virus threat to my system

@BYOLA2871 (4371)
South Africa
April 4, 2008 8:08am CST
i turned on my system about 2 days ago only to discover that my sytem have been badly affected by a virus and its really bad enough as it affects everything i do ,sometimes i send responses and it has been delivered but i wouldnt know it i bought norton antivirus now its difficult to download it on my system,have you ever experienced a virus attack on your system?
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4 responses
@vicky30 (4766)
• India
4 Apr 08
There has been a time when i had sevnty two viruses on my system.i used avira antivir antivirus free version and removed it all. you can download it from www.filehippo.com
@BYOLA2871 (4371)
• South Africa
4 Apr 08
thanks for this useful site i will go there and download the antivirus and use it for future occurences
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@olivemai (4738)
• United States
5 Apr 08
Yes, I have! mac mimi cannot get a virus, so I am protected for now. Sometimes all you can do is to isolate the virus so it does no more damage and cannot spread!
@olivemai (4738)
• United States
5 Apr 08
I think norton isa good program to use! There are free programs but I have used norton with success! I understand that it is dangerous to open attachments from people that you do not know!
@BYOLA2871 (4371)
• South Africa
5 Apr 08
i have already reformatted my system and its getting better and now i have downloaded my norton antivirus 2008 version,i am enjoying it
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@stephcjh (38473)
• United States
5 Apr 08
I have always used Notron Antivirus on all of my computers even though Mcafee was already installed on it with a free trial version. I trust Norton Antivirus. It always stops intruders on my computer and it also zaps any viruses that may be trying to get on my computer also. I hope Norton can detect it for you and get rid of it on its own.
@BYOLA2871 (4371)
• South Africa
5 Apr 08
i believe norton antivirus is the best as it comes with a lot of protection,spyware and also help keep hackers at bay and this is why i bought the downloadable version,its on my system now and just within hours it has informed me of more 120 hackers attempt on my system when am online
@chunter (1759)
• Singapore
4 Apr 08
Yup, I encounter such virus attack a few times before...It is difficult to install the antivirus software once your system has been infected. What you should do is to go to an online virus scanning site like trend micro housecall to clean as much as you can on your system - http://housecall.trendmicro.com/ This is because once your PC got infected, either Norton or the virus will not allow the installation to be completed smoothly. If the online virus scanning doesn't help, you may have to format your PC before installing the Norton antivirus that you bought
@BYOLA2871 (4371)
• South Africa
4 Apr 08
thanks my friend i know you guys here at mylot can be relied upon to come up with very useful information,i will surely try the site because its been a little dufficuklt to load the norton anti virus onmy system i guess i need to reformat the sysem again i hope by the end of today i should have put things in order i cant wait to be completely online on my system am working from a public cafe now dont enjoy doing that