----------------------------------- Andy Thu Jul 15, 2004 2:13 pm Virus Scan ----------------------------------- guys need ur help on something, i have three different antivirus programs and i want to know which one is the best so plz vote ----------------------------------- Mazer Thu Jul 15, 2004 2:41 pm ----------------------------------- Go with the one that you don't have to pay for. If you get a virus it's your own fault for trying to get gunbound hacks. L. ----------------------------------- Andy Thu Jul 15, 2004 3:44 pm ----------------------------------- lol they all supposedly cost money but as they say time is money, and i spent enough time dling them ----------------------------------- rizzix Thu Jul 15, 2004 3:46 pm ----------------------------------- norton is most secure.. and its not a real pain in the neck as compared to the others. ----------------------------------- rizzix Thu Jul 15, 2004 3:48 pm ----------------------------------- i seriously hate ZoneLab's 5. the ZoneAlarm 5 product of theirs secrewd up the intire network conenction.. couldn't do anything.. its really messed up.. vers 4.x worked much better. ----------------------------------- Andy Thu Jul 15, 2004 5:09 pm ----------------------------------- mind recoomending a better firewall? ----------------------------------- octopi Thu Jul 15, 2004 5:14 pm ----------------------------------- A hardware firewall... ----------------------------------- wtd Thu Jul 15, 2004 5:56 pm ----------------------------------- Indeed, a hardware firewall is better than all of these combined. However, if you have to choose one, go with AVG. It's the least virus-like of the three. Norton's software has a tendency to not like being uninstalled, and a reputation for being overzealous in fixing problems that don't exist and thus causing problems. ----------------------------------- Martin Thu Jul 15, 2004 7:35 pm ----------------------------------- It's been my experience that Trend Micro PC-Cillin is the best anti-virus software. If you use norton and AVG, you will probably notice that they both find a lot of viruses, but they can't get rid of most of them. PC-Cillin on the other hand, I have never had a problem with. Now, granted, PC-Cillin isn't free. Well...technically...umm....yeah... ----------------------------------- Raugrist Thu Jul 15, 2004 7:44 pm ----------------------------------- What are you guys downloading that you keep finding viruses? ----------------------------------- Martin Thu Jul 15, 2004 8:46 pm ----------------------------------- Porn.Movie.XXX.hot.mpg.exe (12kb) is on the queue followed by half.life.2.release.full.beta.alpha.gold.valve.exe (37kb) is next ----------------------------------- rizzix Fri Jul 16, 2004 6:39 pm ----------------------------------- mind recoomending a better firewall? your router can can act as a firewall.. u can also setup one comptuer on ur network as a gateway comp for ur LAN and use it as a firewall ----------------------------------- bugzpodder Tue Aug 24, 2004 10:15 pm ----------------------------------- okay so i got the AVG free edition... so it did detect a trojan that mcafee did not find previously... in the System Volume Information... it tell me to run the scanner to kill it... but that doesnt do the job. now i have an AVG that gives me pop-ups saying i have a virus on my system regularly!!! come on! ----------------------------------- Tony Tue Aug 24, 2004 10:45 pm ----------------------------------- oh yeah... wtf is system volume information anyways? I had that happen to me before... apparently its a hidden folder in C:\ that you can't access :? ----------------------------------- Genesis Tue Aug 24, 2004 11:40 pm ----------------------------------- The System Volume Information folder is just a folder on the C drive that Windows stores it's System Restore files in (And a few other important files that keep the OS running, which is why it's so hard to access). To find it, go to the C drive, then go to Tools, the click the View tab, then set it to display hidden files, and uncheck the box beside "Hide Protected Operating System Files (Reccomended)" or something like that. Hit okay, I think some prompt will come up, hit yes obviously, and the System Volume Information folder should appear in the list of folders on the C drive. EDIT: To actually access it, just right click it, click Properties, and take it off Read Only. ----------------------------------- Amailer Wed Aug 25, 2004 6:52 am ----------------------------------- Ah ha, i had that same torjan or w/e before, in the same place :D hm i forgot how i removed it, but i got into the system volume folder. ----------------------------------- bugzpodder Wed Aug 25, 2004 9:41 am ----------------------------------- doesnt work for me, guess i need to get a floppy scanner