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I think my computer is infected with some type of VIRUS,
Which ANTIVIRUS do u think is the best.
Please specify the NAME.
Which ANTIVIRUS do u think is the best.
Please specify the NAME.
ANTIVIRUS?
Buddy!
There r so many topics for discussing about the BEST antivirus.
Go thru the topics and u'll know the answer!
It totally depends upon ur needs and finally its ur decision which antivirus u should go for...
So pls serch and go thru those topics
PS: U can try AVG or Kaspersky antivirus, both r good.
There r so many topics for discussing about the BEST antivirus.
Go thru the topics and u'll know the answer!
It totally depends upon ur needs and finally its ur decision which antivirus u should go for...
So pls serch and go thru those topics
PS: U can try AVG or Kaspersky antivirus, both r good.
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Free AV with low resource - AVG
Free AV with medium resource usage - Avast
Paid AV with medium resource usage - PC-Cillin
Paid AV with medium/high resource usage - Norton
Paid AV with higher resource usage - Kaspersky...
Typically, most of the antiviruses will do the job pretty well in keeping virus out... However, each will do better than the others in a few aspects... Find one that you are most comfortable with. The most important thing of course is to keep your virus definitions up to date and keep the Resident Scanner on.
Arun
Free AV with medium resource usage - Avast
Paid AV with medium resource usage - PC-Cillin
Paid AV with medium/high resource usage - Norton
Paid AV with higher resource usage - Kaspersky...
Typically, most of the antiviruses will do the job pretty well in keeping virus out... However, each will do better than the others in a few aspects... Find one that you are most comfortable with. The most important thing of course is to keep your virus definitions up to date and keep the Resident Scanner on.
Arun
I use kaspersky since its high on resources and hence cannot be infected by virus itself as in case of some av's wch get infected themselves....
__Virus__ said:
I did not know, that an av cannot be infected by the virus, if its high on system resources???
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lol
yeah what the cr@p kinda comment was that ?
whats the relation between high resources and virus proofing ?
aptly named arent u ??
yeah what the cr@p kinda comment was that ?
whats the relation between high resources and virus proofing ?
aptly named arent u ??
__Virus__ said:
why dont u use norton than ? its a total bloat and will use the max resources .. kav uses much lesser resources than nav anyday .. and ur comment is total nonsense which will just misguide new people. refrain from postin such stupid stuff when u dont even know what u r talking bout.
alla alla cool dood.....
1) u said..y dont u use norton , its a totol bloat and use the max resources
2) kav uses much lesser resourves thn nav anyday
kav nvr uses lower resources..its highest on resources....if u need i wil provide u with screen shots of both processes....in task manager one by one
i said
1) i use kaspersky bcos its high on resources...wch is totally true
2) it cannt b infected or its process cann b modified by virus ( u cant even stop it manully from services.msc)
now wht did i say wrong?
ur answer for y dont u use norton rather then kav
wel agreed that norton uses so called high resources thn kav...norton can b very easily stopped from services.msc and hence can the norton executable can b easily modified by viruses...wch is its two steps above impossible to stop kav service.....
1) u said..y dont u use norton , its a totol bloat and use the max resources
2) kav uses much lesser resourves thn nav anyday
kav nvr uses lower resources..its highest on resources....if u need i wil provide u with screen shots of both processes....in task manager one by one
i said
1) i use kaspersky bcos its high on resources...wch is totally true
2) it cannt b infected or its process cann b modified by virus ( u cant even stop it manully from services.msc)
now wht did i say wrong?
ur answer for y dont u use norton rather then kav
wel agreed that norton uses so called high resources thn kav...norton can b very easily stopped from services.msc and hence can the norton executable can b easily modified by viruses...wch is its two steps above impossible to stop kav service.....
Avast or Clamwin are good free ones..
@virus
do u think that kav canot be stopped or its process be modified jst coz of its high system memory usage ??? how can that be possible ??? and which version of nav are u talking bout ? i am referring to nav 2005 and kav personal here.
do u think that kav canot be stopped or its process be modified jst coz of its high system memory usage ??? how can that be possible ??? and which version of nav are u talking bout ? i am referring to nav 2005 and kav personal here.
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Yeah!Throw your computer
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virus dude
plz
u are talkin baseless and utter rot
there is not a shred of truth in ANY of ur statements
so plz dun talk unless u know what ur talkin abt
a software ( ANY software) is undesirable if it uses high system resources
FYI norton uses mor resources than KAV
also a software isnt VIRUS proof just cuz it uses high resources
thats the dumbest thing ive ever heard ..
and there are very few widespread virii that actually affect ur antivirus anyways .. and chances of gettin them are pretyt low for an average user unless someone actually sends it to u !
no plz stop the madness or im gonna have to take some action
FYI again kav process is listed in task manager and can be shutdown easily as well
plz
u are talkin baseless and utter rot
there is not a shred of truth in ANY of ur statements
so plz dun talk unless u know what ur talkin abt
a software ( ANY software) is undesirable if it uses high system resources
FYI norton uses mor resources than KAV
also a software isnt VIRUS proof just cuz it uses high resources
thats the dumbest thing ive ever heard ..
and there are very few widespread virii that actually affect ur antivirus anyways .. and chances of gettin them are pretyt low for an average user unless someone actually sends it to u !
no plz stop the madness or im gonna have to take some action
FYI again kav process is listed in task manager and can be shutdown easily as well
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You can use mcafee 10.0 or mcafee8.0i
Not only here..elsewhere too, Virus appears with his inexperienced jabbers.
Dude...u have not answered yet...the argument is not abt NAV or KAV....u have said that, since KAV is high on system resources , it cannot be infected. which means u say that an anti-virus do not get infected, if its high on sys resources.
UTTER NONSENSE.
Dude...u have not answered yet...the argument is not abt NAV or KAV....u have said that, since KAV is high on system resources , it cannot be infected. which means u say that an anti-virus do not get infected, if its high on sys resources.
UTTER NONSENSE.
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You can use Bitdefender Std V.8 to remove Virus
It is very good and it uses low resources.
It is very good and it uses low resources.
mohit said:
right regarding norton it is I am referring to norton 2003 ... and kaspersky personal...
someone asked me cant kav service be stopped?? doods y dont u ppl just try once b4 posting in here?? i mean its as simple as that start run services.msc right click the kaspersky service and u will c that the "stop" options is not even highlighted so where is the chance that you can stop the service..dont say it is in taskmanager..i know it is but try to end the one which is on high resource.kavp something i dont remeber..that said....
i should have framed my sentence in this way...since kaspersky is high on resources its a memory resident program and hence cannot be ended from task manager or services...as an example.. a worm spread and modifies most of the exes including the processes running (the ones which cud be killed from task manager)..since its IMPOSSIBLE to stop kav ( personal ) service from anywhere...the exe cant b modified hence its safe...where as in case of norton (the only other av i used to use) it can easily b killed task manager hence high chances of the exe itself being modified....
( I agree I was wrong and stupid to mean that if a task is high on resources it cant b ended...i apologize on that part wht i meant to say is i wrote above )
@ferrarif50
plz read above... + as u said "Not only here..elsewhere too" dont refer to M$ bro cos my questions are still unanswered, rather iam presented with questions...
@raven
plz read above....
@mohit
i used norton 2003 and use kav personal
@all
should b clear by now
lots of flaming but ppl u diverted from the original question !
one small mistake ( in sleep mode ) and booom u gota get grudged...lol
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@mohnishghodekar,
i strongly recommend u "bitdefender professional version 9"... its really good at detecting and removing them! and as an alternative, if u hav a broadband connection, i wud recommend u to online check, (symantec, pc-cillin, bitdefender all hav free online virus check), its much better... infact, i hav no antivirus softwares installed, i check online once in a month with either bitdefender pc-cillin or symantec. hope these help to ur problems being resolved.
@virus,
i am sorry to continue on this conversation, which proves to be off-topic, but again, i dont agree with this statement as well "since kaspersky is high on resources its a memory resident program and hence cannot be ended from task manager or services
y is that high on resources cudnt be terminated from taskmanager? hav u used torrents? start azureus and it uses 105 MB with java!! and u cud terminate using task manager! may be kav cudnt be terminated from taskmanager for some other reasons... but ur reason is absurd i think. unless or otherwise, its marked "system" and its really essential process for windows to run, i think any service can be stopped, only thing is that we r ignorant on how to on selected programs which hav some sort of protection like kav, may be....
try stopping explorer.exe first and then disabling KAV.
btw, what error does it say when u try to disable "KAV"???
/legolas
i strongly recommend u "bitdefender professional version 9"... its really good at detecting and removing them! and as an alternative, if u hav a broadband connection, i wud recommend u to online check, (symantec, pc-cillin, bitdefender all hav free online virus check), its much better... infact, i hav no antivirus softwares installed, i check online once in a month with either bitdefender pc-cillin or symantec. hope these help to ur problems being resolved.
@virus,
i am sorry to continue on this conversation, which proves to be off-topic, but again, i dont agree with this statement as well "since kaspersky is high on resources its a memory resident program and hence cannot be ended from task manager or services
y is that high on resources cudnt be terminated from taskmanager? hav u used torrents? start azureus and it uses 105 MB with java!! and u cud terminate using task manager! may be kav cudnt be terminated from taskmanager for some other reasons... but ur reason is absurd i think. unless or otherwise, its marked "system" and its really essential process for windows to run, i think any service can be stopped, only thing is that we r ignorant on how to on selected programs which hav some sort of protection like kav, may be....
try stopping explorer.exe first and then disabling KAV.
btw, what error does it say when u try to disable "KAV"???
/legolas
@legolas
i clarified on this part
if kav is high on resources it cant b ended....nah i dint mean that so i mentioned tht in earlier post....
well i get access denied message even thogh iam an administrator...
@all
plz plz plz no assumptions like this will kill ..that will kill. this will end that will end..plz install the kav personal ( not personal pro) urself and try to end the task...and if someone is using kav on xp plz go to services.msc and right click on kav service and c the options...the only way u can stop the service is..choose it not to start at next reboot..i wudve posted the image but I am not @ ma home for now
try it out
i clarified on this part
if kav is high on resources it cant b ended....nah i dint mean that so i mentioned tht in earlier post....
well i get access denied message even thogh iam an administrator...
@all
plz plz plz no assumptions like this will kill ..that will kill. this will end that will end..plz install the kav personal ( not personal pro) urself and try to end the task...and if someone is using kav on xp plz go to services.msc and right click on kav service and c the options...the only way u can stop the service is..choose it not to start at next reboot..i wudve posted the image but I am not @ ma home for now
try it out
mohnish : download avast or avg antivirus from here
www.avast.com
www.grisogt.com.
use any one of them they r both good freeware.
run them;
and also download a good anti-spy like micsrosoft anti-spyware or adaware from www.download.com
install, update and run them too.
if stl u think ur pc is infected, post ur hijackthis logfile here.
www.avast.com
www.grisogt.com.
use any one of them they r both good freeware.
run them;
and also download a good anti-spy like micsrosoft anti-spyware or adaware from www.download.com
install, update and run them too.
if stl u think ur pc is infected, post ur hijackthis logfile here.
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OT:
@__Virus__
It could be true that killing or end Kaspersky process/es may be difficult than other AV programs.Lets assume this for a moment.But is it just not software after all? Software which can be exploited in one form or the other?
The reason you have provided for the same is beyond the scope of my knowledge.
I would appreciate it if you could backup your claims with some trustable source or prove the same to us which will eventually silence everyone including me.
Ditto.It doesnt make sense at all to be frank.
@__Virus__
It could be true that killing or end Kaspersky process/es may be difficult than other AV programs.Lets assume this for a moment.But is it just not software after all? Software which can be exploited in one form or the other?
The reason you have provided for the same is beyond the scope of my knowledge.
I would appreciate it if you could backup your claims with some trustable source or prove the same to us which will eventually silence everyone including me.
Ditto.It doesnt make sense at all to be frank.
@ Virus
Dude ppl mistook u as meaning Heavy on resources when u said high on resources,
And i can kill processes of softwares which are heavy like hell -- ever heard of Avid freeDV or Pinnacle Liquid they ask for a minimum 1 GB ram so u may understand how much system heavy they should be and I can kill them thru task manager alright and KAV may be nothing comapared to them as they are professional video editing pakages ..
So the reason u gave for u not being able to kill it seems impossible..
Dude ppl mistook u as meaning Heavy on resources when u said high on resources,
And i can kill processes of softwares which are heavy like hell -- ever heard of Avid freeDV or Pinnacle Liquid they ask for a minimum 1 GB ram so u may understand how much system heavy they should be and I can kill them thru task manager alright and KAV may be nothing comapared to them as they are professional video editing pakages ..
So the reason u gave for u not being able to kill it seems impossible..
Actually Virus knows very little but talks pages. Thats the problem with him.!!!
I use KAV and when u try to kill its process u get a 'Access Denied' dialog box. Keeping this in mind, Virus has constructed a story around telling something like, if its high on sys resources, it cannot be infected and stuffs like that.
In reality KAV cannot be killed in the higher level. But, at the OS level, using third party tools, any process can be killed. And if a virus is written to kill a process at the very lowest level in the OS itself, KAV cannot escape. There r many tools in the Net, which allows u to modify memory resident programs .exes and .dlls on the fly. Writing a virus in a similar fashion can get any process killed or modified.
And finally I know what I am talking...unlike 'u know whom!'.
I use KAV and when u try to kill its process u get a 'Access Denied' dialog box. Keeping this in mind, Virus has constructed a story around telling something like, if its high on sys resources, it cannot be infected and stuffs like that.
In reality KAV cannot be killed in the higher level. But, at the OS level, using third party tools, any process can be killed. And if a virus is written to kill a process at the very lowest level in the OS itself, KAV cannot escape. There r many tools in the Net, which allows u to modify memory resident programs .exes and .dlls on the fly. Writing a virus in a similar fashion can get any process killed or modified.
And finally I know what I am talking...unlike 'u know whom!'.
_virus_
Why are you posting cr@p ..
Bloatwares are high on resources .. thats why NAV is so effective
(Thanks to norton .. I have always been protected)
If you worry about bloatware and resourses,
Why dont you try .. AntiVir,
.. I have been using this now ..
Its very low on resources at the same time very effective!
*www.free-av.com/
Why are you posting cr@p ..
Bloatwares are high on resources .. thats why NAV is so effective
(Thanks to norton .. I have always been protected)
If you worry about bloatware and resourses,
Why dont you try .. AntiVir,
.. I have been using this now ..
Its very low on resources at the same time very effective!
*www.free-av.com/
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ur no less
virus doesnt worry abt bloatware
he thinks bloatware means its safer!!
virus doesnt worry abt bloatware
he thinks bloatware means its safer!!
@Ferrari
Access denied box is what I was talking to..if you somehow can kill that process with Ur "special" memory resident program killer...do let me know too I would b thankful...
full of pages without knowledge?? I am with I said...that u cant end KAV....instead of pin pointing others please get me the way to kill it and u got a chance to justify what Ur blabbering...wud b's cud b's will b always b there...show me what u say is possible.....
@raven | @ rollcage
I clarified on the part of high resources...do read the earlier post
Access denied box is what I was talking to..if you somehow can kill that process with Ur "special" memory resident program killer...do let me know too I would b thankful...
full of pages without knowledge?? I am with I said...that u cant end KAV....instead of pin pointing others please get me the way to kill it and u got a chance to justify what Ur blabbering...wud b's cud b's will b always b there...show me what u say is possible.....
@raven | @ rollcage
I clarified on the part of high resources...do read the earlier post
Avast! its the best AV and its apsolutely free!!!
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Avast! definitely low on sys resources and free.
I have tried most of the Av softz present and I strongly feel that AVG is best if u need an AV which is low on sys resources, user-friendly and above all FREE!!!!
I like KAV if better protection is a concern....(ifu r connected to internet or so)....
I didn't like Bitdefender, Avast, AntiVir etc. just because their interface didnt seem very friendly n they ditched me wen I needed them the most (wen my PC got infected with a virus); at that time KAV came at the top, it detected n removed all the viruses....although AVG too ditched me at that time, still i like it coz of its nice interface n s respectsble amount of detection capability...
Well, my alltime fav was Innoculate IT (which has been modified and renamed to eZ AV) bcoz of the sheer ease-of-use it gave.....
Anyways, as has been said earlier, its a matter of personal liking that v choose an AV so try diff AV's available n use whichever u find comfortable to use.
I like KAV if better protection is a concern....(ifu r connected to internet or so)....
I didn't like Bitdefender, Avast, AntiVir etc. just because their interface didnt seem very friendly n they ditched me wen I needed them the most (wen my PC got infected with a virus); at that time KAV came at the top, it detected n removed all the viruses....although AVG too ditched me at that time, still i like it coz of its nice interface n s respectsble amount of detection capability...
Well, my alltime fav was Innoculate IT (which has been modified and renamed to eZ AV) bcoz of the sheer ease-of-use it gave.....
Anyways, as has been said earlier, its a matter of personal liking that v choose an AV so try diff AV's available n use whichever u find comfortable to use.
it seems dat no-one remembers digit anti-virus fast track.
DUDE, get NOD32 its da best around.
Note - above mentioned AV is nothing related to Norton.
DUDE, get NOD32 its da best around.
Note - above mentioned AV is nothing related to Norton.
cybermanas said:
And ucan apply skins to it- too kind of intresting tho I do not understand why wud any wat to skin his AV Wat if it makes ur software more system heavy???