what is a good virus scanner?

i am Computer Hardware Eng. i am doing this work from last 5 years. as my experience install Norton Corporation Edition 10 and update from internet, and also install yahoo tool bar with yahoo anti spyware, may be your prob. will solve, k\just try it otherwise you have to format you c drive and after installation of Operating System, and other software, must install norton corporation edition 10 before start internet. after that install yahoo tool bar, and update both things. after this you never get pop-up

the stromgest antivirus i have been using is the zone alarm but still so many virus attack my computer but it is slow while scanning

you can try avast..it's good and not that big or heavy on the system..i find mcafee too heavy..so i would suggest avast..that's what i use in all my units here..you can get urself a trojan guard too..it runs on the system all the time and it detects all trojan viruses...so there..they're all downloadable and free...

I swear by Kaspersky and use their firewall, too, but it is also good advice you are getting from others here to consider using FireFox as your browser. Good luck.

Hello, Base on your description, it appears that your problem is cause by spyware programs and not a virus. Spyware are different from virus software, and to remove a spyware, you need to run anti spyware program. Anti virus software removes virus and not spyware programs, unless that anti virus has a anti spyware embedded program. Some anti virus company such as McAfee do offer anti spyware program as well. However you may want to try searching for a free anti spyware program to remove your spyware on your computer. there are programs you can download for a free trial. Those programs can stop the popups and the search box that appears on your computer.

I really like the virus scanner I use: AVG. It's free, but if you want more bells and whistles you can take the paid-version. I have the free one and it keeps my pc up and running without problems.

I think Macafee and Nod32 is a good one.If you install norton the performance becomes slower.After inatalling the antivirus dont forget to ugrade it after each week.Daily new and new virus are comming.With out updating it your pc get infected with new viruses.

downl;oad the zone alarm .. this is the good and wonderful virus and spyware soft ware . this control the traffic and also the antivirus feature. i after installed this software is totally free of all type of virus and spy wares. have a mice day

I have always used McAfee and I like it best. When I first got a computer, it had Norton on it and there were a lot of things that it wouldn't do, so I switched to McAfee. Now they both do about the same thing, but I stick with McAfee.

The anti-virus which I think is good is AVG 7.5 which is even free. You don't have to pay for any cent at all to be able to use and take advantage of it. I don't intend to use a free antivirus software for all the time. Hopefully soon, I can buy a complete antivirus software which can really protect my computer from all the viruses, trojans or whatever harms my computer. There are also lots of good antivirus programs which you don't have to pay a single cent. Avast is good too.. Overall, AVG antivirus is I think the best since that's what I am using now and it works fine for me.

I prefer Norton but if you looking for a free one then you can try AVG Antivirus or Avira.

I think Nod32 is the best solution if you can pay about 50 dollars; otherwise I would suggest Avast! as a good free antivirus.

I used to use Trend Micro PC Cillin but you gotta pay for that one. Now I use Avast. Its free and does the job. Also Firefox is a lot better browser. Internet Explorer has security holes. Although I don't know if IE 7 has security holes and what not.