pretty good virus scanner

Reply Subscribe

Thread Tools

Search this Thread

Oct 22, 2004 | 01:54 PM

FordTruckFreeek

Thread Starter

Senior User

Joined: Apr 2004

Posts: 207

Likes: 0

From: Missouri

pretty good virus scanner

I have the Antivir virus scanner installed on my computer, and just a few minutes ago, when I came online, it picked up 3 trojan viruses...
Mcaffee didn't catch them, although I think that this is due to the computer still in a stage of startup, maybe.
Anybody else have Antivir? I really like it, plus there are updates put up almost daily...

Oct 22, 2004 | 02:49 PM

RoyalFord

Elder User

Joined: Apr 2004

Posts: 866

Likes: 2

From: North Carolina

Uninstall McAffee.

Download AVG Anti Virus by Grisoft.
http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_index.php

1.Go down and click on free edition and sign up.
2.Make sure you use a valid E-mail address b/c they will send you the link to download.
3.Then after you download it successfully they will send you the serial # through E-mail.
4.Then you can install

Free updates daily.

The best you can get.

Bryan#50

EDIT: Also, after install, schedule an automatic computer scan daily.

Oct 22, 2004 | 04:21 PM

MisterCMK

Fleet Owner

Joined: Mar 2003

Posts: 24,724

Likes: 74

From: Blue Hill Township

I personally really like Norton Anti-Virus. I have always had good luck with it.

Oct 22, 2004 | 07:15 PM

flyboy2610

Posting Guru

Joined: Dec 2001

Posts: 1,668

Likes: 3

From: Lincoln USA

I agree with AVG. (Hey, that rhymes.

)
I use it and it is effective. I update it weekly.

Oct 22, 2004 | 08:30 PM

Gregg C.

Senior User

Joined: Jul 2004

Posts: 407

Likes: 0

From: ct.

Had AVG then we were convinced to go to F-Secure by a friend of ours. Did the free trial and then when that expired we signed up for a year. We've had good luck with it.

Oct 22, 2004 | 09:21 PM

pfogle

Lead Driver

Joined: Feb 2003

Posts: 8,140

Likes: 4

From: Oak Harbor, OH

Norton is a rip off... Why pay for something that should be free, It also still suffers from the same problems that it had years ago... The developers at norton fail to protect the directories it's installed to, and then a virus attaches itself to the norton runtime, and presto norton won't work........Then you have you download uninstall programs, after shutting down norton, and scanning with a different virus scan tool.......

Oct 22, 2004 | 11:36 PM

TigerDan

Hotshot

Joined: May 2004

Posts: 12,170

Likes: 5

From: The hills of No. Calif.

I have AntiVir, also known as Luke Filewalker. It has picked up bugs that Norton and MacAfee both missed. I bought MacAfee, uninstalled it after I downloaded AntiVir. -TD

Top 10 Most Expensive Ford Trucks Ever Sold on Bring a Trailer

Joe Kucinski

2027 Ford Super Duty Buyer's Guide (Every Model, Engine, & Package)

Brett Foote

Top 10 Ford Truck Tragedies

Joe Kucinski

AEV FXL Super Duty - the Super Duty Raptor Ford Doesn't Make

Brett Foote

Lobo Vs Lobo: Proof the F-150 Lobo Should Be Even Lower!

Michael S. Palmer

Ford's 2001 Explorer Sportsman Concept Looks For a New Home

Verdad Gallardo

10 Best Ford Truck Engines We Miss the Most!

Joe Kucinski

2026 Shelby F-150 Off-Road: Better Than a Raptor R?

Brett Foote

2027 Super Duty Carhartt Package First Look: 12 Things You NEED to Know!

Michael S. Palmer

10 Most Surprising 2026 Ford Truck Features!

Joe Kucinski

Oct 23, 2004 | 08:13 AM

FordTruckFreeek

Thread Starter

Senior User

Joined: Apr 2004

Posts: 207

Likes: 0

From: Missouri

I just ran a check on My Computer, with Antivir, aka Luke Filewalker, out of 15,000 plus files, 17 were trojans, of some sort, dear old McAffe never sounded off on a one of 'em...