11-12-2006, 02:33 AM | #1 |
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Looks like I caught my first ever virus, thanks to a sneaky one getting into an online game that I sometimes play with my brother-in-law, called ConquerOnline. I went to their website today and read that a recent update had sent us a virus, and that they did not catch it in time because it was not detected by Norton. They claim that only McAfee Plus was confirmed to be of any help, so I downloaded their trial version, taking their advice and having to remove Avast before installation.
Then I boot into Safe Mode and try to access McAfee, but it will not turn on! The danged thing don't work in Safe Mode, so I had to reboot and let Windows boot up and from normal operation is the only way I can get McAfee to actually run a scan. Crap that it is. Its running now...let's see if it can actually detect the blamed virus in the next hour that it'll take to run.
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11-12-2006, 03:32 AM | #2 |
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Update: McAfee was able to delete the two known files from my game folder and I rebooted and looked for them and they did not return.
I am still spiffed that the virus scanner would not initiate during SafeMode, but at least I can go to bed now. Blasted day its been, y'all.
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11-12-2006, 04:02 AM | #3 |
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Get rid of Macaffe... you are better of with just wishing you don't get a virus than using it.
F-prot is in my opinion the best virus scanner, it does not use up all your memory like Macaffee and Norton (just getting rid of Norton and I felt like I got a brand new computer), it has a very good realtime scanner, its datafiles are updated almost daily, it's cheap, you can buy it and set it up on 3 computer in the same house... and it's Icelandic... doesn't get much better... [img]smile.gif[/img] [ 11-12-2006, 04:03 AM: Message edited by: Jorath Calar ] |
11-12-2006, 04:55 AM | #4 |
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If your looking for accuracy there is a 3rd party Website http://www.virusbtn.com that regularly tests all the virus software manufacturers.
Symantec are one of the ONLY to score 100% on all tests. Many other manufacturers fail these in the wild tests and known threat tests. I know Symantec software can be a resource hog at times though a lot of this has been addressed in the 2007 release. BTW Larry which virus was it? It is rare for one of our scanners not to pick a virus up, also what version were you running?
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11-12-2006, 05:23 AM | #5 |
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So is this the thread where we post which antivirus is best?
If so I recommend Avast!. Been using it for almost a year and it's great. It also got 100% in the virusbulletin tests. And the Home Edition is completely free.
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11-12-2006, 06:35 AM | #6 |
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Dunno where AVG scored but it's lower in my books now that they're not offering free coverage after January. I think i'll still go with AVG though. Haven't had any problems since it was installed. The last one, Trend Micro was a shocker. It took weeks of stuffing around before i fixed the damage that it let through: Damage necessary for the anti-virus adware that followed...
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11-12-2006, 06:46 AM | #7 |
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can you guys check where ESET (NOD is another name) in the VBtest 100%? I couldnt register as my activation key hasnt arrived in my email account yet.
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11-12-2006, 08:43 AM | #8 |
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40 success/ 3 failure/ 5 no entries. October was a success, as was every entry since april 02. A better record than Symantech, at 34 success/6 failure/8 no entry, although the most recent failure was back september '99.
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11-12-2006, 09:10 AM | #9 |
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cheers andrewas [img]smile.gif[/img]
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11-12-2006, 10:11 AM | #10 |
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and while you're at it andrewas, can you check Avast for me?
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