How do I turn on my virus protection?

6 thoughts on “How do I turn on my virus protection?”

1. Soccer Dave says:

   August 23, 2010 at 10:25 am

   I agree remove AVG and replace with Avast which is also free read below as to why you should do this:

   Avast home edition is free and effective, it protects your PC from infected webpages, scans your downloads and emails for viruses (AVG free does neither) and has built in anti-rootkit and anti-spyware, plus it gives you the option to run a boot scan, there are very few anti-virus’s that can do this paid or otherwise and this is free.

   Avast works for 60 days from installation after which you will need to register to get your free product key which is valid for a year after which you get another free key, so it always free.

   I use Avast along side Comodo firewall both are free, light on memory and have been independently tested and proven to be more effective then Norton or Mcafee.

   Avast: http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html
   Comodo: http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/

   Why Avast is better then AVG:

   On AVGs official website it states that their free anti-virus software does not protect you from “poison” webpages or scan downloads and emails for viruses (Avast free edition does all 3), I’ve also tested both AVG and Avast using the EICAR test viruses, AVG allowed all the viruses onto the computer without a single warning Avast either blocked them instantly or shorty after preventing all from running, Avast is much lighter and offers far superior protection.

   What AVG does not do: http://free.avg.com/download-avg-anti-virus-free-edition

2. Joseph O says:

   August 23, 2010 at 10:25 am

   Go to your Security settings in the Control panel, you should be able to turn it on from there. If you still have problems with it , Go back to your control panel, Ad Remove programs , search the list and delete it ., Down load it into a saved file close down all programs operating in the background , Open the folder you downloaded into and load it back on to your system.

3. Tom Schule says:

   August 23, 2010 at 10:25 am

   Remove it!

   download "revo uninstaller" from http://www.download.com
   to remove that anti-virus you are currently using…

   then download "Avast Anti-Virus"

   this is the best anti-virus out there!

4. haru says:

   August 23, 2010 at 10:25 am

   you can turn it on by installing a anti virus software i think ^_^
   if you got a decent anti virus maybe you could get rid of that

   cheers ^_^

5. ßŔŶĄŋ says:

   August 23, 2010 at 10:25 am

   what AV software are you using?

6. cyber_toltec_cat says:

   August 23, 2010 at 10:25 am

   Get rid of "AVG" ( In my long time at helping others, I have found it more defective than helpful ), it may be free but it has hiccups like the two errors that made the news recently on CNET, the first time it said that Zone Alarm (a firewall) was a virus and the second time, it advised to remove a key component of Windows causing those who did to lose their Windows system (they had to issue apologies publicly for this one) and "smitfraud" is a specialized tool that you should only use as a last resort so get rid of it too.

   Replace with this combo COMODO Internet Security: http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/ , on the page, take the one on the left (the free version), I have been using it for a while now and I have no complaints.

   Over at Matousec (a security testing site), COMODO Internet Security came out in second place (but was first if you only consider the free ones): http://www.matousec.com/projects/firewall-challenge/results.php

   Do not use more than one Antivirus on active mode (it is OK to have one active and others in passive (manual scan) mode), one Firewall (no options there as war between them will shut down your communication system if you have more than one), one good cleaner and two or three Anti spyware/Malware (they each detect something that the others have not seen) but have at least one of each (for security). There is no excuse to leave yourself wide open.

   Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware Free version ( http://www.download.com/Malwarebytes-Anti-Malware/3000-8022_4-10804572.html?part=dl-10804572&subj=dl&tag=button ) is a good choice and has gotten many people out of jams.

   Spybot ( http://www.download.com/Spybot-Search-amp-Destroy/3000-8022_4-10122137.html?tag=mncol ) is also a good choice if you use it regularly.

   So to round out the selection with a cleaner, I suggest a free one: http://www.glaryutilities.com/gu.html to remove junk files or remnants of installs (there is always some).

   ( A word of caution, with programs this powerful, be sure to read all instructions and help files completely so that you can apply fixes right the first time ! )

   When everything is installed, Windows will detect the Firewall and Anti-virus correctly ( I checked with mine )

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