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HELP! PC infected with XP Internet security
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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:0 -
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!!)0 -
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:0
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