FREE Trend Micro AntiVirus Scanner

[TGirl]

Thank you so much for this tip! My sister and I have both upgraded to the newer free AVG antivirus and we have both been having weird problems with our computers ever since. I thought it was just me, then she said she upgraded, had problems, then removed it and all was well. She dowloaded again, just to see if it was a corrupted install or something, and she had the same problems again? Not sure if I'll actually have to PAY for one now or maybe there will be a patch?

This utility will be fantastic! Especially because when you have a virus or bad spyware usually you cannot connect to the internet - now it isn't necessary.

 

[Lanyap]

Originally posted by: ironk
So, could this thing run from outside of Windows? Like say we bootup with a winxp bootdisk with all of this on it, and try to run it then...it would be nice to have for computers that are so infected that you can't even boot into windows. But still, one would have to get on the internet to get the updated virus file...not a problem if you have another computer available.

I tried running it in DOS but it gave me an error msg saying it could not run in this environment.

 

[ScrapSilicon]

Originally posted by: TGirl
Thank you so much for this tip! My sister and I have both upgraded to the newer free AVG antivirus and we have both been having weird problems with our computers ever since. I thought it was just me, then she said she upgraded, had problems, then removed it and all was well. She dowloaded again, just to see if it was a corrupted install or something, and she had the same problems again? Not sure if I'll actually have to PAY for one now or maybe there will be a patch?

This utility will be fantastic! Especially because when you have a virus or bad spyware usually you cannot connect to the internet - now it isn't necessary.

Most if not all AV products would cause any pre-existing "bugs" to get anxious/active and the results would be what you experienced.

 

[CQuinn]

Originally posted by: Smoker00
BTW, it's a bad rumor that you can't run two or three av apps/programs at the same time.

You misunderstand... AFAIK it was never a rumor that you couldn't run more than one antivirus
at the same time, it is reccommended that you do not. You can have more than one installed,
but it is a bad idea to have them all running at the same time. Some scanners have been known
to detect another scanner as a virus itself (as shown by the example above) because some of
the testing methods and virus signatures can get flagged as virus-like activity.

I was running Avast, AVG, a Trend av engine, and AntiVir all at once. Trend and AntiVir were always first to stop any attacks with no false positives like you commonly can get with Avast and AVG. AVG also bugs up a Win98 system.

Which versions? How long did each take to run a scan (seperately and together)?
How do you know that the antivirus programs were not having interference with each other?
What were some examples of false positives you saw?
What were some examples of bugs you saw?

Just like you can't get all the spyware unless you use both SpyBot and AdAware, it seems prudent to me to run at least two av programs at the same time for the same reasoning.

SpyBot and AdAware are not known to conflict with each other, and I've seen the same recommendation applied with them; run one first, then the other.

I've been doing it for over two years on my Win98 system with no related problems of any sort. I highly recommend AntiVir (free version) and think Trend is the best commercial av outfit. If you can't find what you want on their site they want to know about it and followup with a form if you have questions.

What kind of setup are you running BTW? I would think running all those scanners in the background
might have some impact on system performance.

 

[ironk]

agreed, even though you could get away with running multiple AV scanners, its not recommended. Google around for proof.

I tried running it in DOS but it gave me an error msg saying it could not run in this environment.

Bah. I was hoping that wasn't the case. Thx for checking...well, at least we have knoppix.

 

[cheetoden]

Are those links messed up or just me?

 

[sk3tch]

Gotta be you...looks OK to me.