virus' & internet hijackers

[Steve Chafer]

Thanks to everybody who tried to help when I got my family PC infected with coolweb search virus last month! ~ kept hijacking my internet seach engine & sites.

(I think it came via my daughters MSN or my son using a on line games arcade site)

Anyway I elected to get the PC & affected registry rebuilt, so some £120 later, the computer technician who rebuilt my PC has put 3 anti virus programmes on it AVG, spybot and PC Dr on it ~ plus I have just found out I can have legitimate use of McAfee through my employeers "home user" agreement.:bannana: I was using Norton, but not anymore..

I'd advise using any or all of these products , so far they seem quite easy to use, also if you work for a large employer check out any home user benefits .

thanks again to all the guys who helped me out.

regs

Steve

 

[sym]

AVG sorted me out last week when my (employer loaded!) McAfee failed miserably to get rid of some trojan horse viruses ... spybot also failed, as did Ad-Aware and Spyware doctor ! Use AVG on all my personal PCs, and hasn't let me down so far - very good - for the money ! (Free!)

S.

 

[Steve Chafer]

Avg

Sym

are you using a paid for version?

I'm currently using their free version but am wondering wether to go the whole hog and buy the full deal

Steve

 

[sym]

Not paying at the moment - I've got free versions on my home PCs, which I set up some time ago, and they seem to be remaining free ... looks like if you register now, you only get a trial period - 30 / 90 days ? Can't remember. If the full version is as good as the trial or free versions, it would get my money, certainly !

S.

 

[IanA2]

Sym

are you using a paid for version?

I'm currently using their free version but am wondering wether to go the whole hog and buy the full deal

Steve

I use AVG pro......it is excellent and licences last two years.

 

[Steve Chafer]

thanks Sym

btw apologies, I should have referred to spyware Dr instead of PC Dr in my posts

Steve

 

[mapleleaf]

We have Sophos AV at work and I have it on my laptop as a home user - it works fine . I also have PC doctor on the lapop which also does a good job - no known viruses to date (touch wood)

 

[clegsr]

Another good practise is to install IE-SPYAD which is free, it adds a load of sites to the RESTRICTED section of Internet Explorer which means that Explorer blocks content from even downloading, I have it set up on my daughters pc which means even if she clicks on one of those "Do you want to stop SPAM" pop-up windows then nothing happens.

There are instructions how to install it here

and here is a link direct to the program file here

or go to this webpage

to read a bit more before you download it - recommended!

The program is a little clunky as it uses a program box - just follow the instructions.