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ntvh
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I'm looking for AntiVirus protection for Free, Do you know which one is the best? My computer keep getting the Virus "W32/Pate.b.virus "

Please help. Thanks :D
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http://www.avast.com

its free once you register it for free and you can continue to register for free.. I suggest you follow these instructions:

I've been using these in this order:

First is to run through your add/remove programs list and trash anything that looks like junk (just helps to clean the comp up) I remove all toolbars I find as I've seen some of the vundo variants attach to them for some reason.

2nd thing is to TURN OFF System Restore!!!

3rd go to Start,Run, and type in msconfig and uncheck anything that looks funny from the Startup Tab including IM's for the time being as you will want to restart the computer fast and keep the variants from starting as well.

Load CCleaner (no need to install this, its portable!) and select everything to clean! - http://www.majorgeeks.com/CCleaner_Portable_d5735.html
Load/update Avast Home - http://www.avast.com
Load/update superantispyware - http://www.superantispyware.com
Load/update Malwarebytes - MalwareBytes
Load/update spybot Search & Destroy 1.6 - spybot
Download - msautoruns ms Autoruns

Boot into safemode and set Avast for a bootscan upon restart- preselect it to delete anything it finds etc but don't reboot the computer.

Run ccleaner to remove all junk and crap from your temp files etc.. you will still need to set hidden files/folders to show up in the folder options and browse to your Local folder within your user account and select all files in Temp and temp internet files folder and delete EVERYTHING!

Next run superantispyware full scan..if it finds major things mostly whats found in memory it will require reboot..thats fine reboot and then let avast run its scan and boot into windows normally.

Run MalwareBytes and remove whatever it finds.

Next run msautoruns and again check for anything odd usually not showing a publisher or a looks like this "jaleiwa.exe" etc you get the idea. Just right click on them and delete thats it. Close auto runs and then run spybot to finish up that last ditch scan clean up using it.

Run ccleaner once more then reboot and see where you stand after this point. Keep in mind this may take at least 4hours to complete but it should remove everything if you've done it right!

Good Luck!
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Post by ntvh »

Thank you very much. Will run it tonight. :D
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Post by ntvh »

I followed by your instruction It is work out beautiful. Thank you for your help. Sava70:thumb: :thumb: :rockin: :rockin: :rockin:
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AVG Free works to.
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ntvh wrote:I'm looking for AntiVirus protection for Free, Do you know which one is the best?
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