Protect your PC against spyware

[Cheba_Mami]

Thank You all very much for the info!

(i had always paid versions of Norton antivirus, each year. for 2006 i got internet-security for free and both were working fine but i know a lot of people use these free ones for 1 single PC and normal internet use.

[piccolomondo]

If you get a file from a site you don't know very well (like a game or a screensaver), the first thing you should do is scan it using an antivirus. The problem is that your antivirus might not be very good or might not include the signature of the trojan included in the file you've just downloaded. So a good idea is to have a second opinion, but you can't install more than one antivirus (unless you disable the real-time protection).


VirusTotal is a site where you can upload a file smaller than 10 MB and it will be scanned by a large number of antivirus software (the current number is 31), including: Kaspersky, BitDefender, F-Secure, Panda. The file will not be scanned instantly, but you'll have to wait a short time (usually around one minute), depending on site's load.
You'll get a report and if you see conflicting responses, look at the most trustworthy engines (some tests) and at the number of engines that report a virus.

The service is available by email too: send a mail to scan@virustotal.com with the subject SCAN. If you use Gmail, you'll have to rename executable files (for example, from setup.exe to setup.ex1) to be able to send them.


A similar service is Jotti's malware scan, that has a bigger limit for the file size: 15 MB, but uses less antivirus engines.

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[jamnaly]

Amit Agarwal [l a b n o l . blogspot.com]:

"Don't Pay For Virus Protection, Get these Free Anti Virus Software"

HI piccolomondo

Thanks for sharing very useful free software, last day i found a virus name "Torajan" and i just installed ClamWin Virus Scanner and relaxed ...

[Bent_Bladi]

ooooooooh, someone gave me some really great links - BUT I CAN'T FIND THEM.... i'll post them as soon as I do, though

[piccolomondo]

HI piccolomondo

Thanks for sharing very useful free software, last day i found a virus name "Torajan" and i just installed ClamWin Virus Scanner and relaxed ...

I'm happy that you could kill that "Torajan"

[Al-khiyal]

AVG Anti-Rootkit Free 1.1.0.42

[Al-khiyal]

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