Portable Antivirus.

Having antivirus software run from a USB drive is a good, good thing, particularly since the large size of antivirus definitions have made running a scan from a floppy a thing of the past.

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avast! Bootable Antivirus & Recovery Tools.

avast! Bootable Antivirus & Recovery Tools CD -BART CD- is a fully featured antiviral solution for Microsoft Windows Operating Systems.

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TDSS Killer.

Kaspersky Lab has developed the TDSSKiller utility that allows removing rootkits.

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Norton Bootable Recovery Tool.

The Norton Bootable Recovery Tool helps fix your PC problems, like when spyware embeds itself so deeply into your PC’s operating system that it takes a special tool to remove it.

 

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Norton Power Eraser

Is your computer infected with Scareware or rogueware or Scamware which tricks users to buy their anti-virus or security products by showing false warnings and these products makes your system unstable and shows scary warnings which user may never dreamt of, Norton Power Eraser portable tool from Symantec identifies and removes these Scareware from your Computer.

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Online Scanners

When we find things going out of control on our computer even when we have a good anti-virus then we can go for online scanners. They are alot better in scanning a computer than purchasing products with many dollars an year and doing a quick scan on our computer. so an online scanner helps you a lot in many ways. Easy but safe and quick scanning is possible. Most of the viruses comes from very silly mistakes like, not having a firewall turned on, going online without an anti-virus protection, not updating it. We can use an online scanner to protect our computer to some extent.

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Uninstalling an Anti-virus using removal tools:

REMOVAL TOOLS:

Any anti-virus has got some settings and files installed on different folders in computer. So today we will learn how to uninstall an anti-virus using different uninstalling utilities for different companies. Before we look into it we will need to know why we need to use the utilities to uninstall them using utilities.

Reason why we need to uninstall Anti-virus using tools is to make sure that there are no left over files in registry which cause some problems when we install another anti-virus. If there are more than one anti-virus on the system they will give raise to conflicts among themselves and none of them work.

So to protect our PC from infections and to have a clean one and only one security application we need to use the removal tools to uninstall them.

Names of few tools to uninstall different security programs:

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  Norton removal tool
• McAfee consumer product removal tool
• Avast uninstall utility
• Removal tool for Kaspersky products
• Avg remover
• Bit defender uninstall tool

These removal tools will help us in removing the anti-virus that we have installed completely from the computer that will help in installing any other anti-virus programs without any problem.

These are operating system independent. That means they work in XP, vista as well as in win7. Sometimes we need to remove the toolbars that we get along with these full programs. For eg. Panda Anti-Virus Firewall 2010 uninstall tool. Norton Online family, Norton online back and so on these have to be uninstalled separately from either add or remove programs or using concerned removal tools.

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Installing Anti-Virus

Different Anti-Virus companies Compatible with Win7

An anti-virus will have a set-up file that will install the program. Before we install it we will have to check many things that need to be unchecked, disabled or enabled. Even uninstalling have to be done using some tools else it will not be removed completely and it will be there in registry which creates some problems in future.

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Why didn't my antivirus software work?

If you feel that you have a virus and your antivirus software  is not picking it up you may be asking yourself “Why Didn’t My Antivirus Software Work?”. The answer can sometimes be complicated but here are a few tips on fixing your antivirus software.

Why Didn’t My Antivirus Software Work?

Many times the problem is that your antivirus software needs to be updated. New viruses are hitting the internet everyday. Keeping your antivirus software up to date will insure that you are fighting each and every new virus out their. If you are not updating your antivirus software it will not know which codes and document types to search for to find viruses or how to get rid of them.

How Do I Update My Antivirus Software?

Many times your antivirus software will update itself. If it is not updating or you are not sure it is updating you should check the preference settings on your software. Often times you can also find out how to update the software by visiting a help or FAQ tab.

I Have Updated My Antivirus But I Still Think I Have A Virus. What Should I Do?

You may want to think about getting a new antivirus program. If you are using a free program it may not be being updated frequently enough to keep up with all the new viruses. This often happens with free programs. There are many subscription based antivirus programs out on the market that offer many updates to their systems. When it comes to antivirus software usually the more you pay the better service you will receive and service means updates which protect your computer from new viruses.

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