Sunday, September 14th, 2008
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So for those that don’t know, I am a computer technician by day and one of the things that I have been dealing with quite often lately is a Malware program that has a HIGH THREAT LEVEL called AntivirusXP 2008 or WinAntivirus 2008. So have you been infected by this program yet? Usually what happens is, a box will pop up looking very legitimate stating that you have a thousands of viruses. First off, you should already be aware of your pc’s health via current security software.
So as for this wonderful threat! How can it be removed? Well I will list the files that are associated with this program and provide some pointers as to how to remove them. But before I do that, I should explain that it is very important that everyone understands that the information I am about to provide is going to take you into areas of your operating system that the normal user should not normally enter. If you are not comfortable doing so then I urge you to take your PC to a professional to have the problem taken care.
Tools needed:
CCleaner - this program can be used to clean your temp files and ensure that your deleted files are indeed deleted. Also, it has a decent registry cleaning option that will be needed for the purpose of removing this program.- Anti-Virus and Anti-Spyware Programs - I prefer Webroot Spysweeper with Antivirus or Kaspersky.
- In place of the Registry Cleaner in CCleaner you can also type “regedit” into your run menu and manually edit your registry. But again I stress… You can damage your OS if you delete or change the wrong file.
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Tags: anitspyware, Antivirus 2008, Antivirus 2009, AntivirusXP 2008, CCleaner, Malware, Registry Cleaner, Spysweeper With Antivirus, Spyware, Virus, Webroot, Winxpantivirus 2008
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Monday, July 7th, 2008
Arguably the most popular free anti-virus solution, AVG is trying to solidify its rain at the top with AVG Anti-Virus 8.0. How does AVG compete with popular paid for solutions such as Trend Micro or Norton? Well many people already know about the problems with Norton being a resource hog. With Norton 360, Symantec claims to have solved this issue but through my own personal experience, I would disagree. Before I see any true benefits from Norton, I have to have a minimum of 1GB of RAM in an XP machine and 2GB of RAM in a Vista PC. And lets be honest, the majority of folks these days don’t have that. The average I see daily in an XP machine is 512MB and 1GB in a Vista machine. So you do the math.
As for Trend Micro Anti-Virus or Internet Security, I actually like both. They don’t utilize much RAM at all. I don’t see any effect on my system when running scans. Scan wise, i would not say its the absolute best, but if you keep the updates running and the scans automatic then you should not have any problems. I personally recommend either of these products.
Now to AVG. Here is what I personally know about AVG. I am a PC Tech supervisor and deal with 20-30 computers daily. More than half of the clients I deal with use AVG and bring them in with viruses. The defense they always give me is, “it’s free”. And I respond with, “so were the viruses”. How much is your data worth? Remember you get what you pay for. I don’t want you to think I am completely against AVG, they have improved drastically over the last few years. I just have not seen a reasonable amount of improvement to warrant download.
On the good side, AVG 8.0 is easy to understand and work with. They do provide free support at any time which can’t be said about other companies. If you are responsible with your web surfing ventures you may not have any problems.
What do you think about it?
Tags: Antispyware, Antivirus, AVG, AVG Anti-virus, AVG Anti-Virus 8.0, Norton, Norton 360, Trend Micro, Webroot
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