Virus Scan

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Hi all,
I am running win98se and need to check my HD for virus/Trojan/what ever bad.
Please could you give me an advice on what would be the best freeware around
to get the job done. Thank you, Philippe.
 
Jumbo said:
Hi all,
I am running win98se and need to check my HD for virus/Trojan/what ever bad.
Please could you give me an advice on what would be the best freeware around
to get the job done. Thank you, Philippe.
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I highly recommend Avast! 4 Home Edition. It automatically updates
virus definitions (and program, if you set that option), and has
comprehensive protection (AIM, e-mail, etc.). It's detection rates are
also very good, from the comparisons I've read. Many times it has
found trojans running in memory during the installation process, and
does a boot scan to clean things up. All they ask is that you register
it once a year. See www.avast.com.

Larry
 
Jumbo said:
Hi all,
I am running win98se and need to check my HD for virus/Trojan/what ever bad.
Please could you give me an advice on what would be the best freeware around
to get the job done. Thank you, Philippe.
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F-prot for DOS, Avast, and AVG are possibilities. a-squared (a^2) is a
free anti-trojan.

michael
 
Thanks,
I used Avast 4.5 and it work perfectly, virus was a mass mailing crap called
mabutu.
Thanks for your advice.
Philippe
 
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