Disneyfied4
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Does nayone know of a reliable FREE malware website to get rid of this virus. We just don't know which websites are good. TIA!
You usually get what you pay for when you use free software. Did you have an antivirus program like norton or mcafee? If so, then you can contact there support team for help. Otherwise, run hijackthis (free) and post the results on a tech board like techimo.com. You need to have some confidence in your ability with a computer if you choose this route.Does nayone know of a reliable FREE malware website to get rid of this virus. We just don't know which websites are good. TIA!
You usually get what you pay for when you use free software. Did you have an antivirus program like norton or mcafee? If so, then you can contact there support team for help. Otherwise, run hijackthis (free) and post the results on a tech board like techimo.com. You need to have some confidence in your ability with a computer if you choose this route.
I would NEVER pay for antivirus. Norton and McAfee are rip offs. There are plenty of free antiviruses and the like that work better and are updated better. I know no one that would pay for this and that includes programmers, builders, and gamers.
OP, I would suggest AVG, Avast!, or Microsoft Security. All three are free and god programs. I personally use Avast! and the boyfriend uses Microsoft, but I would use any of these three if I had to.
Agreed. I got a nasty virus while running Norton. Ran a scan, Norton found nothing. After much doing I was able to get to one of the free sights and was able to download a free virus program, which found it and fixed it!
You usually get what you pay for when you use free software.
Microsoft Security Essentials, AVG, and Avast are among the best reviewed and rated programs and are all free. Paying for anti-virus for a home use situation is insane.
I personally prefer Microsoft Security Essentials as it is basically invisible once running and uses almost no resources. I'd rate Avast as 2nd best as they require a yearly email renewal to work and by default has some crazy sounds enabled that will scare the heck out of you the first time it goes off.
So how did you find out about the virus? If you're simply following a popup saying 'your computer has a virus, click here to get rid of it', THAT'S likely what installed it.Thanks for all of the suggestions. I am not the computer person in the house. The virus is HDD Plus. We have trend micro antivirus software but the virus obviously got around it. Ughhhhh! My husband is going to try and remove it. Thanks again.
Like the woman's voice saying "Your Virus Database has been updated!"... which always happens when I forget to lower the volume on the computer after listening to music?
It's like it KNOWS when to update and never does it when I have the volume turned off.
And I don't recall ever getting a email to renew and have never had it not work... And all I have used is Avast! since about 2002ish.
AVG free edition and Malwarebytes are two of the best ones out there and they're both free! Spybot Search and Destroy is also really good.