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Virus problems.

Hi,
Does anyone know any FREE virus REMOVAL programs?

I have:
Spybot - Search & Destroy
Kapersky Virus Removal
Spyware & Adware Removal

I have the free version of AdAware 2009, which is, of course, useless, because I’m not going to register.

I used to have AVG, which was also useless.

Any good tools to REMOVE the viruses, not just quarantine them?

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littlenick online Verified User (1 year, 7 months) Long Term User Shouts: 134 #
An Undisclosed Location | 11 months, 3 weeks ago (3 minutes after post)

Try this one: Only get the free stuff. That should help you!

http://www.avg.com/?type=ps3925e

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littlenick online Verified User (1 year, 7 months) Long Term User Shouts: 134 #
An Undisclosed Location | 11 months, 3 weeks ago (4 minutes after post)

Sorry Vilen that’s all I had. That’s what I am using now!

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Vilén offline Verified User (1 year, 6 months) Long Term User Shouts: 4 #
An Undisclosed Location | 11 months, 3 weeks ago (12 minutes after post)

Yeah, I’ll get it. Meanwhile, I’m running like 25 different scans.

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The Clue offline Verified User (4 years) Long Term User Shouts: 16 #
Minot, ND, US | 11 months, 3 weeks ago (2 hours, 55 minutes after post)

You do know that if you have multiple virus programs running that they will conflict with each other.

If your PC seems like its slowing down and having a hard time surfing the web or just doesn’t seem right. If you think that you have a virus or bug. You need to clean it out first to find out what’s causing the problems. Here’s a few programs that I use regularly and they take very little time and skill to run.
You should go to http://download.com and get these programs.
AD WARE AND SPY WARE REMOVERS:
AD-Aware: http://www.download.com/3120-20_4.htm…
Spybot search and destroy: http://www.download.com/Spybot-Search…
CCleaner: http://www.download.com/CCleaner/3000…
If you don’t have an Antivirus program you can use.
Avast: http://www.download.com/Avast-Home-Ed…
or AVG: http://www.download.com/AVG-Anti-Viru…
and for your firewall a good program is
Zone Alarm: http://www.download.com/ZoneAlarm-Fir…
Install these programs and run them regularly. This will keep your system clean and running properly. These programs are free and Download.com is a part of CNET (the site that your posting on right now). Hope this helps :-)

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Laina1312 offline Verified User (1 year, 2 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
An Undisclosed Location | 11 months, 3 weeks ago (11 hours, 33 minutes after post)

AVG and Comodo work really well together without conflicting and Comodo has a firewall, too.

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045001 offline Verified User (2 years, 11 months) Long Term User Shouts: 25 #
An Unknown Location | 11 months, 3 weeks ago (1 day, 8 hours after post)

i dont think anything free will help. why would programmers bother making software for free?

Personally, I used to pay for bullguard (www.bullguard.com) and have done for about 5 years. if you need a one-off ‘fix’, download the one month trial and run a full scan. then just uninstall it.

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The Clue offline Verified User (4 years) Long Term User Shouts: 16 #
Minot, ND, US | 11 months, 3 weeks ago (1 day, 8 hours after post)

045001 wrote:
i don’t think anything free will help. why would programmers bother making software for free?

Some people make programs for free just to prove that you don’t have to pay for something that is going to work just as well or better than the ones that you have to pay for. Sometimes the competition pays them off so that they can take it off the market because its is better than the one that they provide, its happens allot. Hope this helps :-)

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045001 offline Verified User (2 years, 11 months) Long Term User Shouts: 25 #
An Unknown Location | 11 months, 3 weeks ago (1 day, 8 hours after post)

The Clue wrote:

045001 wrote:
i don’t think anything free will help. why would programmers bother making software for free?

Some people make programs for free just to prove that you don’t have to pay for something that is going to work just as well or better than the ones that you have to pay for. Sometimes the competition pays them off so that they can take it off the market because its is better than the one that they provide, its happens allot. Hope this helps :-)

you really believe this? nothing in life is free

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Laina1312 offline Verified User (1 year, 2 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
An Undisclosed Location | 11 months, 3 weeks ago (1 day, 9 hours after post)

045001 wrote:

The Clue wrote:
045001 wrote:
i don’t think anything free will help. why would programmers bother making software for free?

Some people make programs for free just to prove that you don’t have to pay for something that is going to work just as well or better than the ones that you have to pay for. Sometimes the competition pays them off so that they can take it off the market because its is better than the one that they provide, its happens allot. Hope this helps :-)

you really believe this? nothing in life is free

Air… love… the stars… the sun… spiralfrog.com… books from the library…

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045001 offline Verified User (2 years, 11 months) Long Term User Shouts: 25 #
An Unknown Location | 11 months, 3 weeks ago (1 day, 9 hours after post)

i was talking about things made by humanity. which leaves love, spiralfrog, and the library.

The library costs a lot of money (typically taxes). LIbrarians and authours ARE getting paid.

Spiralfrog or any website costs money too. You need to pay for electricity, an internet connection, and computer equipment.

As for love, perhaps it is free. But love is hardly tangible is it? It’s just a feeling or something you just do. Like happiness or masturbating (both also free).

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Vilén offline Verified User (1 year, 6 months) Long Term User Shouts: 4 #
An Undisclosed Location | 11 months, 3 weeks ago (1 day, 9 hours after post)

045001 wrote:
i was talking about things made by humanity. which leaves love, spiralfrog, and the library.

The library costs a lot of money (typically taxes). LIbrarians and authours ARE getting paid.

Spiralfrog or any website costs money too. You need to pay for electricity, an internet connection, and computer equipment.

As for love, perhaps it is free. But love is hardly tangible is it? It’s just a feeling or something you just do. Like happiness or masturbating (both also free).

Love requires a LOT of money. Women start to “love” you when they sense a credit card.

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045001 offline Verified User (2 years, 11 months) Long Term User Shouts: 25 #
An Unknown Location | 11 months, 3 weeks ago (1 day, 16 hours after post)

very true, i just wasnt willing to take the crap from people for saying it, but its so true.

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Laina1312 offline Verified User (1 year, 2 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
An Undisclosed Location | 11 months, 3 weeks ago (1 day, 16 hours after post)

That’s sexist, generalizing and very crude.

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045001 offline Verified User (2 years, 11 months) Long Term User Shouts: 25 #
An Unknown Location | 11 months, 3 weeks ago (1 day, 17 hours after post)

yeh i know. it doesn’t apply to all women in the world, just all of the ones i know..

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Vilén offline Verified User (1 year, 6 months) Long Term User Shouts: 4 #
An Undisclosed Location | 11 months, 3 weeks ago (2 days, 7 hours after post)

Laina1312 wrote:
That’s sexist, generalizing and very crude.

Laina, sorry if I offended you, but there are two things you should know about me:

1. I abhor sexism and am a vehement proponent of equality.
2. I like to indulge in a lot of sarcastic humor.
3. I exaggerate often.

“045001″, I agree - the girls I meet are just like that.

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Laina1312 offline Verified User (1 year, 2 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
An Undisclosed Location | 11 months, 3 weeks ago (2 days, 10 hours after post)

Did you do that on purpose? lol

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The Clue offline Verified User (4 years) Long Term User Shouts: 16 #
Minot, ND, US | 11 months, 1 week ago (1 week, 3 days after post)

These programs mentioned are good and will remove all but a few specific viruses, the ones that they cannot remove you will get details on what it is so you can find the removal tool. Remember you don’t have to pay anyone to remove a virus the tools are out there and are free to use. Hope this helps :-)

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The Clue offline Verified User (4 years) Long Term User Shouts: 16 #
Minot, ND, US | 11 months, 1 week ago (1 week, 3 days after post)

Ad-ware not so much, but the other two (Viruses and Mail-ware) are being written in the form of a root kit that will hide itself as soon as you boot your PC so that the virus program doesn’t even see it when it imitates. As you said most of the programs will not see it at all and think that its part of the system and ignores it. There is still ways to check your system and prevent the root kits from starting up, then they can be removed.

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The Clue offline Verified User (4 years) Long Term User Shouts: 16 #
Minot, ND, US | 11 months, 1 week ago (1 week, 3 days after post)

(*initiates) My bad LOL

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