No Antivirus run
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Dicehunter
Resident Newb
If you are safe, Keep the windows firewall up and stay away from weird sites, Don't download dodgey items and delete emails that obviously are spam then you wont need an anti virus program.
I haven't had an anti-virus program for over 4 years now and I am constantly on the net, Downloading various things, Drivers, Game mods etc... and I haven't had a single virus.
I know this isn't an answer to your question but the only protection ones computer needs is common sense.
I haven't had an anti-virus program for over 4 years now and I am constantly on the net, Downloading various things, Drivers, Game mods etc... and I haven't had a single virus.
I know this isn't an answer to your question but the only protection ones computer needs is common sense.
SPS
Moderator
What AV are you running?
A few things concern me with this advice.
1. Windows firewall is useless and doesn't block incoming traffic.
2. If you don't have an AV how do you know you don't have a virus?
3. 'Safe' sites can become temporarily infected, you need to be more than vigilant to remain clean.
A few things concern me with this advice.
1. Windows firewall is useless and doesn't block incoming traffic.
2. If you don't have an AV how do you know you don't have a virus?
3. 'Safe' sites can become temporarily infected, you need to be more than vigilant to remain clean.
NeverBackDown
AMD Enthusiast
Do you even have a license with any of these AV companies?
Try downloading a free one. Though not the greatest by far, this will work.
Microsoft Security Essentials
Try downloading a free one. Though not the greatest by far, this will work.
Microsoft Security Essentials
Ok, I ll try make it more clear.
There is a problem in my Windows. Some virus or like that. I can install any antivirus but they cannot work. Licence or no licence they wont work.
Meanwhile I saw in the web that this is a known problem.
NeverBackDown
AMD Enthusiast
Reinstall windows. Get a new drive. Bye bye virus.
mArTyN
New member
Hi livadi, sorry to hear about the problems you are having. Trying to cure an infection whilst the windows operating system is up and running can be very difficult and sometimes impossible as the infection is also running with all of it's defence mechanisms in place.
In my opinion the best way to go is to do a "boot time scan", as this scans your pc BEFORE windows and the infection are loaded. Have a look at this link.
http://www.squidoo.com/the-best-free-antivirus-rescue-cds
I personally have used the "bitdefender" cd with good results.
Hope this helps,
mArTyN
In my opinion the best way to go is to do a "boot time scan", as this scans your pc BEFORE windows and the infection are loaded. Have a look at this link.
http://www.squidoo.com/the-best-free-antivirus-rescue-cds
I personally have used the "bitdefender" cd with good results.
Hope this helps,
mArTyN
Hi livadi, sorry to hear about the problems you are having. Trying to cure an infection whilst the windows operating system is up and running can be very difficult and sometimes impossible as the infection is also running with all of it's defence mechanisms in place.
In my opinion the best way to go is to do a "boot time scan", as this scans your pc BEFORE windows and the infection are loaded. Have a look at this link.
http://www.squidoo.com/the-best-free-antivirus-rescue-cds
I personally have used the "bitdefender" cd with good results.
Hope this helps,
mArTyN
Well, sfc /scannow tells me there are corrupted windows file which cannot repair.
Maybe I should make a repair on my Win 7 SP1 with a linux cd image?
Avast was my antivirus, but as I said, no any antivirus can now work in my system. I already tried five of them.
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barnsley
born in a.....
Got a disk drive/usb drive and another clean pc/laptop?
Get windows defender offline. Its a bootable one that doesn't use windows and you just boot to it when you start your pc up and do a full scan. Its not running through windows so that virus shouldn't do anything to it. That should hopefully catch the virus that is blocking your windows from using the AV so you can then get malwarebytes to do a scan in windows.
Get windows defender offline. Its a bootable one that doesn't use windows and you just boot to it when you start your pc up and do a full scan. Its not running through windows so that virus shouldn't do anything to it. That should hopefully catch the virus that is blocking your windows from using the AV so you can then get malwarebytes to do a scan in windows.
