I'm really surprised that nobody's mentioned Avast.  I have been using it
for a while now and its the bomb.

On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 7:57 AM, Joy Hecht <hecht.joy@gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm suddenly getting popups on my computer - never had them before - and I
> was wondering if someone can recommend good freeware to deal with them.
>
> I am running AVG Anti-virus free version, I update regularly and scan every
> day.  Yesterday in the middle of working (not scanning) AVG suddenly opened
> a window to tell me I had a trojan.  Windows started opening right and
> left,
> all kinds of things happening.  I shut all my files, disconnected from the
> internet, and scanned.  AVG found 11 infected files and cleaned them.  I
> rescanned again, and found no infections.  Today I scanned and found
> nothing, updated the database of virus info as usual, all looked fine.
>
> But I'm getting popups - not a lot, but a few.  I got one today from
> something called "registry defender for windows" which kind of mimicked AVG
> anti-virus, so I went to their website.  But then a few more popups opened,
> so I figured they were bogus and shut them down.
>
> Can anyone recommend a good way to stop the popups or figure out what's
> allowing them onto my computer?
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
> Joy
>

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