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HELP! PC infected with XP Internet security

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  • aliEnRIK
    aliEnRIK Posts: 17,741 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Gizmos_dad wrote: »
    I am thinking of having avast and comodo firewall on together, are they compatible? If anybody has had any bad experience with these please let me know. Or what is the best free anti virus and firewall people would recommend?
    Again many thanks to people who have helped me.
    GD:T

    Dont bother with a 3rd party firewall unless you actually NEED to control what goes in and out (Unlikely)

    Just stick with AVAST for now
    :idea:
  • pupmaster
    pupmaster Posts: 114 Forumite
    Avast is to stop viruses so why would it pick this up as it is adware.

    Ifit is the same one i had and found it near impossible to ge rid of untill i used spybot search and destroy (and it is free!!)
  • aliEnRIK
    aliEnRIK Posts: 17,741 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    pupmaster wrote: »
    Avast is to stop viruses so why would it pick this up as it is adware.

    Ifit is the same one i had and found it near impossible to ge rid of untill i used spybot search and destroy (and it is free!!)

    Because it should be already gone ~

    Files Infected:
    C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Application Data\av.exe (ROGUE.Win7Antispyware2010) -> Quarantined and deleted successfully.
    :idea:
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