Good virus/malware program

[julius]

I don't know what I've done to my laptop, but it will work fine for a while and then lag big time. Even after doing a norton scan, a malware scan and restored my laptop to factory specs...but it's still annoying as fuck using my laptop.

And for some reason, I can't complete all my windows updates.

I've tried avista (or whatever it is), search and destroy (but apparently I have to buy it to get it to clean my laptop), and a few others.

Does anyone have any actually good virus/malware/hack scanners out there?

 

[Natebishop3]

Malwarebyetes?

CC Cleaner?

Avast?

Do you think it's a virus or do you think you have too much running? You might want to reformat your computer. Just reinstall windows. That's the best way to take it back to factory.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

The AV that comes with Windows is fine. Norton is a resource hog. Uninstall it.

Also always have Malwarebytes installed on your system. The free version. Don't opt for the free trial of the advance version. If you get something that AV misses run Malwarebytes and it will kill it.

 

[julius]

Malwarebyetes?

CC Cleaner?

Avast?

Do you think it's a virus or do you think you have too much running? You might want to reformat your computer. Just reinstall windows. That's the best way to take it back to factory.

I did reformat it. Twice

 

[Denny Crane]

Never needed or used antivirus software on my Mac. FTW.

 

[julius]

The AV that comes with Windows is fine. Norton is a resource hog. Uninstall it.

Also always have Malwarebytes installed on your system. The free version. Don't opt for the free trial of the advance version. If you get something that AV misses run Malwarebytes and it will kill it.

It hasnt made a difference (before norton or after) and its on my older, weaker laptop and doesnt make a difference

 

[SlyPokerDog]

QUOTE=Natebishop3;3118163]Malwarebyetes?

CC Cleaner?

Avast?

Do you think it's a virus or do you think you have too much running? You might want to reformat your computer. Just reinstall windows. That's the best way to take it back to factory.[/QUOTEe

I did reformat it. Twice

You are all fucked up. You can't even quote people correctly.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

It hasnt made a difference (before norton or after) and its on my older, weaker laptop and doesnt make a difference

If you have Norton why are you asking about an antivirus?

 

[Natebishop3]

Time to buy a new laptop

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Never needed or used antivirus software on my Mac. FTW.

Gay porn is traditionally virus free.

 

[3RA1N1AC]

I've had this happen in the past where scans didn't help, most likely your hard drive is failing, backup dat noiz

 

[julius]

If you have Norton why are you asking about an antivirus?

because I know there are things norton doesn't get

 

[julius]

Time to buy a new laptop

It is a new laptop (about 6 months now)

 

[Natebishop3]

It is a new laptop (about 6 months now)

Damn dude.... that's jacked up. What kind of laptop?

 

[SlyPokerDog]

because I know there are things norton doesn't get

Never run two antivirus programs.

Run 1 antivirus program and use Malwarebytes to pick up anything the AV doesn't get.

 

[julius]

Damn dude.... that's jacked up. What kind of laptop?

It's an HP

 

[KeepOnRollin]

It's an HP

There is your problem.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

It's an HP

I bought a HP laptop a few years back.

What a giant piece of shit!

How much ram do you have in it?

 

[julius]

4 gig of ram.

I did a malware scan prior to the first reformatting, and it had a ton (I had forgotten I did that).

Whats interesting is this is a laptop I don't go to any questionable sites with.

I'm running another malware scan right now. It's free to get rid of the files, right?

 

[Natebishop3]

It's an HP

Do you have the HP version of Windows?

I bought a Dell back in 2008, and the Dell version of Vista was just god awful. A friend gave me a copy of Windows 7 professional, with none of the Dell bullshit and the computer hasn't had a single problem since then. If you could get a copy of Windows 7 Pro or something like that, and try installing that, you might see a huge difference.

My laptop would crash on me, it was slow, it was just a huge piece of shit. With just a bare bones Windows 7, it has had no problems at all.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

4 gig of ram.

I did a malware scan prior to the first reformatting, and it had a ton (I had forgotten I did that).

Whats interesting is this is a laptop I don't go to any questionable sites with.

I'm running another malware scan right now. It's free to get rid of the files, right?

Are you running Malwarebytes? Yes, the free version removes bad shit for free.

What version of Windows are you running? If it's 64bit up your ram to 6-8gigs. It'll help a little.

 

[Denny Crane]

Http://ubuntu.com

Virus gone, never come back.

 

[julius]

Http://ubuntu.com

Virus gone, never come back.

Its the windows that came with it.
Im tempted to do unbuntu if this doesnt work

 

[Natebishop3]

Its the windows that came with it.
Im tempted to do unbuntu if this doesnt work

Dump that shit. See if you can get a clean version of Windows.

 

[Denny Crane]

Dump that shit. See if you can get a clean version of Windows.

Only $199 to buy the windows 8 pro update version. You can add media center for $99 more!

Last two Mac osx upgrades were $29 and $19. iTunes is free and does what media center does.

 

[Natebishop3]

Only $199 to buy the windows 8 pro update version. You can add media center for $99 more!

Last two Mac osx upgrades were $29 and $19. iTunes is free and does what media center does.

I just really don't like the feel of the Apple OS. I've played around with it, and I'm just not comfortable. Maybe if I used to more.

 

[Denny Crane]

Ubuntu is free.

 

[santeesioux]

Damn, what happened to the price of Windows 8? I remember they were practically begging people to buy it at like $40 last year.

 

[Denny Crane]

Damn, what happened to the price of Windows 8? I remember they were practically begging people to buy it at like $40 last year.

Making up for this!

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/hardware/2013/07/31/microsoft-surface-loss/1

 

[santeesioux]

What happened to Microsoft? They just don't make stuff people want anymore, and it's looking that way with their game console, and that thing was really popular at one time.