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firewalls and system restore

a rookie question

Replies: 9 — Last Post Sep. 8, 2005 12:42pm by Ric87

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( Ric87 )

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I am using Bullguard anti-virus with the firewall disabled, my knowledgable brother told me my wireless router was better than any firewall. My computer is general virus and spyware free apart from the occasional trojan which Bullguard usually picks up immediately. But everytime i scan my computer i have a virus in Windows System restore, i follow the instructions and clear the old restore points but next time i scan it is without fail virused. Is there not anything i can do to protect it? i like having system restore on in case of an emergency but these viruses cant be good.

any suggestions, also i have microsoft anti-spyware, is it worth keeping?

11:46 am on Sep. 8, 2005 | Joined Sep. 2005 | 18 Days Active
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sara jane

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id ask a computer technician they might be able to properly get rid of it for you

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vulcan

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Try deactivating system restore and starting up in safe mode and do a full virus scan.

pleaseremove

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Ok, well, first things first, turn on your software firewall. I expect your brother is talking about Network address translation (or maybe SPI). Anyway, to the matter in hand. I expect you will find that there is actually no virus, if I remember correctly some anti-virus progs incorrectly identify a virus with system restore.

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pleaseremove

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Quote: from vulcan at 7:54 pm on Sep. 8, 2005

Try deactivating system restore and starting up in safe mode and do a full virus scan.

you cant run a scan in safe mode, the antivirus will be dissabled

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( Ric87 )

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ok, i am reluctantly re-activating the firewall, despite me hating the thing. Does anyone with Bullguard know how to tune it down a little, it blocks just about everything.

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steel

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Get a proper AV product.. bullguard is crap.

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( Ric87 )

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anything you suggest? my computer is only a few weeks old and bullguard was supposedly the best around according to the people that built it.

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steel

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nah, bullguard is bullshit.. =D

I suggest you try KasperSky. I recommend this as the #1 choice.

http://www.download.com/Kaspersky-Anti-Virus-Personal-Pro/3640-2239-10333027.html

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( Ric87 )

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Thanks, i will google it and see how it compares.

12:42 pm on Sep. 8, 2005 | Joined Sep. 2005 | 18 Days Active
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