Kaspersky Internet Security..thumbs down!

I just noticed you had the seeder service award ribbon.. i'm not sure why you had it, I took it away. :(

Guess I didnt notice that, thanks, I dont have a lot of ribbons and when I get one you take it back....meeeenie! Haha.

[(TKC)-o]T3[o]

I just noticed you had the seeder service award ribbon.. i'm not sure why you had it, I took it away. :(

Guess I didnt notice that, thanks, I dont have a lot of ribbons and when I get one you take it back....meeeenie! Haha.

Lucky for you we're about to be handing out some new ribbons.. you might be on the short list....

I just noticed you had the seeder service award ribbon.. i'm not sure why you had it, I took it away. :(

Guess I didnt notice that, thanks, I dont have a lot of ribbons and when I get one you take it back....meeeenie! Haha.

Lucky for you we're about to be handing out some new ribbons.. you might be on the short list....

Is that a good thing or a bad thing? Better a short list than a short bus...

[(TKC)-o]T3[o]

Definitely good... if you're on the list.

[kingloser]

alot of times a virus will see a scan coming and hide (it sounds like im kidding but im not). ur best bet is to run in safe mode and run malwarebytes and either msse or avg or whatever in safe mode. it usually hampers the ability of the virus to shield itself. My sister just got hit with the ms removal tool or the fake ms security tool virus. u literally cant open anything on ur computer unless in safe mode. i tried to open her task manager and it told me it was infected and wouldnt open. its one of the viruses running around right now. the only way to do anything is in safe mode. so try that. if that doesnt work i would do a fresh install and then check every web page she normally goes to one at a time to see if u can figure out where/how its getting infected.

I got hit with one and it barreled right past MSE. It didn't even detect it. Once I was infected it closed down my browser and brought up a rogue anti-spyware program (forgot what it was called). It would not let me open ANYTHING. The virus hijacked all of my processes to where when I tried to open something, it would open the rogue program instead of say, firefox. Once I DID get firefox open, it embedded a proxy server into all my browsers that routed me to a page that said "THIS SITE IS INFECTED!!! SCAN WITH OUR PROGRAM NOW TO REMOVE!!" Very frustrating. I couldn't D/L MalwareBytes to remove it, so I went into safe mode to try to get rid of it. Guess what? The process for the rogue program runs in safe mode too. I found the associated processes and killed them, then deleted them. Restarted, and then anytime I tried to open something it said "This process doesn't exist." Weird crap, because I was looking right at the .exe of the program I was opening. Took me about an hour to realize that to get around it I had to run the program as administrator...wish I would have thought of that sooner. Downloaded MalwayreBytes and PC Tools Spyware Doctor and removed the rest of the traces of the program from my registry and rest of the computer....HUGE pain in the rear.

[(TKC)-o]T3[o]

Let's just clear something up.. all anti-viruses can be beat, it's really about who gets their definition updates out there the quickest. I'm sure there are horror stories for just about every single solution out there.

After I installed Mozilla Firefox, she has yet to have a problem with the computer for now so hopefully this helped.

Ok so im glad its going to be free with rebate. Got Kaspersky from Newegg installed it,got all the updates. Checked all the settings to make sure they were set. Firewalls enabled, said system was secure. An hour later the wife said she was kicked from the internet, she was on facebook. Saw something new on her computer it was called "E-Set Anti-Virus 2011" Knew right away it was not suppose to be there. So I ran Kaspersky and it found the infection and got rid of it (so it said it did). Rebooted computer and guess what....virus still there. 45 minutes later after I re-formatted computer, good so far. First thing I did when I was able to get back on internet was installed one of my favorite programs....Malware Bytes. I think I will install Avast Home Edition..its free and I never had a problem with it. Think Ill send Kaspersky a "friendly letter".

My cousin works in IT security and he said Kaspersky is only big because they offer commercial level security. He then said their "home" level stuff was junk too :-/
You can't go wrong with Avast. I've used it for a bit over a year now and every computer I fix I seem to end up removing AVG because it failed miserably to detect the virus, or I put avast where there was nothing at all. Big old AVG couldn't detect an MBR virus that avast tracked down. Good thing too because it had been "fixed" two days before that by someone else and the virus MAGICALLY came back. Of course, this magic scored me a job so maybe I should promote AVG....

[λndersony â€]

Let's just clear something up.. all anti-viruses can be beat, it's really about who gets their definition updates out there the quickest. I'm sure there are horror stories for just about every single solution out there.

Horror stories for each, indeed .. I agree with that.

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Virus / Malware threads always bring out lots of opinions.

Few things that help me:

1. Have some sort of sandboxing or virtual technology working for you. Kaspersky IS and PURE are one of the few that I know have it. It you don't have either of those, a lot of people use SandboxIE .. small install.. really helps. As long as you understand the concept, most people do fine with it and are a lot harder to infect.

2. Like anything, having research to back up the spew your preaching always makes your opinion look more informed. I like to visit sites such as:

http://www.virusbtn.com/vb100/latest_comparative/index
http://www.av-test.org/
http://www.av-comparatives.org/

There are plenty of test/comparitive sites out there, some are $$ biast (PC Magazine), some are new, so watch out .. Not everthing you read is true (Including what I'm saying ?? .. The sites I listed have all been around for a loooong time (there is a reason for that ... ).

3. People are creatures of habbit. Simply removing the virus/malware off the machine (possibly wiping the hard disk) and then hearing that person got infected again (possibly with the same virus) doesn't surprise me. They go right back to the same website that got them infected in the first place, not knowing that even E-bay listings can have malware in them, etc .... Think about it, many times computers get taken in and the customer is told, ya your infected, but when asked what EXACTLY did I do that got the computer infected --- well, usually you hit a GREY area there. I hear lots of "might have been", "hard to say", "can't be certian, but I THINK it was this file (which came from where ?)... If the computer repair guy doesn't really know, how can the victim be expected to know what they did and not repeat it... ?

Being in IT for many years, I have come to realize that many people don't know why/how they get infected and educating them and teaching them good habbits on how to avoid infections goes a looooooooong way.

I don't like to recommend any antivirus myself, mostly cuz of what T said, there are horror stories for all of them.... and they'll make your suggestion come back to make you look like an ass.

I WILL however tell you what I've used (doesn't mean its good) ... NOD32 and Kaspersky PURE (currently). If you ask me why, I'll simply point you to the websites I frequent and have you make YOUR OWN educated opinion.

Hope that helps ...

Very helpful indeed Andersony. I think when anyone makes recommendations for lots of computer things its really judged on the basis of anecdotal evidence. Given how bias the community can be when comparing popular anti viruses and how fast the game changes in the industry (Open Office used to be great!) it's really hard to give a reliable recommendation. Still, a recommendation is usually needed when you're standing beside a thankful customer. I recommend using Avast because of the times its served me well. But I also recommend people browsing safely. If you don't know what it is don't open it. A computer can only be as safe as how smart the user is and most computer users think an exe file means its an EXEllent file (yes its spelled wrong )
The best advice given is still not always taken. Anyone that has fixed a computer to get a call back less than a week later from the same person knows what I'm talking about.

[λndersony â€]

Avast was a program that I used when they supported WHS (windows home server) ... They did some great work there, but then just let it die (not enough $$ brought in ?). That put a sour taste in my mouth, but couldn't say I blamed them. They had one of thier tech support guys who posted on the WHS forums and did feature requests for us before/after the product launched, that was commendable for sure.

I looked at them on the RAP charts .. they are still shoot'n 95 x 83 .. so thats good for them (and you !

The best advice given is still not always taken. Anyone that has fixed a computer to get a call back less than a week later from the same person knows what I'm talking about

Well said...

i only use kaspersky best there is in my opinion love it simple and effective to use i never had a problem with it i always buy it from walmart or bestbuy never buy it over internet you just need to know how to use it and you will be fine.

i love malware bytes anti malware here is a link if you need it http://www.malwarebytes.org/

I have fixed a lot of my employees personal computers with the fake AV software.

I've used malwarebytes, Super Antispyware, and Hijack This to fix them....that and a lot of Google searches and reading.

There are a lot of them for sure.
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My best, and closest friend, died last year of brain cancer. We went to school together, and played football together. He was a college football coach (Offensive Coordiantor when he passsed away) and he started getting these on his playbook laptop. It took me a long,long, time to FINALLY get his computer cleaned of the ransomware. They are very persistant by laying dormant in a far reach of a burried file before erupting back to life.

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