The AntiVirus Software I use is of McAfee!How do I automatically make my download manager check every file I've downloaded for viruses.
I need the command line to be given for that!
Thanx in advance!
You don't need to do that...McAfee automatically scans all incoming files. That option is there just in case you have an antivirus that does not automatically scan files.
I have install kaspersky 6.0 antivirus software. After this intallation when i start or restart my PC, icons at notification area are displayed very late(takes so much time).Insted of this when i restart my PC through CPU restart button, icons are displayed as usual(quickly).So i want to know how can remove this problem.
Well when u restart your computer through windows, stuff usually doesn't always leave computer some times they may stay in ROM or RAM somehow, so when new information is loaded it needs to be first removed to add new info into cmp, so those icons take time to load. CPU Button or electric button cuts of power so nothing remains everything lost, immediately nothing remains, so things are loaded newly and more free space available also when windows restarts it saves settings for load on next time this time there were no last shuit down settings to be loaded neverthless the antivirus application is a application that needs alot of RAM and processor power thus slowing down, all those packet capturing programs, defending and such keeping your computer healthy are big apps so they always slow down comp! typically they start last so u have to wait for the but my avast starts first and then the rest.. my comp is fast so it dont take much time anyways and also it is the least cpu resource hungry antivir program available
Does the antivirus software has clean the infected file. does that means it is 100% of original file ?
thanks for answering. please provide me some reference
When a virus infects a file. It inserts it's signature in the file such that every time the file is loaded, the scripts run the viral script. When an anti-virus program cleans the files, it removes these signatures and TRIES not to replace any details of the original file. In case the antivirus knows what it is doing then the file becomes 100% same of the original file but when new viruses are cleaned there is no gurantee that 100% of the file is got back. Even though the file resembles the original file, it may lose some details that one may deem unimportant. It could even in some cases be completely destroyed as the virus can destrot the data of the infected beyong recovery by actually overwriting data on the infected file.
Yes, it can be.
Most of the antivirus works on a simple algorithm on which they first backup the original infected file by creating a copy of it (excluding the virus code) and then delete the original file and paste the backup copy instead of the original.
This technique works quite well however some times this might damage the original file. In such cases you need either to reinstall the application that was infected or replace the original file by downloading it again.
If you doubt the file genuinity you can check its version from the file properties.
if ure not sure, search for the infected file on your computer. find where it is located, write down its name, search for the same file on another computer, copy that file, and use it to replace the infected file of your computer. It worked for me!
i have no antivirus software ...is there free stuff i can download to help my problem please
You should never run a computer without anti-virus software. If you want a free anti-virus I recommend in order of popularity, but please choose the right one for you (install only one):
1. AVG Free
a. A simple interface (easier to use than Avast! and Avira)
b. Can detect about 82.82% of viruses
Cons: low virus detection
2. Avast!
a. Real-time protection
b. It has an option to delete a virus once found
c. Can detect about 87.46% of viruses.
Cons: Too many icons and confusing user interface
3. Avira AntiVir
a. It can detect malware better than Avast and AVG
b. It's cute umbrella icon
c. Can detect about 94.26% of viruses
Cons: A very sluggish update
Whatever you decide do not ever get Norton, it will slow down and ruin your computer. The best anti-virus you can get is Kaspersky or NOD32 (recent tests at av-comparatives.org).
Google 'AVG antivirus'
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I want to try downloading MSN messenger discovery on my laptop, but Ive heard loads of people saying its a virus, and has a trojan horse and can't be removed, messages not being delivered, msn not working etc etc.
How dangerous is it, does anybody have it and had any problems relating to it?
I have windows live messenger, a norton scanner (free version so won't remove anything) and the free AVG antivirus software.
thanks
No, I think that is a software with much benefits for MSN
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Download it off of www.msn.com and youll be fine....as for the people you chat with, you can monitor that....im safe! lol. best of luck!
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I wrote this morning complaining about Avira screwing up my computer. One guy wrote back that I could get free antivirus software from mcptutorials.info. DO NOT GO ON THIS SITE. I have WOT(Web of trust), which like site advisor warns you about dangerous sites. When I typed in that website, WOT warned me that this was a dangerous site!
The bottom line is.. you are posting on a public web board... the people on here are most likely not professional technicians and/or not professional information security professionals (like myself), etc.. and are many times providing biased advice that has no basis in reality and is oftentimes (as you have unfortunately found out) is malicious in nature.
The best possible solution for 99.9% of the people posting on this site is to invest in a proper security suite that includes complete protection (antivirus, firewall, antispyware, etc) and nis from preferably one RELIABLE vendor (like McAfee or Norton) and is properly configured and kept completely up to date...
this coupled with current windows updates, safe browsing habits and above all... common sense. That's it.
You don't need a bunch of freeware junk or anyhting else... just one good suite that is properly maintained and some common sense.
Good Luck
Folder Options -%26gt; 'Show hidden files and folders' already checked. Both 'hide extn for known file types' and 'Hide protected Operating System Files(Recommended)' are unchecked. Only when they are unchecked, the folders are visible but are greyed out like hidden. When I right click and check attribute, readonly and archive are enabled but hidden attribute is checked and disabled. When new folder was created, it automatically changed to hidden. I have run antivirus software and removed 3 viruses. Now am able to create folder properly. It is not hidden but old folders hidden attribute is still disabled. This happens to folders in USB drive only. Please help.
Sounds like some weird inheritance or system protection. But you can try the old attrib.exe program.
So, suppose your USB drive is drive E.
聽聽聽聽聽聽Start... Run... cmd
(this opens a DOS box)
聽聽聽聽聽聽cd e:
(this switches to the USB drive)
聽聽聽聽聽聽cd\
(this switches to the root dir of the E: drive)
聽聽聽聽聽聽attrib -h . /s /d
(this flips off the hidden flag for every file and folder on the drive. You may need admin rights.)
If you get some Access Denied error, then the OS (or a virus) is preventing you from flipping the flag.
To check things, use "attrib /s /d" to get a dump of all files and folders attributes.
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