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Trust me, you don't know bad until you've got a VIRIUS....



And I've lost my virius software, so I'm stuck with a computer that's malfucntioning. I've usually got to restart my computer 3 times before I can use it for 5 hours before it messes up again.... Then I go though the same process....
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AVG antivirus - http://www.grisoft.com



free and catches all viruses.
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PC Cillin comes with motherboards I think too, it has daily updates.
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:) AVG kicks ass... it uses only 2 megs of ram, thats LESS THAN MSN MESSANGER. It works well, and it does daily automatic FULL SYSTEM scans at 2 AM if you leave your computer on overnight.
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Yeah, so far it's found 510 infected files.... DAmn.
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Originally posted by OverDrive@Aug 12 2003, 11:52 AM

AVG antivirus - http://www.grisoft.com



free and catches all viruses.


AVG catches sod all. I was using it for ages, and then my PC started playing up majorly and it found a couple of viruses but wouldn't remove them properly. I went out and bought McAfee and installed it, ran it and it detected about 6 other viruses that AVG hadn't picked up and managed to clear my system.
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I don't really care.... as long as it gets SOMETHING.
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maybe you didnt do program and virus updates... it works perfectly for me and yea, NOT EVERY VIRUS WILL BE DETECTED BY AVG...



nor any other antivirus program. Unless you run all 6 of the major AV products at 1 time, you will miss some here and there. Even if you run all 6, you still arent fully protected... I used to make disaterous viruses too, so i know that they can mutate after being active for some time. PC Cillin is a good one too, but u have to buy it if it doesnt come with your computer.. AVG is just plain old free :)
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Originally posted by OverDrive@Aug 12 2003, 02:14 PM

maybe you didnt do program and virus updates...


I'm perfectly competent when it comes to computers, thank you. I was simply saying that it was useless for me, but then you can't expect perfection when you're not paying anything for it.
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Originally posted by Teardrop@Aug 12 2003, 09:17 AM

I'm perfectly competent when it comes to computers, thank you.


wasnt trying to be condecending... most people forget about updates....



"windows update??? what's that?" - AN FYI FOR THOSE WHO DONT KNOW - http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com
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How long is this supposed to take? It's been running for like an hour now.... And it's STILL not done....
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It takes 3 hours to scan my drives - i have 3 drives of 20 gigs each.... so it can take a while.
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I have viruses, the type that co-exist with me and my computer.... Its still works sometimes, its slowly dieing.... I don't feel like dumping it again... Besides I need an excuse for a new one..
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Originally posted by Hersheys Kisses 003@Aug 12 2003, 02:40 PM

How long is this supposed to take? It's been running for like an hour now.... And it's STILL not done....


Depends on your PC spec and hard drive size. It takes about twenty minutes to scan my 120 gig harddrive.
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