Which ones are the viruses?

[Michael Haney]

On Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 10:07 AM, Michael Haney <thezorch at gmail.com> wrote:
> I found Avast! 4 Home Edition to be better than AVG and Anti-Vir.  I
> used to use both of the others and they really didn't help at all.
> Avast! was the only one that actually kept the infections away.  It
> wasn't because I wasn't using safe browsing practices either, most of
> my viruses came from pop up ads.  At lot of those went away when I
> switched from IE to Firefox.
>
> I've also found that using the M$ Malicious Software Removal Tool
> clears out the more well known and destructive worms and Trojans.  It
> also wouldn't hurt to use the other stuff that was recommended like
> Hijack This! and Adaware.
>
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Oh, in addition don't EVER rely just on the Windows Firewall.
Download either ZoneAlarm or Comodo Firewall and disable the Windows
Firewall.


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