Witch anti spyware is actually free and really works on the net? also need anti viris?
Lucinda asked:
My computer is basically new, anyway, my dumb ass roommate downloaded limewire and ever since then it has been slow and not wanting to load. Anyway i deleted the program and now i was told to run an anti spyware, anti malware, anti virus.
Lloyd
My computer is basically new, anyway, my dumb ass roommate downloaded limewire and ever since then it has been slow and not wanting to load. Anyway i deleted the program and now i was told to run an anti spyware, anti malware, anti virus.
Lloyd
Tags: Anti Viris, Limewire, Roommate
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July 24th, 2009 at 11:53 am
Angela
Comodo Internet Security and LavaSoft AdAware. Have them running on my brother’s PC and think they are pretty good.
July 24th, 2009 at 8:30 pm
Joanne
Avira’s Antivir version 9 (free)…http://www.free-av.com/
Malwarebytes (free)…http://www.malwarebytes.org/
SUPERantispyware (free)…http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=superantispyware&aq=0&oq=superantisp
Run a full scan with each of them……
GOOD LUCK !!!
July 25th, 2009 at 11:42 pm
Alan
don’t listen to “johnny”. there are lots of good free proggies out there. avg and lavasoft ad-aware.
July 28th, 2009 at 1:12 am
Jamie
Tell your room mate that she/he is an idiot. Never download from P2P website without running a anti-virus. As Limewire is full of spyware, not sure about virus’.
If you are going to download from a P2P site, I’d suggest using ‘Avast’ anti-virus program as it scans most P2P sites. When you download a song or movie it is scanning it while you are downloading it.
There are several anti-spyware programs out there so I’ll suggest 2.
There is ‘Windows Defender’ which is not to bad. I wouldn’t say it’s the best, but it’s better than nothing.
Or there is ‘Spybot-Search & Destroy’ which is pretty good.
It might pay to do this little thing before doing any scans. Do a search on your computer for ‘Limewire’ as some programs leave little files behind. Delete anthing that comes up with ‘Limewire’ in it.
All these programs I have suggested are 100% free.
I hope I have helped you.
July 28th, 2009 at 4:25 am
Lynn
Well since your roommate used limewire there is a good chance you got infected. Get Avira the free version from download.com Also get Malwarebytes Anti-Malware. Install and update both programs. Then restart your computer is safe mode and do a scan with Malwarebytes. Then restart your computer, and do a full scan with avira. Then use Avira as your anti-virus program, it will protect you from all malware. Keep Malwarebytes and run a scan with it once a week.