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Russell
Firing on two.
Joined: November 29th, 2008, 10:05 pm
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Location: West Sussex, U.K.
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 Re: Virus?? Yeah, I have no troubles either, dunno what virus/spyware mullarkey we have, but it's not gone tits up for me at all.
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toomany2cvs
Firing on two.
Joined: December 26th, 2008, 9:40 pm
Posts: 3332
Location: Surrounded by 2cvs...
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Re: Virus?? BrianDamaged wrote: My comp's a fortnight old, and has the latest McAfee anti-virus which is (predictably) a trial version....but it's still in the trial period, so should be bang up to date... Do yourself a big favour. Uninstall it. Don't even think of paying for it. McAfee's sole saving grace is that it's better than Norton. Very good free AV products include AVG and Avira. There are others.
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Re: Virus?? toomany2cvs wrote: BrianDamaged wrote: My comp's a fortnight old, and has the latest McAfee anti-virus which is (predictably) a trial version....but it's still in the trial period, so should be bang up to date... Do yourself a big favour. Uninstall it. Don't even think of paying for it. McAfee's sole saving grace is that it's better than Norton. Very good free AV products include AVG and Avira. There are others. I never pay for 'em. As soon as the end of the trial period is reached, it'll be unceremoniously booted out the back of the tower unit!  Cheers for the heads-up on AVG, I think thats what I had in my old one, it was excellent.
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George
Spellin Bea
Joined: January 6th, 2009, 5:49 pm
Posts: 949
Location: Lincolnshire
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Re: Virus?? toomany2cvs wrote: BrianDamaged wrote: My comp's a fortnight old, and has the latest McAfee anti-virus which is (predictably) a trial version....but it's still in the trial period, so should be bang up to date... Do yourself a big favour. Uninstall it. Don't even think of paying for it. McAfee's sole saving grace is that it's better than Norton. Very good free AV products include AVG and Avira. There are others. your right any virus software you pay for is usually Crap, free ones are the best id advise Comodo and WinPatrol, and if your using IE browser your just asking for viruses to attack as thats the worst possible browser you could use 
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toomany2cvs
Firing on two.
Joined: December 26th, 2008, 9:40 pm
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Location: Surrounded by 2cvs...
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Re: Virus?? toomany2cvs wrote: BrianDamaged wrote: My comp's a fortnight old, and has the latest McAfee anti-virus which is (predictably) a trial version....but it's still in the trial period, so should be bang up to date... Do yourself a big favour. Uninstall it. Don't even think of paying for it. McAfee's sole saving grace is that it's better than Norton. And - right on cue... http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/07/03 ... ve_glitch/
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Jonathan
Firing on two.
Joined: January 1st, 2009, 7:37 pm
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Location: Disunited Kingdom
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Re: Virus??  To Toomany 2cvs- So what you're trying to say then, is that in reality this site is fine, but Mcafee's software has decided that it's a threat and posted it to the World Wide Web as such, so other anti-virus software believe it and ring alarm bells? Am I correct in that translation? 
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George
Spellin Bea
Joined: January 6th, 2009, 5:49 pm
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Location: Lincolnshire
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Re: Virus?? sopwithcamel wrote: :? To Toomany 2cvs- So what you're trying to say then, is that in reality this site is fine, but Mcafee's software has decided that it's a threat and posted it to the World Wide Web as such, so other anti-virus software believe it and ring alarm bells? Am I correct in that translation? basically yes oh and the fact that they are trying to screw you over for as much money, so they make the software tell you your infected when your not so you think the software you'v paid for is working  welcome to the world of computers full of Lies and Nerds
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toomany2cvs
Firing on two.
Joined: December 26th, 2008, 9:40 pm
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Re: Virus?? sopwithcamel wrote: :? To Toomany 2cvs- So what you're trying to say then, is that in reality this site is fine, but Mcafee's software has decided that it's a threat and posted it to the World Wide Web as such, so other anti-virus software believe it and ring alarm bells? Am I correct in that translation? No - just further evidence that McAfee is really not a very good product...
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meshking
Firing on two.
Joined: December 28th, 2008, 9:11 pm
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Re: Virus?? Hmm - someone's gonna get the chop for that!
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Little Rich
Trouble Maker
Joined: January 30th, 2009, 2:24 am
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Re: Virus?? I use Kaspersky on my PC , which I've found very good.
In the past Ive had Norton - slowed my pc right down.
Avg - free
Avg 8
Both Avg didnt catch a major virus that caused me to rebuild my pc....frustrated I then bought a Mac!
Rich
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