| Windows 7: Virus/Malware/Registry |
05 Jul 2009
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Virus/Malware/Registry What are the best current (FREE) Spyware,Registry and Virus software.
When I took a break from my IT profession it was spybot and cc cleaner what is the top ones nowadays?
Thanks | My System Specs |
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05 Jul 2009
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#2 | | Win7 Enterprise, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz) SomeWhere in the HOT Arizona Desert ! |
I just used MalWareBytes to clean spyware off a friend's computer on Friday. 
It worked great, 99 spyware items found
" Doc " | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Built them myself, Science Experiments ! OS Win7 Enterprise, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz) CPU AMD fx8350 4ghz, AMD-32 2400mhz, AMD-64 3200mhz, AMDx64 2.8G Motherboard SIS 755, ECS-K8M890M-M (Ult 7600), GigaByte & others Memory 2gb, 4gb on the Ult 7600, 4gb on Technet RTM, 32gb on FX8350 Graphics Card Draw my own Graphics, several nVidia cards Sound Card on motherboard Monitor(s) Displays 19" flat scr, 28" I-Inc widescr,22" Emprex Widescr, 23" Acer Screen Resolution 1280 x 1024, 1440 x 900, 1920 x 1080 Keyboard Compaq & Dell recycled from GoodWill Mouse Made in China Optical Wired Mouse PSU 430w, 550w, 600w, 700, 800, etc Case All Generic Full Towers Cooling Open Air & a few fans, some w/ colored LEDs Hard Drives 6 pata Ide HD's & 2 Sata HD's
added 80gb external on Ult 7600 computer,
numerous extra 1tb, 2TB, 3Tb SATA HD's
A collection of ext HD Docks w/ HDs Internet Speed Fast Cable InterNet Antivirus AVG Free on 24 different Desktops, NO Problems! Browser IE 8 is preferred, but use FireFox sometimes Other Info Linksys Routers, switches, & Hubs
Too Many USB Flash Drives to count, Biggest is 64GB !
Eight computers in my home network.
Sixteen computers at my business network.
Linked via TeamViewer !
Lots of old used spare computer parts everywhere! |
05 Jul 2009
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#3 | | Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1 |
Some good free ones are, in no particular order..
AV's
Microsoft Security Essentials
Avast Home
Avira
AVG
AS's
Malwarebytes
Spybot SD
Spywareblaster
Superantispyware
Registry Cleaner's
CCleaner | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Airbot 2.0 OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1 CPU Core i7 920 (D0) @ 4Ghz, *26c idle *65c full load on air Motherboard Asus P6X58D Premium - Sata 6Gb/s - USB 3.0 Memory 12GB DDR3 Corsair Dominator -CMD12GX3M6A1600C8 at 1600MHz Graphics Card EVGA GeForce GTX 480 -Aftermaket Accelero Xtreme Plus cooler Sound Card ASUS Xonar D2X Monitor(s) Displays 1 LG 24" Flatron W2453V-PF 1 Samsung 24" P2450H both 2ms RT Screen Resolution 1920x1080@60hz Keyboard Logitech Wireless MK700 Mouse Logitech Wireless MK700 PSU Corsair HX1000W Case Cooler Master HAF 932 Cooling Case Fans *3 230mm, *1 140mm/CPU - *Tuniq Tower 120 Extreme Hard Drives 1 OCZ Vertex2 180GB SSD
1 TB Samsung Spinpoint F1 7200RPM 32MB cache
2 500GB WD Caviar Blacks 7200RPM 32MB cache (WD5001AALS)
Pioneer DVD Burner DVR-S18M Internet Speed DL 15 Mbps UL 0.98 Mbps Antivirus None Browser Firefox Nightly Other Info Processor-7.7 *RAM- 7.9 *Graphics-7.9 *Gaming Graphics- 7.9 *SSD- 7.8 W.E.I final score= 7.7
*Phone- Samsung Galaxy Nexus |
10 Jul 2009
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In order of Merit,
AV
Microsoft Security Essentials (Recommended)
AVG (Recommended)
AS
Spybot S&D (Recommended)
Super Anti Spyware
Spyware Doctor
Registry Cleaners
Advanced SystemCare( Recommended- Way more features than CCleaner)
CCleaner
Defrag
JKDefrag( Recommended- Lightweight and fast)
I will just sum it up for you.
All my best Recommendations.
JKDefrag
Advanced System Care
AVG/MSE
Spy-bot/SAS | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Apple Inc. OS Windows 7 CPU Intel(R) Core 2 Duo CPU T8100 @ 2.10GHz Motherboard MB41.88Z.00C1.B00.0802091535 Memory 1.00GB Graphics Card Mobile Intel 965 Express Chipset Family Sound Card Apple Sound Card Monitor(s) Displays Apple Display Screen Resolution 1280 X 800 Keyboard Apple Keyboard Mouse IBM Mouse Model MO32BO PSU The Apple PSU Case The Apple Case Cooling The Apple Cooling Fan Hard Drives Fujitsu MHY2120BH ATA Device 110GB Internet Speed 10MBPS |
10 Jul 2009
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#5 | | Win 8 Release candidate 8400 |

Quote: Originally Posted by camerondad2003 What are the best current (FREE) Spyware,Registry and Virus software.
When I took a break from my IT profession it was spybot and cc cleaner what is the top ones nowadays?
Thanks Well its really personal prefernce, but ccleaner is still good at what it does, spy/virus, some people say microsoft security essentials. The free does limit your choices.
I hope this helps
Ken | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP Pavillion dv-7 1005 Tx OS Win 8 Release candidate 8400 CPU 2@2.4 Memory 4 gigs Graphics Card Nvidia 9600M Sound Card HD built-in Monitor(s) Displays 17" Wxga Screen Resolution 1440x900 Cooling none Internet Speed 45Mb down 5Mb up Virus/Malware/Registry problems? All times are GMT -5. The time now is 09:52 AM. | |