Who makes the virus and what on earth do they get out of it?

You might be right. They have achieved the fact I have changed my anti-virus on my comp. But I find it so frustrating, they obviously know how important the computer is to people. Thanks for the reply

I think the one who are making these viruses are also those who are making the anti-virus. another observation is that these viruses are in competition,why? Because as we can see every month(s) or year these people are releasing numbers of version and updates most likely more and more viruses to come. so is there any treatment for this viruses? This is business,they made the virus they also sell the anti-virus. That is simple, the victim we the users. To sort it out to avoid these viral we must not used computers in that way there will be not viruses at all.

I used AVG for 3 years and it was great, it caught everything straight away, but this virus yesterday got through. I am really lucky my hubby managed to fix it. If I was single I would have ended up throwing the computer out and buying a new one and their not cheap.=( I hope all those hackers get things back. What goes around comes around so the saying goes.

They make me really annoyed. Thanks for replying I hope AVG works for all for many years to come I guess I was just unlucky

I have tried Norton but it didn't work for me. I found AVG much better. Now I'm using kaspersky, I hope it works ok otherwise I guess I will have to try Mcafee. Its so frustrating. Thanks for the reply

I think that kaspersky is the best solution if that doesnt work then there are little you can do about it after kaspersky only format saves you!!

I guess there is no solution other than to keep swapping and changing your anti-virus. Gets expensive though to keep doing that to avoid all the viruses

I don't like norton, I don't find it as effective as others. I am normally really careful when it comes to what I download and files I open on the internet but somehow one slipped through.

And my point was the virus that affected me has obviously been sent through the system, so someone done that. Nothing has been gained by doing it, apart from it being a nusciance for a few hours.

Thanks for your reply

I can almost understand though the logic behind that, he wanted a job so he did what he did to get it and it worked. But what is the sense in sending viruses to people like me? Or once their in one persons system I guess they just spread or am I way off? I don't know but it just seems completely pointless, like kids defacing a wall with gravity, that is how I see these people. Childish nusiences.

Childish nuisance is a good term for it. Yes, it is much like gang graffiti. The goes to everybody's computer that I know. Then it repeats itself over & over & over. Destroying all those computers gets Microsoft attention!!!

I really cannot stand microsoft, but that is for another topic. lol

Thanks, you always seem to know all the information I'm looking for. AVG used to run a check everyday at a set time for me and I found it really reliable, but now it has disappointed me and I am sure it is because it was taken over. Do you know if kaspersky are good? Its what I am currently using as it was recommended. I think I have posted before that I am not very tech savvy, I leave it all to my hubby to sort. But I am going to ensure I have all these things on my system so it doesn't happen again.

I think hubby has put a firewall on the system, but I'm not sure if he has put any anti-spyware on. If he has and I try and install another will it effect the performance?

It will not hurt the performance to run more than one spyware program. Especially if you use the 'free for personal use' ones because they generally do not run automatically except the Super-anti spyware software. None of these programs require a great deal of memory that would make the PC sluggish, except perhaps starting the computer may be a little slower as some of them do a quick memory scan when starting your PC.

You cannot run more than one anti-virus. Some people say you can, no so. It will cause problems on the computer. Anti-virus programs conflict with each other. You need to completely remove one anti-virus software before installing another.

I am not real familiar anymore with Kapersky. However, I can tell you this much. From my experience with tech groups and computer tutoring I have found that AVAST is one of the best. AVG used to be right up there with it until it was sold.

The absolute best if you want to spend money is ESET NOD32 Antivirus which has malware (spyware) protection built in. For two computer license it will probably cost somewhere 60 bucks.

Here is a way to check out programs you are thinking of using.

Put the name of the product in google search and click enter. When a page comes up, go to the top right of the page where there are selections you can make and click on more. From the drop down list, click on 'groups'.

The page that comes up will be lists of discussions on the product from tech forums. Read a couple of them and you can get a good idea of which products to choose. This is the method I like best for comparing products because many of these groups are tech savvy.

Another method you can try to get reviews is to put the product name in google with a plus sign and the word review like the example below:

Kapersky+review This will bring up various reviews written on line for you to compare.

Hope this helps you out.

After you stated about the built in spyware, I have checked to see what kaspersky has. It has a built in firewall, anti-malware (whatever that is lol), application filtering, proactive defense (no idea what that means either), anti-phishing, network attack blocker, anti-dialer and anti-spam. It also has the option to block ads and banners, plus parental control.

So to me that sounds quite good, but not being tech savvy sounding good and being good are two different things, I think I will google it and find out for sure.

It sounds good, but do a few readings to get a good picture of what the techs are saying. Most times they recommend separate programs for some of those things. The all-in-one programs are not generally suggested to be as powerful. Kind of like when you mix many flavors with something, you end up watering down the unique qualities of each flavor. I will try to take some time when I come back from my outing to check on it as well. I have not looked into that program in a long time and software improves or worsens from time to time. Let me know what your findings are.

So far I have read all positive reviews, though it has a few negatives the overall results were good, so I think I will stick with it for now and I will let you know if I get any problems.

I have installed the other programs people have recommended too and my system seems to be working fine. Fingers crossed.

Thanks for all the info and for replying

Great...best of luck. The important thing is to keep the programs updated and scan at least monthly. You should be good now...:))

It did completely ruin my system. I couldn't even load the computer up=/

Literally the computer loaded half way and then completely conked out. My hubby is quite a whizz with the technical side of things and managed to sort it but he really struggled this time. Plus he had to wipe the whole computer and format the hard drive. Meaning everything I had on the computer was gone. He has reinstalled the internet and things for me.

He told me if the virus had been on there any longer we would have had to throw the whole computer away=( So we were very lucky.

Maybe your right and it wasn't the anti-viruses fault. But its still frustrating that there are people out there that send these things to people. Or even worse that they are made deliberately to force you to change your anti-virus software. Thanks for the reply.

I hadn't backed anything up so I lost all my files when hubby formatted=( I am hoping I won't have to format again for a long time

Always back up your important files, we are never sure when its gonna hit next.

Thankyou, I will definately take a look. At the moment though I think I am now fully protected. Its just so frustrating that their are people out there that caused this in the first place

one day your computer may get BSOD(blue screen of death).Only it is a matter of time.THose days virus writers wrote BOOt sector virus,which eats your hard drive like a snail.If u have such issues,lets have discussion.

Hi harsha,

I will take note of that quickheal too. I have AVG at the moment and touchwood no problems all the others Norton, Panda, Kapersky and others all caused my Computer to collapse.
Actually we got a blue Screen but it was because the Graphic Card went bust.
So we replaced the Graphic Card and no more blue Screen although I have taken note of what you have mentioned here about the blue screen and the hard drive. Thanks again.