New Virus? Protecor& Poll which is the best anti virus coz i seriously dont know

[bluu]

my friends pc discovered this new virus on a usb flash drive protector exe its a hidden file only way to delet it is through dos. now he is running kaspersky and it detected but tahts abt all it could do & AM running nod32 and it didnt even dettect it which seriosuly left me thinking my computrer is extremely vulnerable with an ineffective antivirus so was just seeking the learned opinion of the fellow members as to which is teh best anti virus that is effective and merciful on system resources.
thanks

 

[muckshifter]

More information is needed.

It is not unusual, these days, to find some "file protection" bundled with these usb flash drives which can cause AV programs to issue a false positive ... is this file "protector exe" or "protector.exe" ... ?

Unfortunately, while I personally think both KIS/KAV & NOD32 are excellent programs, the fact is, no one solution is 100% effective.

It is nice, however, that we can use the likes of the free online AV scanners, just to set our minds at rest ...

http://www.kaspersky.com/virusscanner

http://housecall.trendmicro.com/

http://www.bitdefender.com/scan8/ie.html

http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/default.asp?langid=ie&venid=sym

http://onlinescan.avast.com/

http://us.mcafee.com/root/mfs/default.asp

http://www.google.co.uk/search?sour...IH_en-GBGB218GB218&q=antivirus+online+scanner

Try at least KAV online & HouseCall

If you are still unsure, post a HijackThis log here in the forums and we'll take a looksee

 

[bluu]

sorry its protector.exe

yeah thanks muckshifter for the tips greatly apreciate it so whta do u use as an antivius?

 

[muckshifter]

yeah thanks muckshifter for the tips greatly apreciate it so whta do u use as an antivius?

I use KIS (kaspersky internet security) ... you can try it out yourself ... be sure to uninstall any other AV programs

http://www.kaspersky.com/internet_security_trial

 

[Ian]

I'll 2nd the recommendation for KIS, I tried it after Mucks and a few others suggested it and I've been more than happy