I face a lot of problem when I first use AVG, n my laptop gt infected by serious virus that disable my task manager, therefore I change to Avast home edition, but, same problem occur again...later, I feel so fed up with all those antivirus that I change to Avira classic, later, it happens that I was infected by "autorun inf"/"vbs script", which I've no idea wat n earth is that, nw I dunno wat to change to because I've no faith on all these freeware anymore. Can anyone give any suggestion of virus solution that doesn't rily require me to spend money?

If you really want freeware, you can use AVG, but must configure it to scann all files.
Remember, AVG=AntiVirus only. Install ad-ware for anti spyware.
If you use AVAST, Avira also the same. You must have AntiSpyware to protect you.

Install firewall also...

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Added on April 24, 2008, 12:16 pmUnless you want those Hmmm** AntiVirus, you can look for it over the net.

This post has been edited by cornelius_young: Apr 24 2008, 12:16 PM

there are some small tools for that kind of virus.

Autorun Eater
Ninja Pendisk
PCMAV
USBCleaner
USBKill

Make friend with antivirus expert, and your laptop will under his/her protection~~~~~

thx for ur help...n wat u mean by hmmm?

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Added on April 24, 2008, 12:38 pmgood idea! R u one of them? hehehe, then can make friend with u

This post has been edited by The Phantom: Apr 24 2008, 12:38 PM

I mean, The paid one which you can get it free... Cannot be discuss here...

I suggest SafeSpace and Returnil. Any changes done by programs running in Safespace are eliminated at the end of session i.e after you finish listening to music or browsing the internet, and any changes made to system partition drive C are eliminated by Returnil after a reboot. Changes include whatever virus infections. Even keyloggers don't matter because internet access can be denied for whatever foreign objects running in your sandbox.

So clean and fast that it makes you feel like your computer is running off a reformatted drive after each reboot . Only disadvantage is it'll be a hassle if you update programs a lot. But this can be eliminated if you pay for programs like Shadow Defender or ShadowUser. Tons of alternative softwares for Safespace too like Sandboxie. Personally running Shadow Defender and Sandboxie.

This no antivirus approach made me feel paranoid for a few weeks but eh it pays off because there is no need for registry/junk file cleaners, defraggers and antivirus/spyware programs. Best of all, there is no need for headaches trying to remove whatever viruses found on your computer. Found a virus? Just reboot and its gone.

I should probably stop now.




edit : added links.

This post has been edited by FollowN: Apr 24 2008, 01:23 PM

BTW, those are malwares, not viruses then.

Mostly deadly@harmful threat to computer is not virus, but other malware @ malicious codes. The most important thing to remember is don't download or run suspicious files in your computer. If you unsure, just send the file to www.virustotal.com and see the result and the desicion is there. Mostly the results are acurate, but there are possibility that it's a false positive.

And remember that there's no 100% protection for computer security, but never giveup on an security application if it just miss one or two "unwanted" programs. Choose what best for you based on your judgement and I recommend you to install:

1 antivirus, 1 online scanner, 1 antispyware, 1 firewall, and if you want more security but a bit hassel, IDS(intruder detection system) or HIPS.
And most important is your sense...

This post has been edited by Digifriend07: Apr 25 2008, 03:09 AM

Is your version of AVG come with 'Live Protection or Real-time Protection'? I have been using original AVG for 2 years and have had no problems whatsoever so far.

try use nod32?

anti virus also cant save u if u keep on going to those high risk websites.

i get your point
it's quite true also

ya... feel free tu try nod32...

try it first & u will know soon...

avg not good la frens since it is free...better change to more powerful av such as avast,kaspersky...for more protection u can use bit defender or others u can check internet the most recomended av

it's like something hiding bad about nod32 in your sentence

I'm using zonealarm all in one firewall,antivirus and antispyware. Its good but
will slow down ur com. So there are pros and cons in using freeware and pay 2use stuff.

the problem u mentioned up there is something can be fixed... if your task manager disabled just go to registry search for notaskmanager tan delete it... if autorun.inf....u open ur my computer type C:\autorun.inf at browser and search and u can c a notepad u delete etg there and save it on ur destop as autorun.inf....tan copy it and paste it on ur c drive without open ur c drive... now exit tan open ur my computer..etg will be fine..do the same thg for d drive...

it seems u tried various free AV and still not satisfied .. so , my advice is to buy an antivirus .. It doesn't cost much .. I got Bitdefender Internet Security OEM for RM45 & Kaspersky Internet Security for RM 95 ( 3 Users ) .. both are good antivirus .. it's ok to spend little money on this ..

you even can get kaspersky TIS for RM57.00 incl postage to your address from MIKA the trader....

There is also an alternative solution. Most of these pests are written for a Windows OS, so why not try using Linux for your computer. It's free anyway.