i have mcafee and spyware doctor, do i need them both?
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Neither is any good in my opinion.\n\nI have E Trust, and System Mechanic, and they work fine for me.
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if you're using XP don't put McAfee on it anyway. Stick with Symantec products. But here's a hint...new pc's downloading anything without internet protection, ESPECIALLY with bearshare, is just AKSING to get a trojan!
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★★★ Computer Security Software & Tips ★★★\n\n◙ The very best virus scanners are free. Mcafee & Norton Antivirus are mostly hype and won't do as good as the free ones. -- About.com & Smart Computing Magazine\n\n◙ Download and install AVG. Use it first and see if it finds any viruses or trojans.\n\n► http://free.grisoft.com/doc/1\n\n◙ After running AVG go here and run this virus scanner online. There is no need to install it on your computer.\n\n► http://housecall.trendmicro.com/\n\n◙ Microsoft's New Live Safety Center. Download this scanner to check and remove spyware, viruses, get rid of obsolete files and junk off your computer, and improve your PCs performance.\n\n► http://safety.live.com/site/en-US/default.htm?s_cid=msep\n\n◙ The Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool checks computers running Windows XP, Windows 2000, and Windows Server 2003 for infections by specific, prevalent malicious software?including Blaster, Sasser, and Mydoom?and helps remove any infection found. When the detection and removal process is complete, the tool displays a report describing the outcome, including which, if any, malicious software was detected and removed. You can run this tool online FREE.\n\n► http://www.microsoft.com/security/malwareremove/default.mspx\n\n◙ Best spyware remover is Ad Aware. Download and install the free version.\n\n◙ http://www.lavasoft.de/software/adaware/\n\n◙ Here is a wealth of information about fighting spyware and spyware producers. Join their free forum for answers to your questions. -- Smart Computing Magazine\n\n► http://www.spywarewarrior.com/\n\n◙ Before downloading email attachments in Gmail and Yahoo Mail click on the link that says, "Scan With Norton Antivirus".\n\n◙ Before downloading any software from the internet type it into http://groups.google.com/ to see if that title is known for spyware or viruses. Google Groups has over 1 billion posts spanning 25 years to help you. Even after checking it there ALWAYS scan it before opening it. You just can't be too careful. -- Smart Computing Magazine\n\n◙ A lot of the download sites like http://www.download.com/ and http://www.tucows.com/ scan software before releasing it to the public. But just for safety sake you should still scan it yourself.\n\n◙ If you have a broadband modem or network router the firewall in these is not as effective as a software firewall. The firewall that comes with Windows XP isn't very good either. Download ZoneAlarm and your system will be a lot safer. -- Smart Computing Magazine\n\n► http://www.zonealarm.com/\n\n◙ Here is a really great article on browser hijacking. This will show you how to get rid of it. There is a tutorial and software to get rid of part of it. You'll need to make some changes to your computer's registry to get rid of the rest of it. Click on the chatroom link on their main page if you need help.\n\n► http://www.spywareinfo.com/articles/hijacked/\n\n◙ Here is Yahoo!'s Internet Security section.\n\n► http://security.yahoo.com/\n\n◙ Get more information at these PC Magazine Web sites.\n\n► http://www.pcmag.com/\n► http://www.smartcomputing.com/
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Neither - for now, I'm using the Beta version of Windows OneCare, which seems to have virus checking that is comparable to both Norton Antivirus 2005 and McAfee.  Only thing missing is e-mail scanning, which may well be added in future releases.
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McAfee has a utility on their website called "stinger".  Free and very effective.  All the other solutions that you were given are also good.
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control panel > add/remove programs > McAfee\n\nTake it off if you don't like it.  Install AVG.
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Go to www.trendmicro.com and get a FREE virus scan and free removal, or search another site (www.mcafee.com , www.symantec.com etc....)for a free removal tool or a free trial for an Anti-Virus protection. \n\n(if you know someone who has McAfee, have them make a rescue disk for you and then use it to scan your machine)
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Ditch McAfee - Download AVG Antivirus!! Its free, but much better than McAfee.\nhttp://www.download.com/AVG-Anti-Virus-Free-Edition/3000-2239_4-10320142.html
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I had the same problem w/McAfee Internet Security Suite...I spent several unsuccessful wasted hours with that challenge.  Finally, McAfee technical support admitted that the installation disk I bought had a corrupt spyware file.  Instead of reimbursing me for my troubles---they emailed a 'complete uninstall from registry program' which did not work.  \n\nTo make a long story short, I had to completely reformat my harddrive and completely reinstall my entire system to remove the McAfee Internet Security Suite from my system.  \n\nThat incident left a bad feeling regarding Symantec Norton / McAfee Internet Security Suite.\n\nGood Luck
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Virus protection and Spyware protection are two completely different types of scanners.\nI recommend you run both.
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They're about the same. Even if you pay for their firewall and anti virus you still need anti spyware. \nLayered protection is best, using different products by different companies.\n\nYou need all three anti spyware programs;\nhttp://www.ewido.net - AVG(Ewido) anti trojan.\nhttp://www.lavasoft.com - Ad-Aware SE Personal anti adware\nhttp://www.safer-networking.org - Spybot Search and Destroy anti spyware\n\nhttp://spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-spyware.htm - The Spyware Warrior site identifies fake anti spyware programs.\nhttp://www.ccleaner.com Cr*pcleaner Registry cleaner and privacy tool\nhttp://www.mailwasher.net/ -spam filter\nWinpatrol is a handy utility that tracks cookies on your pc and stops unwanted changes to your startup folder.\nhttp://www.winpatrol.com\nSpywareblaster works with Internet Explorer and Firefox. It won't uninstall spyware that is already on your pc, but it will prevent hijacks and other malicious changes to your browser.\nhttp://www.javacoolsoftware.com\nhttp://www.siteadvisor.com -MacAffee Site Advisor warns about malware on sites you are about to visit.\nhttp://www.sys-shield.com - AbsoluteShield File Shredder\nhttp://heidi.ie/eraser - Eraser file shredder\nhttp://www.softpedia.com/get/Antivirus/Lavasoft-ARIES-Rootkit-Remover.shtml - Aries Rootkit remover.\n\nRemember to update and run all of you anti malware programs at least once a week.
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get a virus scanner such as McAfee or Norton
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From my experience, MS firewall is sufficient protection.  It may not be the end all that is all but it works well enough. You do need anti-virus software and anti-spyware software on your system. SO McAfee AV & MS anti-spyware  are good starting points.  I would probably recommend getting yourself a copy of Web roots Spysweeper.  MS Anti-spyware is good but again not the end all that is all.  SpySweeper (along with adware) picks up alot of the slack.\n\nHopefully this helps.
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I recommend u to buy either Webroot Spysweeper or PC tools' Spyware Doctor. Each of them will give u its worth in gold. I would be more inclined toward Webroot Spysweeper 5.2 as it now contains a built in antivirus along with its spyware destruction utilities
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no  anything that says norton symantic or mcafee is a total ripoff concidering you can get free stuff that actualy works and dont take over your pc and slow you down
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i would definitely get an updated anti-virus program just to be safe I personally use mcafee just my preference I also use Xoftspy anti spy-ware and another program called ccleaner that i got in an email from xoft but if I were you id probably invest in something a little newer so i could get the most recent virus updates to alleviate virus and other probs
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Scan for virus and it should/will tell you what potential if any spyware has been downloaded to your computer. Then you have the option to delete the files or not. I use McAfee.