TROJAN VIRUS again CRAAAAP

[Bunnykid68]

Kaspersky has been very effective for me. I also run Malwarebytes and Superantispyware occasionally. I run nothing on my home copmuter which has Linux Suse.

 

[CombatVet]

A non-windoze OS...

What Expat said!

I knew I was going to have a lot of data I didn't want to lose for school so I switched to Mac. I think my virus def hasn't had a new install since October or so because ... there haven't been any new virus written. I asked a friend what anti-spyware program I should use and they told me Mac's don't get spyware.

If you're unable to switch from your PC though I like Ad-Ware and Spybot for spyware removal. I used AVG antivirus when I had a PC. It served me well, although I never really tempted fate with the Porno sites etc. I didn't browse anything questionable other than maybe this site. I don't know if AVG antivirus is still the Bee's Knee's or not, but it was about a year ago.

 

[Griffeycom]

So ive downloaded
malwarebytes
and AVG

I wrecked my brains trying to figure out whats better AVG or Avira?

so should I change to Avira, seems AVG got a better rating on Cnet than Avira

Most your replies have been very helpfull. Thanks INGO

Neither; http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/.

 

[BigJ3780]

Facebook has been a prime example of how easy it is to spread a virus, any "app" could be corrupt.

 

[tmfinney]

I have been a faithful user of Kaspersky for about two years now and I'm getting ready to renew it again.

 

[Bunnykid68]

Microsoft security essentials and AVG both failed me on one of my computers.

Something else one can do is use Firefox instead of Explorer.

 

[Indy_Guy_77]

And anyone who says that Mac products "don't get viruses or malware" is dumb.

They CAN and DO get them.

Granted, it is at a much much much less frequency than Windows machines.

It's all about market share. If there were suddenly as many Mac computers as there are Windows machines (and as few Win as there currently are Macs), you'd then see just as high an incidence of issues with the Mac machines.

The writers of these viruses/malware write them in order to infect and affect as great a percentage of machines that they can. That means that they write to target Windows and windows applications.

-J-

 

[theturtle06]

I use Windows 7, used WinXP/Win2k for 10+ years...never had an issue with trojans, spyware, malware, ect. Never kept any program running in the background actively monitoring what's going on due to it being a major resource hog.

 

[lyric911]

I use MSE, but honestly safer computing habits will go way further than any software will.

 

[theturtle06]

I use MSE, but honestly safer computing habits will go way further than any software will.

QFT this guy knows what's up.