Virus / Malware: Star Search
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Virus / Malware: Star Search
My fault - looking for a football stream - computer has picked up 'star search' virus that tries to change the home page to a search engine which redirects searches to advertisements / other nasty sites.
I'm going through all the usual with Spybot scans / Anti Virus scans etc.
But - any one had this before and / or any recommendations?
I'm going through all the usual with Spybot scans / Anti Virus scans etc.
But - any one had this before and / or any recommendations?
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I have Online-Armor on my laptop and I find it excellent. There's 3 varieties to choose from - O-A free, O-A Premium and O-A ++, which is the equivalent of a Fort Knox gold vault.
It's pretty good to use, doesn't want to take over your computer, and it gives you a number of options when it discovers something that it doesn't like or recognise.
It rates 5 cows, and it's got a number of other awards and kudos as well. I'm very happy with it, it's certainly amongst the better AV setups.
It's pretty good to use, doesn't want to take over your computer, and it gives you a number of options when it discovers something that it doesn't like or recognise.
It rates 5 cows, and it's got a number of other awards and kudos as well. I'm very happy with it, it's certainly amongst the better AV setups.
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Yes & it would have helped if I hadn't been web surfin' drunk too.
Get a decent Anti Virus product that protects your machine proactively.
No decent AV product should let a virus through.
I run Kaspersky and have never had a virus land on my machines.
You get what you pay for and AV is one product I will happily pay.
An AV product that releases virus signature updates days or weeks after a virus becomes known is useless. You need updates within hours.