Infection

Feb. 4th, 2008 11:06 pm
vettecat: (destroy)
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My mom's computer has been infected by "malware alarm 2.1". She has Windows 2000 Pro. Any recommendations for the best way to get rid of it? Free would be nice but simple is most important. Thank you, O Smart People!

Date: 2008-02-05 04:13 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] arib.livejournal.com
Avast! Antivirus works well, and is free. Bit of a resource hog when it's running, though.

Date: 2008-02-05 05:49 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] vettecat.livejournal.com
Do you know the URL?

Date: 2008-02-05 03:34 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] vettecat.livejournal.com
Great, thanks! I'll pass it on.

Date: 2008-02-05 07:18 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] deguspice.livejournal.com
I have it set to run at 4am. It's done before I wake up.

Date: 2008-02-05 07:17 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] deguspice.livejournal.com
I use the anti-virus software from Grisoft. They have a free version for personal use.

http://www4.grisoft.com/doc/downloads-products/us/crp/2?prd=ish

For searching for spyware and adware, I use Ad-Aware from Lavasoft, free for home use.

http://lavasoft.de/products/ad_aware_free.php

Date: 2008-02-05 03:35 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] vettecat.livejournal.com
Would you also recommend Avast?

Date: 2008-02-13 03:55 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] running-girl4.livejournal.com
Other Solutions are to make sure that she has the latest updates (Microsoft patches) for her Operating system and an anit-virus programand a cleaning disk from that program. A good program like zone alarm may help too. It is simple to use.

Date: 2008-02-14 05:16 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] vettecat.livejournal.com
I fixed it for her last week, but thanks for the feedback.

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