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Best free antivirus/malware ?

Looking for a good free antivirus/malware program, I got an email from my ISP about posibly being infected with something called the citadel trojan virus even though I haven't been on any funky sites or downloaded anything odd I just want to be sure.



Any advie is appreciated :)
 
Dicehunter said:
Looking for a good free antivirus/malware program, I got an email from my ISP about posibly being infected with something called the citadel trojan virus even though I haven't been on any funky sites or downloaded anything odd I just want to be sure.



Any advie is appreciated :)
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Doing the right thing - not ignoring it, as their advice/intel would've come from the NCA.

If it were me I'd do a full re-install of the OS on the primary drive, install an ESET NOD32 trial and malwarebytes then run a full scan on the additional drives.

I'm not sure what the best free antivirus is as I use a paid version of ESET NOD32. But Malwarebytes free is definitely worth getting :)
 
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Hi,

When running MBAM do it in "Safe Mode with Networking" - also disable System restore, and delete all restore points. When you're happy the unit is clean, re-enable and create a new manual restore point at that time. Malware will reside in a restore point and reinfect the PC at a later date.
 
Dicehunter said:
Has anyone got any experience with F-Secure ?
Just got offered it for 1 year for free from Virgin Media, Usually costs £79.99 a year.
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It's average. Not really worth if it if you'll have to swap it out for something else in 12 months time.
 
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