Anti-virus programs

[tn_tuxedo]

My computer is making me so mad I'm about ready to pull the plug and just use it as a bike stand. I've had it with McAfee! Their anti-virus package BLOWS! :bang: My computer has slowed down like mad. My DSL connection is now slower than my old d/u connection. :uh: I cannot open docs because of lexplore. I know this needs to be removed. I ran Viruscan and "no injfected files found". I then ran another program and it found 47 items not recognized by Viruscan. I know these 2 programs come from 2 seperate vendors but COME ON! 47 items! :|
SOOOOOO... What anti-virus/spyware/malware programs are the best, do you use?

 

[ellandoh]

im not so good with that stuff , my internet provider gives me one free , i think its yahoo online protection , also windows ultra cleaner , one click cleans unnecessary files and registry . found a free program called mpower 1.2 that frees up RAM that was robbed by programs that never free it up when you close them .


my comp runs good , but i would wait for some more help.

also defrag your drive!! if you havent already tried that

 

[Chili]

For anti-virus I always use Norton's , started with them and never had reason to switch. For spyware I use Spybot search and Destroy as well as Ad-Aware. Did this issue just pop up in the last couple of days? The reason I ask is a buddy of mine has developed the same problems out of the blue after trying to update Mcaffee yesterday. Sounds like it may be a bug in the latest update. Another antivirus program I've heard good things about but have never used it personally is AVG which has a free version available online.

 

[tn_tuxedo]

This problem started Wednesday night. I checked my inbound events log and had all kinds of unsolicited attempts to access ports and they all were coming from Yahoo servers. Never had any inbound events before that.

 

[FruDaddy]

Go to http://www.grisoft.com/doc/289/lng/us/tpl/tpl01 and download AVG. I have been using it for years. It is every bit as good as Norton and Mcaffee, perhaps better. I also use Spybot and Ad-Aware. If you use any file sharing software, it could be the problem.

 

[Vic]

I've been using Avast for several years with good results.

 

[sick 96 250]

Go to http://www.grisoft.com/doc/289/lng/us/tpl/tpl01 and download AVG. I have been using it for years. It is every bit as good as Norton and Mcaffee, perhaps better. I also use Spybot and Ad-Aware. If you use any file sharing software, it could be the problem.

yup AVG is great, i had norton which came with my new comp and i got rid of it asap, i use AVG and microsoft anti spy which you can download from microsoft.com.

 

[FruDaddy]

You might also try the ZoneAlarm or Sygate firewall.

 

[robwbright]

yup AVG is great, i had norton which came with my new comp and i got rid of it asap, i use AVG and microsoft anti spy which you can download from microsoft.com.

I agree AVG is VERY GOOD - especially since it's free.

 

[captblue1]

I agree AVG is VERY GOOD - especially since it's free.

and it doesn't use nearly as much of the resources as norton does