Comments on: Finding Good Free Antivirus Software http://www.howdididoit.com/computers/find-good-free-software-part-1-antivirus/ Learn how to do almost anything with our articles, guides and tips on everything from DIY projects and crafts to personal finance, relationships, fitness, pets, entertaining and much more. Mon, 12 Dec 2011 12:42:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: LT http://www.howdididoit.com/computers/find-good-free-software-part-1-antivirus/comment-page-1/#comment-2258 LT Thu, 12 Aug 2010 14:25:21 +0000 http://www.howdididoit.com/11/456/#comment-2258 I also make my living by working on computers. While AVG 'was' one of the best 'free' AV/AS programs out there, they have fallen down and as of mid 2010 are no longer my choice of free antivirus. Contrary to what the writer of this post says, you DO get what you pay for and free is nice but usually pretty sub-par to the paid versions of their own software, the 'free' version is to entice you to purchase the real thing. With all that said, belive it or not, Microsoft's MS Security Essentials is MUCH better right now than AVG! It catches a suprisingly lot more than AVG. In fact, 3/4 of the machines comming into my shop infected have AVG on them. Not only do you need a good AV program, most mistakes people make is to have more than one AV program on their computer. You CAN NOT DO THIS!!! They will conflict with each other and sometimes bring your computer to a crawl or complete stand-still. The best malware program I've found so far is Malwarebytes. As of mid 2010, it's been by far the best and removing nasty stuff and getting peoples computers back on the road in just a hour or two...the key to remember is to run the software in safe mode with networking so the virus/malware cant run and disable malwarebytes. Watch the report when it's finished. If you see any file paths that lead to the restore, turn off restore before you restart the computer to prevent the malware from re-enabling itself. Good luck LT I also make my living by working on computers. While AVG ‘was’ one of the best ‘free’ AV/AS programs out there, they have fallen down and as of mid 2010 are no longer my choice of free antivirus. Contrary to what the writer of this post says, you DO get what you pay for and free is nice but usually pretty sub-par to the paid versions of their own software, the ‘free’ version is to entice you to purchase the real thing.

With all that said, belive it or not, Microsoft’s MS Security Essentials is MUCH better right now than AVG! It catches a suprisingly lot more than AVG. In fact, 3/4 of the machines comming into my shop infected have AVG on them.

Not only do you need a good AV program, most mistakes people make is to have more than one AV program on their computer. You CAN NOT DO THIS!!! They will conflict with each other and sometimes bring your computer to a crawl or complete stand-still.

The best malware program I’ve found so far is Malwarebytes. As of mid 2010, it’s been by far the best and removing nasty stuff and getting peoples computers back on the road in just a hour or two…the key to remember is to run the software in safe mode with networking so the virus/malware cant run and disable malwarebytes. Watch the report when it’s finished. If you see any file paths that lead to the restore, turn off restore before you restart the computer to prevent the malware from re-enabling itself.

Good luck

LT

]]> By: Ella Marie Hills http://www.howdididoit.com/computers/find-good-free-software-part-1-antivirus/comment-page-1/#comment-1050 Ella Marie Hills Sat, 20 Sep 2008 01:35:46 +0000 http://www.howdididoit.com/11/456/#comment-1050 I have just switched to AVG, I had McAfee, and the only reason I quit is that they kept trying to bill me early for my subcriptions. When it was due in Sept. they billed me in July. I am very happy with AVG but I have a question. I just scanned my whole computer and it said that they put ten threats in the virus vault. My question is where is the virus vault and how do I delete them out of my system? El I have just switched to AVG, I had McAfee, and the only reason I quit is that they kept trying to bill me early for my subcriptions. When it was due in Sept. they billed me in July. I am very happy with AVG but I have a question. I just scanned my whole computer and it said that they put ten threats in the virus vault. My question is where is the virus vault and how do I delete them out of my system? El

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