Anti Virus Scams

Dear Readers,

Recently I have received a few computers which have had viruses on, when talking to my clients they stated they had bought the software off of the internet. Beware! There are a lot of so called "Anti Virus/Anti Spyware" programs out there but only a select few are actually recommended, work properly and legitimate. The others are actually viruses posing as Anti Virus software!

These are the following anti virus/anti spyware programs that ABC Service personally recommends, feel free to research them and find out which one suits you best and which you feel is easiest to navigate around.

The best way to try some of these anti virus/anti spyware programs is to download one as a limited trial, when the trial is up, uninstall it thoroughly by going to Start, Control Panel, Add or Remove Programs (Windows XP) or Start, Control Panel, Programs and Features (Windows Vista and 7). Then install the next program that you want to try. Don't install more than one "full" anti virus software else they will clash with each other and potentially slow the computer down.

 FREE Programs

• Spybot Search and Destroy (Free On-Demand Scan Anti Spyware/Malware program)
• MalwareBytes (Free Anti Spyware/Malware Software, tends to load up silently in the background therefore I would recommend installing, scanning with it, remove anything detected and then uninstall again.
• Avast! Free AntiVirus - Avast is a great FREE Anti Virus/Spyware protection software, it is best placed on a system that you know hasn't been on the internet for long. Recently using this program on a computer which was infested with viruses it wouldn't just disinfect the file it wanted to delete them. It is good as a protection and potential removal but not for a computer which is infested!

 Trials (Pay per Year Protection)

• McAfee (An increasingly popular  anti virus/spyware program)
• Kaspersky (Another popular and well known anti virus/spyware program)
• ABC Service personal favourite - BitDefender - (A highly popular anti virus/spyware program that is updated almost hourly keeping you thoroughly up to date with the latest protection, highly recommended and user friendly)

Thank you for reading, more information is still to come.

Until next time, be happy, be safe, be good.

ABC Service