'll still resort to Avast. The last free option on me is McAfee (my bro bought it). But that's crappier than Avast and I don't want a suite (too much resource hogging).

[Quakindude]

*sigh*