Good free online virus scans/removals?
 

Our family computer . . . one of our boys has gotten into the habit of downloading every free game trial play he runs across and I didn't realize (I had found out about one game that I did buy for him because I knew he wanted it, but the others I was :hunh ) --they are all clean games, from family friendly sites, and apparently dh knew :doh

But with them have come all sorts of garbage I'm trying to get out of there because now sites like Webkinz won't load :banghead So I spent an hour or more the other night doing removals but I need a good site for finding and removing viruses. I'd like to do what I can at home for free.

If I need to we have friends who can sweep the whole thing, but I don't want to bother them if I don't need to.

:ty

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avg and avast are both good. i forgot the best spyware one...

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I can't recommend Avast highly enough. I posted the other day about a computer I pulled hundreds of viruses and adware off of. The computer had the paid version of Norton and had been scanned weekly. Norton missed them all.

What type of antivirus are you using right now?

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I use avast to prevent viruses. Malware bytes is pretty good for removing them. I use spybot and adaware for spyware.

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All good :tu If you go to cnet.com you can download them safely there. Depending on what type of virus/malware/adware you suspect, there are some that are better than others. Another that I recommend is SuperAntiSpyware.

ETA: you can not run more than one antivirus software at the same time, but you can use more than one spyware program. Sometimes it has taken me using more than one to detect all of the issues on a computer.

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I have used onecare safety scan from microsoft it seems to work ok.

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avast is good antivirus (and it has a good scan as well).
malware bytes is a great scanner

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Do you mean a scan you do online without having the program on your computer? Housecall is a good one.

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We use malwarebytes :)

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also used Avast free version until recently. Now have Nortons for free through ISP.

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thank you so much :heart I may try several of them as I'm not sure what exactly got in there :doh I know there is something on the computer but I can't remember what it is and it's obviously not up to the task :shifty

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I use both the malwarebytes and the onecare scan. The onecare picked up a few things that the malware didn't.

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What those kind of programs mainly put on your computer is spyware. I recommend Spyware Blaster and SpyBot Search and Destroy. Both are free but also remind you that you are welcome to donate. My favorite is SpyBot S&D.

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which kind of programs?

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Those free games.

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you totally lost me... :bag

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Sorry, I'll start over. :hug2

Here is the OP's problem:
She has gotten some recommendations for anti virus programs and I am suggesting an anti spyware programs: Spybot Search and Destroy.

She might also consider an anti adware program called AdAware. :think

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Thanks...LOL Sorry to derail. :bag

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You did not derail, you simply asked for clarification. :hug2 And if you needed it, someone else probably did as well. :yes

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We use clamwin. It finds things Norton totally misses, and you have good quarantine/delete options.

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I have to say that Spybot has the best license agreement evah! :giggle

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:yes

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I :heart Avast and would recommend it to anyone.

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I am running spybot on mine right now and it says that there are two adware things on it but it wont' remove them because it says I am not an admin on my computer. :-/ I am the only account on this computer. I am confused. It is a coupon bar thingy..which I can't find and can't uninstall because I can't find it..

:help

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subbing to save this one. :)

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Rachael you can make yourself admin. Here you go.

I'd suggest running Malwarebytes and SuperAnitiSpyware.

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Thank you. It should already be set up that way...grrr

I have the other two..

eta...yes I am already the admin on this comp.

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Close the program and find the icon. Right click on it and select, "run as admin." :yes

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oh thank you. I will try that!