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what is the best free antivirus would you recommend?

thanks
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AVG Free is popular

http://www.filehippo...ware/antivirus/

You can crosscheck the one you install with these

Online Scans

Panda Scan

House Call

Trend Micro Spyware Scan

Kaspersky Online Scan
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i see thanks and when i use ewido why does it always detect mozilla firefox (caches?) as a spyware?
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What ewido is most likely finding is remnants from your cookies:

You should set up your Firefox so that when you close your session the cookies will be removed.

I would suggest emptying out your cache and cookies on a regular basis, and this would include removing temp files as well.

If you feel you have a malware issue I would suggest that you post here:

http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/Malware_Removal_HiJackThis_Logs_Go_Here-f37.html

Without looking at the log it is really hard to tell, but that would be my guess. Don't post the ewido log do it in the Malware forum and someone will be along to take a look at it.
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i meant tracking cookie is that bad though if ewido finds this stuff? i only go to sites that is trusted
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i meant tracking cookie is that bad though if ewido finds this stuff?

That really depends on you, do you want to keep them around?? The key word is tracking, although most cookies are harmless.

i only go to sites that is trusted

You would have to define trusted..
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umm heres the normal site i go to nba.com, nfl.com, yahoo.com,google.com, gamespot.com, gamefaqs.com
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Here are a couple of links to start with if you want to learn more about Firefox.

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Mozilla_Firefox


http://www.mozilla.org/support/
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ok i got another question i run panda active scan and found a spyware in the registry how can i delete it, it only says registry in the location and when i run spybotsearch and destroy it says no spyware detected?
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ok i got another question i run panda active scan and found a spyware in the registry how can i delete it, it only says registry in the location and when i run spybotsearch and destroy it says no spyware detected?

Edited by realistpnoy, 18 April 2006 - 01:13 AM.

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This is not the appropriate forum to ask that, if you need malware removal help please follow this link and follow the instructions:

http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/Malware_Removal_HiJackThis_Logs_Go_Here-f37.html

This link is where you should begin.

http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/You_Must_Read_This_Before_Posting_A_Hijackthis_Log-t2852.html
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