Virus Protection??

I use AVG. It leaves a small foot print and doesn't hog resources. I don't even turn it off while recording and have no problems. There is a free version that alot of people use but I use the full version because it has antispyware included. For me it's worth the $60 per year for piece of mind. I believe that AVG also offers a free spyware too so if you go the free rout download both.

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Mike

Definitely AVG and you can also use Windows Defender for Malware and spyware detection.

+1 for AVG as well. I leave it on all the time when recording and never had an issue. It also uses very little system resources when running in the background. I would also do a goggle search on that virus type and see what the reccomended fix is. Some of those types can be nasty and render your anti-virus useless upon installation.

another vote for AVG. if you want certainty though, make another account on your computer and make sure it is a regular user (not an administrator). use that account for all internet-related activity. use the "shared documents" folder to move stuff between users. since pretty much every piece of spyware depends on having administrator rights, your virus problem is solved. some other things you can do to help yourself out:

use firefox with adblock plus, filterset.g and noscript
use gmail/yahoo for your email account, never windows mail or outlook express
stay away from porn, warez and myspace
stay away from kazaa/limewire

for your current situation, i hate to tell you that it's probably game over with vundo. i've removed a variant of it before and it took me about 4 hours, and i do this sort of thing for a living. if you've got backups of your data and you haven't installed more than a few programs, it'd probably be quicker and definitely a lot easier to reformat and start over.

the nastiest virus i ever worked with infested itself so well that even in safe mode with command prompt, the command prompt (cmd.exe) was infected. i worked on it with one of the big-shot AV vendors but their instructions still didn't work because any executable you ran got infected. so i finally made a CD, booted into safe mode and ran ProcessExplorer from SysInternals from the CD so it couldn't be infected (this virus actually infected a read-only USB drive, don't ask me how). using the uninfected ProcessExplorer i killed the original cmd.exe and then all the extra spawned infected processes that launched when any infected EXE was closed. once ProcessExplorer was the only program running i launched the AV vendor's cleaning utility from the CD using ProcessExplorer's run command. by the time i could get to an infected computer, most of the EXEs on it would be infected that weren't system files.

the point of that is to say when it comes to viruses and spyware, prevention is really the only option.

+1 for AVG as well. I leave it on all the time when recording and never had an issue. It also uses very little system resources when running in the background.

Same here, so another +1 for AVG.

If you use the free AVG I would also suggest to get something like SpywareBlaster and/or Spybot.

NOD is the best of the best. Macafee even uses NOD on there company pc's. They dont even use there own ant viral programs.
Cj

NOD32 is the best. Have it over a year and not a problem. One was out of date for 6 months and it still killed a load of viruses. Won the best antivirus award 2006 i think. It cost 40euro over here per year.

Jack is wise and you would do well to heed his advice. Backup, reformat, and reinstall. Also, consider his recommendations for the future:

use firefox with adblock plus, filterset.g and noscript
use gmail/yahoo for your email account, never windows mail or outlook express
stay away from porn, warez and myspace
stay away from kazaa/limewire

Your computer will almost never be the same after a good virus infection. Reinstallation is the only way to get it back to proper performance. AV companies are struggling to keep up with all of the malware out there. It is becoming increasingly tough to fight them off. As always, the best line of defense is to practice skeptical computing.

Also check out Avast for lightweight anti-virus. Both AVG and Avast are good, but free. They are somewhat limited. CJ is right about NOD32. It's pretty good. Also check out Kaspersky.

I went with AVAST. It seems pretty tight so far. And it's not causing any problems with my DAW.