Hi,
Recently, up to 13 deadly viruses eg. win32 detected in my PC after being scanned by AVG. My PC’s status is now as ‘infected’. I wanted to buy an anti-virus programme (Northon 2007 or Windows Live One Care preferred), how much will it cost? Does it mean a life-time protection upon purchase? Should I reformat my PC before i install it? or just install it and do some in depth cleaning to get rid of those virus in my computer? What are your suggestions? By the way, after my PC infected, i couldnt log in to MSN messenger anymore, weird thing is, I just able to login to my Yahoo!messenger, what’s wrong?
If it’s not too much trouble to save your files you need, I would format. Then install Avast Anti Virus. Adaware and Spybot S&D, I also bought a program called Registry Mechanic.
all links for those programs are below.
I always set computers up with that, never had any problems.
avg is the best youll get however you should run the virus scanner while in safe mode so that it can properly get rid of all the virus’s
I recommend you to try nod32 or f-secure antivirus,they are both very well and has been rated as top antivirus software in the world.
Kaspersky is the 1st antivirus,active virus shield is the 2nd and it’s free too!.
type in your browser free antivirus downloads it should bring up plenty of options for free downloads if it were me i’d go with the windows defender or you can buy defender pro at walmart i dont think you can buy a lifetime antivirus of anykind
Anti-Virus Software Reviews 2007
Listed in order of rating
#1 BitDefender
#2 Kaspersky
#3 ESET Nod32
#4 PC-cillin
#5 F-Secure Anti-Virus
#6 McAfee VirusScan
#7 Norton AntiVirus
#8 AVG Anti-Virus Pro
#9 CA Antivirus
#10 Norman Virus Control
#11 AntiVirusKit
#12 AVAST!
#13 Panda Titanium
#14 F-Prot
#15 PC Tools AntiVirus
#16 ViRobot
#17 WinAntiVirus
Check the instructions, most AV software have a way of disinfecting your machine directly from the CD (Safe Mode). Install on a clean machine only.
And, since new viruses are being created everyday, the most effective anti-virus programs offers convenient virus updates. Some software even offer automatic updates, which regularly and automatically check back with the manufacturer for information on new viruses, providing you the highest-level of protection at all times.
You *can* do this for free. There are several free programs out there such as AVG Free (http://free.grisoft.com) and Avast, but your question revolved around wanting a paid version of a program.
Windows Onecare has been rated poorly by anti-virus testers so, in my opinion, given the two that you want to choose between, I’d recommend Norton:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw/104-2529547-8091902?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=norton+internet+security&Go.x=0&Go.y=0&Go=Go
Prices are in the above link. Good luck!