Virus problem - Page 2

Rain · 28th July 2014, 06:58

In addition to my main AV - Avast, I use malwarebytes anti-malware. It is free and helps me removing various infections which were not alarmed by Avast. Opencandy can be remved by hand too: http://soft2secure.com/knowledgebase/www_getwindowinfo

Forestgreen · 21st August 2014, 18:19

Best advice I ever had was to have an Admin account with full administrative rights in addition to my user account with standard rights. I almost never need to logon to the Admin account as 99% of PC maintenance including software installs can be done in the standard account if I enter the admin password. But it stops viruses from installing themselves. For added protection I use the free Microsoft antivirus to mop up anything that gets onto the machine knowing it can't do harm if I don't touch it.

28th July 2014, 06:58	#11
Rain Newbie 75 Diesel Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: London Posts: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	In addition to my main AV - Avast, I use malwarebytes anti-malware. It is free and helps me removing various infections which were not alarmed by Avast. Opencandy can be remved by hand too: http://soft2secure.com/knowledgebase/www_getwindowinfo

21st August 2014, 18:19	#12
Forestgreen Gets stuck in Rover 75 Connoisseur SE 2.5 V6 saloon Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Birmingham Posts: 770 Thanks: 47 Thanked 105 Times in 54 Posts	Best advice I ever had was to have an Admin account with full administrative rights in addition to my user account with standard rights. I almost never need to logon to the Admin account as 99% of PC maintenance including software installs can be done in the standard account if I enter the admin password. But it stops viruses from installing themselves. For added protection I use the free Microsoft antivirus to mop up anything that gets onto the machine knowing it can't do harm if I don't touch it.