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i have been using norton anti virus for a while now however i have noticed that it doesnt find and remove all viruses on my computer. could anyone direct me in the way of the best freeware virus removal tools?

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I find the one that is linked to in my signature to be excellent.
There is also AVG.
Try a google search for free anti virus.

http://www.google.com/search?num=25&...us&btnG=Search
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i have been using norton anti virus for a while now however i have noticed that it doesnt find and remove all viruses on my computer. could anyone direct me in the way of the best freeware virus removal tools?

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Make sure you are updating Nortons ,it should find ALL.mine does ,i got more trojans/viruses on this machine using Free one than i did with Nortons.
Have you noticed that all free virus removal tool have a version one up in version # that you pay for .makes me wonder whats missing in the free version!
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From what I have noticed it's usually a matter of having more options and settings in the paid for versions.
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Agree, options to block more !and settings to protect/scan deeper into the OS!
Just my opinion !
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Hello,

I think it is more important to defend yourself from infection, instead of detecting it.

Eliminate Microsoft Outlook, IE Explorer, and Macros, and you have a good solid start on defense. Run behind a firewall that prevents network intrusion and port compromises. Keep up your patches for all of your operating systems.

I run with Eudora for email, and Firefox / Safari for web work. Open Office for word processing and spreadsheets. Any common viruses that hit my Linux box or Macintosh fall harmlessly aside.

I am liking more and more about AVG, and also work with AdAware for the one Windows box in the house.

I have found cases where Norton took a good week to get ahold of a virus that was running around work here.

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Hello,

I think it is more important to defend yourself from infection, instead of detecting it.

Eliminate Microsoft Outlook, IE Explorer, and Macros, and you have a good solid start on defense. Run behind a firewall that prevents network intrusion and port compromises. Keep up your patches for all of your operating systems.

I run with Eudora for email, and Firefox / Safari for web work. Open Office for word processing and spreadsheets. Any common viruses that hit my Linux box or Macintosh fall harmlessly aside.

I am liking more and more about AVG, and also work with AdAware for the one Windows box in the house.

I have found cases where Norton took a good week to get ahold of a virus that was running around work here.

Christian
Well said!!

And for defense, I would also like to add SpywareBlaster and SpywareGaurd.
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