anti virus

hi. can anyone suggest me a GOOD anti virus which is FREE and doesnt need internet connection before it works.. thanks..

 

Not off the top of my head.

May I ask, do you need to deal with a problem that is interfering with your connection or which is taking it over?

There are better alternatives for that.

 

hmm. i dont have permanent internet at home thats why.

 

http://en.kioskea.net/faq/3286-updating-your-antivirus-anti-malware-without-internet-connection

above explains about antivirus, you do not need internet connection for an antivirus to scan, you can even update the antivirus with a usb flash drive, read link above and post back with further questions,

I am using avast free at this time which is pretty good

there is also 360 Internet security by Quiho which is free.

 

ok. thanks to you.

 

Welcome

 

hi. im having problems installing avast. im using portable firefox browser and i updated it. but after i download avast, it said that i need to update idm. but the update jsut couldnt finish. my idm has a crack file. could it be the reason.? thanks

 

http://portableapps.com/forums/support/firefox_portable

you might have to ask in the above forum as it is a firefox portable forum.

there is also this thread that might help:

https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=72360.0

I have not used the portable version of firefox, so cannot be sure about this, you could also ask in the avast forum, which is the second link.

Post your solution here if you can get one.

 

its hard to find answers. i thought people on those forums are not generous as people here. haha.

 

I think you will find that those forums will try to help you too.

 

i hope so.

 

i got the answer. because my idm has a crack file thats why the update just could not go thru.

 

i got the answer. im right. because of the crack file.

 

well you could try downloading it without the idm. ??

 

yeah. i did it but i could not update flash player. it says "metafile download failed" maybe its windows xp issue. are you familiar with it?

 

also how can i enable task manager, the administrator disabled it. thanks.

 

http://www.troublefixers.com/task-manager-disabled-problem-in-windows-xp/

follow the instructions above, but task manager being disabled, and you are the administrator, generally means infection.

If you do not have an antivirus at this time, then I would wipe the drive and install portable firefox again, or if you can , download and run the following:

Download, install, update and do full scan with these free malware detection programs:

Malwarebytes Free (MBAM): http://www.malwarebytes.org/products/

SUPERAntiSpyware: (SAS): http://www.superantispyware.com/

Remove all found, reboot, and run again until scans run clean, these can be removed afterwards if you so choose. Run scans one at a time, please.

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the first link did not work.

 

Problem: It is due to some kind of virus/ trojan activity which normally disables the task manager.Now due to this problem when ever the user press alt+ctrl+del to launch windows task manager it gives an error saying “Task Manager is being disabled by your administrator”.

Solution:

To Enable the Disabled Task Manager on your system

1. Press window key+r to show run prompt

2. Follow the following steps

Enter gpedit.msc in the run prompt and click OK
In the Group Policy settings window
Select User Configuration
Select Administrative Templates
Select System
Select Ctrl+Alt+Delete options
Select Remove Task Manager
Double-click the Remove Task Manager option’.
Set the property of this item as disabled.


For Those who use Windows XP Home Edition can use the registry to enable Task Manager

1. open start >> run and type regedit

2. Navigate to the following path:

Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
3. You will find a registry key with name DisableTaskMgr of type: REG_DWORD
4. Double click the key with and set the Value to 0

5. Exit the registry and restart to see the effect.

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I cut the above out of the link , it works fine for me.

 

yeah. i did what is said in the instructions. but nothing happens. i also type regedit in cmd but it also says the administrator disabled it. i think i my unit is seriously infected. ill try to install the malware programs you gave to me and ill give you feedback to what happens.