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Answer» Most of these programs will allow a free scan of your computer and will show that there are a lot of problems on your hd. I've run a couple of these programs and one showed 187 problems and another showed 160. I went to look for some of these problems and they don't seem to exist; at least, I can't find them in the directories that they show. My question is: do these programs just show imaginary problems to entice a person to buy the SOFTWARE? I ran my antivirus last week and I'm quite sure that my computer is clean. No problems with popups and no problem with speed. Your thoughts, please.If it's a free program what would they be trying to SELL? Follow the money..... do these programs just show imaginary problems to entice a person to buy the software? In a lot of cases , these trial programs which aren't fully functional report false positives...... Trojans can be very elusive and even your anti virus app may not find them . dl65 I have always found Panda pretty good, it won't clean everything but I wouldn't expect it to as it's free. A good starting point for beginners as it's updated daily and it only takes a click or TWO to try. Far easier than trying to explain how to download, install, update, configure & run say AVG. I bet 95% of users don't even have AVG configured properly. (It's not the default settings as you would expect) Quote If it's a free program what would they be trying to sell?The program is not free, only the scan.I was thinking of AdAware, Spybot, AVG Free. et al. Quote Most of these programs will allow a free scan of your computer and will show that there are a lot of problems on your HD. First of all you need to unhide all files and folders and also look in the registry. Secondly some rogue programs do have one or two false items to make you think that they have found something. With AdAware SE and SpyBot SD, especially where these programs are being used for the first time, it is not uncommon to find a hundred or more things which shouldn't be there. I have seen 992 and 1174 before now. I would also use SpywareBlaster which aims at prevention. I'm using Spywareguard for prevention and I run spy bot every few days. I made a list of all the infections/adware and I haven't been able to find one. I haven't looked in the registry yet.Use the safeguards that came with this the pc........like hide this folder........>if you clicked on the c drive......the legend to left tells you of this option.Download & run ccleaner then scan it again. http://www.ccleaner.com Quote I bet 95% of users don't even have AVG configured properly. So what's the secret?Advanced settings <-------- Do you like my dog?"• All antivirus programs, including AVG, by default have their settings to only scan executable files in an attempt to speed up looking for infections. While most of the time this is just fine, the newest threats that can infect your computer have started getting sneaky on how they hide their files making it easier for them to reinfect your system if your antivirus program detected and removed their executable file. To help also detect these "backup" files that the infection leaves on your system, you should in my OPINION, make a couple of changes to what your AVG scans from just executable files to all files. • To change AVG's settings, open AVG's Test Center. Click the Tests menu then in both of the tests labeled Complete Test Settings and Selected Area Test Settings select Scan all Files and click the Ok button. • Now AVG will scan all of the files when you scan your computer. This will TAKE longer to complete, but I feel it is a small price to pay for the added security it provides." http://forum.grisoft.cz/freeforum/read.php?4,27725,backpage=Good point Fed! Like this... |
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