antivirus/ firewall forum

i use zone alarm internet security suite it has an antispyware and an antivirus and i havent had any problems plus the firewall dont let anything on your pc

 

Yup I think same and i almost forget what virus is when i used Zone alarm pro.
Now I use Norton and noticed viruses sometimes.
Zone Alarm firewall is just so good that it keeps viruses gone.

 

hmmm...will have to check on zone alrm firewall. Avg is doing pretty good so far..only conflict is norton does an automatic scan when I start scanning with avg on files and boy that seems to wreak havok on my cpu. Will look into disabling norton to only receive auto updates as avg has grown on me.

 

I have been having problems getting rid of pop-ups from casalemedia.com and fastclick.net. Spybot s&d detects fastclick and removes it but casalemedia has not been detected by any of the following on my computer:
1st CW shredder
2nd CCleaner
3rd Ad-Aware SE
4th XoftSpy antispyware
5th a-squared antispyware
AVG antivirus
Ez antivirus
I ran everything twice and fastclick seems to have been successfully removed but for the life of me I can't get rid of casalemedia. I am very open to any suggestions presently. Did a google search and XoftSpy was touted as a possible solution. Well, quite frankly, it just hasn't worked.

@Ddp
I sure could use your help right now.

@Matt72
Like you, I'm getting to like AVG as well. Not to enundate you with too much info but if you're still in the hunt for antivirus/firewall software then here's a freebie site worth checking out http://www.hsinlin.com/ I'm going through the list of antispyware so maybe I'll get lucky.

 

@Jamzbond:

Download ewido -> http://www.ewido.net/en/download

Install and update. Then do a "complete system scan", let it delete things it finds and save report. Send that report here.

Send also HijackThis-log, instructions here (Step 3) -> http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/263784

 

@jamzbond

Thanks currently looking thru the link seems interesting...alot of unknown software so be wary of "user-submitted" programs. Will post back after I test a few out.

 

@ Kemisti
Thanks a lot. I'll do that.

 

Popupkillers are very useful, but if there's some malware behind those popups (eg. look2me, which is very common), those popupkillers just don't help.

 

Best combo for me right now is kerio personal firewall (blocks all popups so far) and firefox. Avg is working great too.

 

I prefer AntiVir + Sygate Personal Firewall + Firefox with Adblock, NoScript etc. I also have M$ AntiSpyware with real time-protection on, ewido and eScan. Quite much, I think

 

kemesti i recently scanned my computer with ewido and found that i had 47 spyware items that is a good program i went and bought it thanks for the advice i recommend the program to everyone

 

@dejay6969: Good to hear Ewido is one of the best programs. eScan is better IMHO for viruses, but ewido finds better spyware etc.

 

@ Kemisti
You rock!. I tried Ewido and I found more spyware that I could count. It's a great program. Think I'll purchase the full version.

 

@Jamzbond: Thanks for your compliments Ewido gets better everyday. Full version is needed only for real-time protection. If you need it, then it's worth buying.

 

i have a question for everybody when ever i try to connect to my internet provider my computer shutsdown and reboots can anybody tell me what the hell is going on

 

@dejay6969: Try this. Start -> run -> shutdown -a -> ok.

Send also HijackThis-log, instructions here (Step 3) -> http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/263784

 

Hi,

Great info guys (gals too if there are any). Tried ewido and that darn bargain buddy that was a pain in my backside is no more. Hmmm now off to try webroots spysweeper to do a comparison.

 

@Matt72: I guess that Bargain Buddy could be "easily" removed just uninstalling it via Add/remove programs and then deleting its folder in safe mode.

 

@kemistri,

I have deleted the darn thing several times but it comes back. I'm guessing a registry cleaner would help in deleting any entries that have no file folders as it seems to regenerate everytime I reboot. Granted its on a test laptop I have and use internet explorer exclusively. ccleaner did away with any remnants (for now) as no longer is it found. Getting into this antivirus/firewall and the nitty gritty of adware/ spyware is something I'm getting into more as I notice a difference in speed now that bargain crap is gone .