What Anti Virus and Spyware programs do you guys recommend? I have AVG, Ad-aware, Spybot and HijackThis. I was asking because the inbilut anti-spyware program in AOL says I have "Backdoor.Amitis.13" and I sean my computer with AVG, Ad-aware and Spybot, but I found nothing. I was wondering if I need a different anti-virus thing.
By the way, all the programs I have are fully updated, so that's not the problum.
Use Hitman Pro, a compilation of different good anti-virus and spyware programs. www.hitmanpro.nl
I don't know if there's an english version, search the web for it.
I use all the Anti-Spyware/Virus programs you use and ive been running my PC with these programs for the past 2 years, not one problem.
If i was you, id Google the virus, see what you come up with and act on from there.
Microsoft anit-spiware is good, but in some ways i don't trust it... but then again thats because iv'e never trusted huge companies.
Avast Anti virus is really good, it blocked and destroyed everything i had that even norton couldnt handle.
Nortan Anti-Virus (nightly scan + auto-update)
Microsoft Anti-Spyware (nightly scan + auto-update)
Mozilla Firefox (no pop-ups, more secure)
Windows Firewall
Kaspersky AntiVirus 5
Microsoft AntiSpyware (Previously GIANT AntiSpyware - Thats why it works so well, Microsoft didnt make it )
AdAware SE Personal
Though the most important thing is common sense, watch what you visit and click, and keep windows bang up to date, Ive never had a single virus or peice of spyware (Apart from AIM installing wild tangent.. evil AOL) from being careful
Hmm, is that backdoor (trojan) located in the System Volume Information directory (if you have WinXP)?
If so, it cannot be removed because of Windows XP's recovery system. You must disable the SystemRecovery thing first, by rightclicking on the 'My Computer' icon, choose properties, then go to the 'Systemrecovery' tab (or something like that, I have the dutch version of winXP). In that tab, check the 'Disable Systemrecovery on all drives'.
Then press OK. This might take a while.
Next you should scan in safe mode.
After this you can start up in normal mode again and enable systemrecovery, if you want.
The programs I use:
Antivirus - NOD32 (payware), if you seek for a freeware one, I recommend Avast. Actually I recommend it above most of the other commercial antivirus programs.
I also use Ewido Security Suite. The free version scans on demand only. It might be handy as well. I've heard from lots of people it's a pretty good one.
Antispyware - Ad-Aware SE Personal 1.06 (<<-- important, they upgraded from 1.05 to 1.06) and Spybot: Search & Destroy
And I use Winpatrol. Pretty handy, pretty freeware
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