Virus warning
May. 21st, 2008 09:12 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
greenmanI know most of my friends are reasonably tech literate (especially the ones who might be reading my LJ), but I wanted to remind everyone to make sure that they've got up to date antivirus software, and to run a virus scan. I've seen more machines infected with trojans in the last few weeks than I've seen in the last few months, and for some reason, Symantec's antivirus products seem to be hit-or-miss about catching them, or at least removing them.
I've been having good luck removing a number of them using AVG Free 8.0, which is a free (obviously, from the name) antivirus application available from Grisoft.com (specifically, http://free.grisoft.com/). My only caviat about installing it is to make sure that you do an advanced installation, and tell it NOT to install the AVG Security Toolbar, which will significantly slow down your machine as it scans all the links on any website you happen to be visiting. Without that, the installation is fast and the footprint is small.
I generally also recommend Trend Micro's Housecall, an online virus scan tool available at http://housecall.trendmicro.com. It will require you to install a java application to run, but Trend Micro is an established hardware and software vendor, they've been around for years, and I've never had a problem with them.
This is probably unnecessary for most people, but if I can help even one person make sure their system is clean, I'll be happy.
I've been having good luck removing a number of them using AVG Free 8.0, which is a free (obviously, from the name) antivirus application available from Grisoft.com (specifically, http://free.grisoft.com/). My only caviat about installing it is to make sure that you do an advanced installation, and tell it NOT to install the AVG Security Toolbar, which will significantly slow down your machine as it scans all the links on any website you happen to be visiting. Without that, the installation is fast and the footprint is small.
I generally also recommend Trend Micro's Housecall, an online virus scan tool available at http://housecall.trendmicro.com. It will require you to install a java application to run, but Trend Micro is an established hardware and software vendor, they've been around for years, and I've never had a problem with them.
This is probably unnecessary for most people, but if I can help even one person make sure their system is clean, I'll be happy.
