Phuket Thailand - Anti-Virus Software?

Allybabba22 · #1 23-11-2005, 19:56

Well my Norton's Anti-Virus has gone tits up, Its expired about 5months ago and I never got around to renewing it, But yesterday I turned on my Pc and it cant find the drivers to load or something, And its disabled and will not enable and just says restart Pc, Which I did but still the same, And I cant log into my msn account because of this aswell, Just comes up 2attempt, 3rd..4th etc.... And then says try again later so now I have to use Internet explorer which I hate using

This happened to me the last time I didnt renew it, So I deleted the program and bought a new one which worked perfect, Only problem is now dont wont to be forking out another 100euro before my Xmas/New Year tour, Want to wait until I get back...

So does anyone have any links to free anti-virus software that will do me until after my tour?

Thanks for any help you can give guys...

Gson · #2 23-11-2005, 20:22

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Originally Posted by Allybabba22

So does anyone have any links to free anti-virus software that will do me until after my tour?

Thanks for any help you can give guys...

I use this....

I think its very good

http://www.avast.com/

Stevie42 · #3 23-11-2005, 21:55

have a look at www.mydownload.com some free stuff there but u have to keep re-installing after the trial period. better than giving ur computer the clap tho.

crazyswede · #4 23-11-2005, 21:59

So "Gson" , when are you going to let us 10,000 BM´s know "the correct license key" ?

LivinLOS · #5 23-11-2005, 23:23

AVG7 free and works fine..

Benjy · #6 24-11-2005, 00:25

Yup AVG for me as well, its free and should always be (for non-commercial purposes), Thats the way most software should be IMO.

Mabus · #7 24-11-2005, 02:44

This is a nice one too, scans active for 14 days but keeps on working after that in manual scan. Biggest pro is that it scans for trojans, spyware and other pests

and is quite good at it. Give it a spin you'll be amazed at the crap it can find.

http://www.ewido.net/en/download/

Allybabba22 · #8 24-11-2005, 03:43

Thanks guys,

But I have one more problem, Just noticed my Internet Security is down aswell...

Can I download free Internet Security or will I be better off just buying Nortons now instead of waiting until I come back?

Allybabba22 · #9 24-11-2005, 03:47

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Originally Posted by Mabus

This is a nice one too, scans active for 14 days but keeps on working after that in manual scan. Biggest pro is that it scans for trojans, spyware and other pests

and is quite good at it. Give it a spin you'll be amazed at the crap it can find.

http://www.ewido.net/en/download/

Just noticed this now Mabus, Is that Internet Security software?

dawsey · #10 24-11-2005, 04:40

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Originally Posted by Gson

I use this....

I think its very good

http://www.avast.com/

same same,

it is very good

another good free alternative is AVG

you can download and choose from here
www.downloads.com

dawsey · #11 24-11-2005, 04:43

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Originally Posted by crazyswede

So "Gson" , when are you going to let us 10,000 BM´s know "the correct license key" ?

You get the license key if you choose the "free" download.
There is also a pay version.

get it here http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html

dawsey · #12 24-11-2005, 04:50

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Originally Posted by Allybabba22

Thanks guys,

But I have one more problem, Just noticed my Internet Security is down aswell...

Can I download free Internet Security or will I be better off just buying Nortons now instead of waiting until I come back?

I assume you are talking about a firewall for internet Ally?

If so try Zone Alarm, its a freeware programme and can be adjusted to suit your preferences. Easy to use and automatic updates are free.

Once again you can get it here http://www.download.com/3120-20_4-0....=16&search.y=6

I use Sygate personal firewall and its very good, you can download this free copy here
http://smb.sygate.com/products/spf_standard.htm

stevem · #13 24-11-2005, 05:56

I never trust or recommend free stuff when it comes to virus or firewall software.

Virus have always used Nortons and firewall use BlackIce.

crazyswede · #14 24-11-2005, 05:59

Whoops .. i gue´s i was to fast there .. didn´t read properly .. didn´t see any free downloads

.. mai pen rai .. i have Norton from my internet provider , works fine this far

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Originally Posted by dawsey

You get the license key if you choose the "free" download.
There is also a pay version.

get it here http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html

Allybabba22 · #15 24-11-2005, 07:02

Right set up the Sygate Firewall, And also ran the Ewire security suite and found 193 virus's probably picked up since the other day when it went down, It cleaned them all for me...

But still I cannot log into my msn, Any ideas guys?

Allybabba22 · #16 24-11-2005, 18:38

Well I give up, My Pc is working fine now, And is running faster than before but still cannot log into MSN, So cannot check my emails etc...

Also tryed to delete Norton's Internet Security and Antivirus but cannot, It says something about I have to Log in... But when I try to log in, I cant as the key will not let me click on it...

It says something about needing Superviser Authorisation from Symantec but I cant Log in to get it............Arrrrgggghhhhh

So I give up... When I come back from my tour I will save all my pics onto a cd, And music onto the Ipod.... And then just reboot the Pc and start again...

I will lose my stash of porn

and other things but just do not have the patience or enough knowledge about computers and how to fix it... So no choice

JohnP · #17 24-11-2005, 18:44

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Originally Posted by LivinLOS

AVG7 free and works fine..

This is what I use and it is two thumbs up.

stevem · #18 24-11-2005, 21:34

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Originally Posted by Allybabba22

Also tryed to delete Norton's Internet Security and Antivirus but cannot, It says something about I have to Log in... But when I try to log in, I cant as the key will not let me click on it...

Log a support call via the norton's web site.

Mabus · #19 25-11-2005, 00:23

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Originally Posted by Allybabba22

Just noticed this now Mabus, Is that Internet Security software?

No, its an anti-virus with advanced spyware, trojan and the likes removal.

As a free firewal I would recomend Zonealarm. You can get the free and/or the paying version at:

http://www.zonelabs.com/store/conten... skulist_trial

ST66 · #20 30-11-2005, 06:29

I normally prefer to use Linux = no virus problem.

But else with Windows I have used Antivir over long time, it's free and works fine, check out http://www.free-av.com/.

t0rn · #21 01-12-2005, 04:25

When i used AVG it would detect a virus but let it through, so you then had to quickly run the whole detection thing to get rid of it.
Find Avast to be much better.
For anti spyware stuff - a combination of "spyware blaster", "spybot search and destroy" and ad-aware does the job.