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[Siryak]

Personally I have had good luck with the new Microsoft Security Essentials AV. It is free as well, so you might want to give that a try. In addition you might want to go grab Malware Bytes and run that.

[tommie gorman]

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greetings ..i am not sure what to do..i use hughes net ..i live remote..i have been using avg (paid) but my download and upload speeds are slower than slow..yesterday a tech at hughes finally helped..he "showed" me that my speeds were great (1163 down oops not sure of up but better thank zero or 19) when i was in the safe mode...soooo my question is  i need a anti virus and a firewall..is there something that i should use that will allow me the receive the speeds i am paying hughes for and yet be protected.. can you help or should i post my question else where on the site ..sorry new/old...he hee thanks ..

Here is a great one for pulling out some pests. 
http://filehippo.com...load_asquared/#

[David25]

To test your antivirus in full protection, you can use the file of Eicar test. This file is detected as a virus by the ant viruses but it is not one, it does not contain any viral code. If the false virus is detected, it is that your antivirus is active and protects you.
1.To create this false virus, you require simply to create a file inside Windows. Click on the found button, All Programs, Accessories then on Notepad.
2. after that recopy the following character string in the Notepad:
3.If your antivirus is appropriately activated, it should at that time alert you immediately presence of the Eicar virus.






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[mytestsfailed]

Wow, that is real useful. But right now I can't use it as I don't have an anti virus program anymore. I don't really need it cause I think its easier to stay away from unknown stuff that might have a virus than getting protection. Mostly because I'm a PC gamer and anti virus programs just get in the way. Even AVG. But yeah, AVG is still the best.