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Originally posted by DJ Mikey Mike AVG is about as useful as one legged man in an arse kicking competition. Get NOD32.

yep. NOD32 is really really good, then kaspersky imo.

however these are not free, the best free one you can get is Avast.

and yes, get Windows Defender, its free if you have a legit copy of XP. good for spyware and other malware.

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Originally posted by UmmiE Norton Antivirus 2008 literally cleaned my laptop and got rid of one of the most annoying viruses on my laptop......You get 15 days trial version on www.download.com and you can buy it 30-40 bucks I think.....Not a bad deal.

Norton slows the machine way down, and it just isn't as good as the others mentioned already.

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Originally posted by KiNeTiC ENeRgY Norton slows the machine way down, and it just isn't as good as the others mentioned already.

I agree it slows the machine down but I had this very annoying virus that had changed my background on my laptop to this biohazard sign and kept poping up these stupid pop ups saying buy this anti virus to get rid of all the viruses on my laptop.....Norton got rid of it in the very first scan......

being able to use your laptop on slow speed > not being able to do anything at all.

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Originally posted by UmmiE being able to use your laptop on fast speed > being able to use your laptop on slow speed > not being able to do anything at all.

Fixed.

Don't you agree?

norton is a waste of money, there isn't anything good in it at all

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Originally posted by bas we're just rolling in that sweet sweet Beatport chedda SON. I PUT DIAMONDS IN MY SALT SHAKER SO I CAN HAVE CRUSHED DIAMONDS ON MY FOOD...it makes my dookie twinkle!!!

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Originally posted by r5a yep. NOD32 is really really good, then kaspersky imo. however these are not free

They are if you steal them.

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Originally posted by UmmiE I agree it slows the machine down but I had this very annoying virus that had changed my background on my laptop to this biohazard sign and kept poping up these stupid pop ups saying buy this anti virus to get rid of all the viruses on my laptop.....Norton got rid of it in the very first scan...... being able to use your laptop on slow speed > not being able to do anything at all.

This is the most moronic reasoning I've ever heard in my life.

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Originally posted by UmmiE I agree it slows the machine down but I had this very annoying virus that had changed my background on my laptop to this biohazard sign and kept poping up these stupid pop ups saying buy this anti virus to get rid of all the viruses on my laptop.....Norton got rid of it in the very first scan...... being able to use your laptop on slow speed > not being able to do anything at all.

hehe, sounds like u had and probably still might have the Zlob trojan. Its embedded as a fake codec to play some sort of video..usually a porn. It does exactly what u are describing. It also hijacks your browser such as firefox when u do a google search, it directs u to a search page that looks like google, except its all links to download more spyware and fake anti-virus programs. Hitting enter again will pull up your real google search page. Its a nasty one to get rid of completely.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zlob_trojan

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Originally posted by DJ Mikey Mike This is the most moronic reasoning I've ever heard in my life.

Listen Dj Mikey Mouse go suck an egg.

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Originally posted by KiNeTiC ENeRgY hehe, sounds like u had and probably still might have the Zlob trojan. Its embedded as a fake codec to play some sort of video..usually a porn. It does exactly what u are describing. It also hijacks your browser such as firefox when u do a google search, it directs u to a search page that looks like google, except its all links to download more spyware and fake anti-virus programs. Hitting enter again will pull up your real google search page. Its a nasty one to get rid of completely. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zlob_trojan

I cant remmeber what its called but it is kinda similar to what you have explained but never played any videos or anything just had a background set up as computer under urgent need of attention and had pop ups poping every 5 minutes was a bad one I tried different programs before I gave Norton 2008 a chance....

I personally like avast over AVG for anti-virus. AVG was missing alot of hits when i was doing my own experiment. Avast also does web monitoring.

maybe you should uninstall limewire and/or stop downloading porn from there.