I think I've got a 'virus'.

Infidel

Hi guys. Thanks for all the replies so far.

So would this be better;

Get rid of McAfee replace with Avast

Get rid of Ad-Aware, replace with Malwarebytes (and let this run at start up)?

Keep Windows defender turned on.

Is there anything else I have to do, also is there any potential for conflicts between the programs? Which program is best for the firewall; Windows firewall or should I download another program??

Thanks again, and Happy Easter!

spud17

Get rid of McAfee replace with Avast

Get rid of McAfee, replace with Avast, MSE or Avira.
I removed McAfee from someones laptop, installed Avira, which then found '00s of infections.

Ad-Aware, IMO is past it, Malwarebytes is much better, it cannot be set to run on startup.
Run it manually, say every week or two, unless you suspect something is wrong.

Defender, you can leave it, but is not the greatest of programs.

There shouldn't be any conflicts at all.

Firewall, Vistas in-built one, should be fine, especially if you use a router.

These days I find 3rd party firewalls cause grief, because more people are sharing printers and media streaming etc, which mean they can be tricky to set up.

Infidel

Okay, so Avast, MSE or Avira? The final question, hopefully.........

ilove2shop

Sorry, I have a similar problem on my kids laptops. They are running Norton though and have found that Norton doesn't always pick up viruses.

Should I remove Norton and download Avast or something else instead?

spud17

Infidel wrote: »

Okay, so Avast, MSE or Avira? The final question, hopefully.........

Blimey mate , you'll be wanting someone to come around and install it next.

I had Avast, but found it slowed my very low spec old PC, switched to Avira, light on resources, even less than MSE, but doesn't scan email, but would quickly zap anything nasty that opened.

Avira has a nag screen which pops up when it updates, it's easily disabled, but this puts some off.

MSE, also has some anti-spyware, as well as AV, fairly light on resources.

All which means, there's not much between them, it's down to personal choice, even down to the fact that you might prefer one interface over the one I prefer.

aliEnRIK

ilove2shop wrote: »

Sorry, I have a similar problem on my kids laptops. They are running Norton though and have found that Norton doesn't always pick up viruses.

Should I remove Norton and download Avast or something else instead?

Please start a new thread and follow these instructions (posting the logs in yur NEW thread)

Download MALWAREBYTES (Make sure you click 'DOWNLOAD LATEST VERSION')
http://www.filehippo.com/download_malwarebytes_anti_malware/
Open malwarebytes and goto UPDATE and click 'check for updates'. After its updated goto SCANNER and click PERFORM FULL SCAN then click SCAN
Post the COMPLETE log here AFTER youve deleted everything it finds


reboot

Download HIJACK THIS (Make sure you click 'DOWNLOAD THIS VERSION')
http://www.filehippo.com/download_hijackthis/2894/
Click MAIN MENU then DO A SYSTEM SCAN AND SAVE A LOGFILE(Takes seconds) then post the log so we can see whats running
(do NOT do anything else with Hijack but scan and post the FULL log)

Infidel

spud17 wrote: »

Blimey mate , you'll be wanting someone to come around and install it next.

I had Avast, but found it slowed my very low spec old PC, switched to Avira, light on resources, even less than MSE, but doesn't scan email, but would quickly zap anything nasty that opened.

Avira has a nag screen which pops up when it updates, it's easily disabled, but this puts some off..

Seriously, too much choice can almost be worse than no choice at all. It's like when there's too many girls at a house party..........kind of, lol.

I did a bit of research on 2 of them and it seems that the word on the street (and the net) is that Avira is better at scanning, but Avast has a better update system.

Might have to toss a coin.

Edit: Oh and then there's AVG to consider (the hot new foreign chick enters the party...........)

Infidel

Actually, just noticed that Avast and Avira are about 40mb in size whereas AVG is only a touch over 2mb. Seems strange.

aliEnRIK

Sizes are irrelevant

AVAST has good detection and email scanning but tends to slow the computer down a little
AVIRA has best detection and lightest on resources but no email scanning
I personally wouldnt touch AVG. It tends to cause no end of problems

Infidel

Yeah, I was just wondering how a program can be 20 times smaller than another similar program.

Do you know if Avast or Avira have any site advisor functions, as that's one of the few things I've found useful on McAfee.