avast antivirus..help me!!!

[Gui..]

hi u guys!!

huuhh first of all my windows isnt vista,is't XP,but i didnt find the right
community for it so i decided to post here..if somebody knows,please answer
me,it's important for me and my pc...READ IT I IMPLORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
today i was seeing some photos on google images..everyone know that on
google the images are little,then we gotta click the photos to enlarge them...
well i clicked one and as usual,under the image that appears,there's the
site where it came from..when the page loaded,the following message appeared:
"welcome to..." (i forgot the name of the site)
so i just clicked ok...right after,avast antivirus found a virus...and on
the message shown was telling me to desconnect...well i clicked 'desconnect'
and then i closed the web page....i ran the antivirus on my pc and avast
found no more viruses,but i don't know if the virus is outta my pc..
what does the command 'desconnect' mean on the avast message???

 

[Rick Rogers]

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[Lester Stiefel]

avast protected you by the order of desconect so that the site trying to
violate into your pc was blocked.
thats o.k. now you know that site its a trap for all meanings.
Keep the VRDB of Avast funcional. Activate it for a complete reading
once in a while and deactivate it when done. It protects virus data base
of avast, so thus preventing a virus of destroying the anti-virus and
acess your system. May you consider having also Spyware Doctor program
installed toghether with avast, one kisses the other in good harmony,
getting you high in net surfing safe.

I had a similar issue trying out Panda Softwares
'ActiveScan' - AVAST does not ilk to have any additional
/other AV software installed as yet (detects it as possible
Virus). I'm trying to resolve this with them, but do not
know if there will be a solution.

Thank you - Lester

 

[tashfeen]

1. I think the webpage that you opened had malware, which Avast tried
to protect you from. You ought to check your computer for spyware,
etc; read this: http://techqi.blogspot.com/2008/01/miscellaneous-security-software-part-1.html.

2. As much as it's loved, Avast doesn't have the best real-time
scanner out there (here's my experience:
http://avscan.blogspot.com/2008/01/avast-47-home-edition-review.html).
You might want to grab a different antivirus; check out http://avscan.blogspot.com.

3. Are you using a good firewall? XP's firewall is far from perfect,
so you definitely need something. I suggest ZoneAlarm (http://
techqi.blogspot.com/2008/01/miscellaneous-security-software-
part-2.html).

Good luck!