ways of checking for viruses

[sik]

I use mcafee but it doesn't semme to detect viruses because i can it and it
don't seem to work. is there any other program i can use to detect virus

 

[kurt wismer]

I use mcafee but it doesn't semme to detect viruses because i can it and it
don't seem to work. is there any other program i can use to detect virus

perhaps there's a problem with your installation... try and see if it
will detect the eicar standard anti-virus test file
(http://www.eicar.org/anti_virus_test_file.htm)...