Laptop Question

[ChrisUK]

i have microsoft antivirus, which is free, and touch wood, it has never let me down. i also have that pc doctor thing, registry doctor or something that does scans and that.
i have reinstalled windows before, and before i crashed it, i put all files i wanted to keep on usb or cd. when i had reinstalled windows, i downloaded mcafee trial, and it lets you scan cds or usbs before you open them on ur pc

Yes Microsoft Security Essentials. Free for home non-comercial use. Its by far the best "free" antivirus at the moment IMO .

As long as it has "on access" scan functionality theres no need to scan your whole USB HDD or USB Stick etc.

 

[Percyhahn]

what did you mean 'free' in speech marks (their proper name has just left my head and i cant think of it at all lol)? lol
did u mean u can only scan certain files on the usb with that 'on access'? thats what i meant, that u can induvidually scan each file

 

[ChrisUK]

What I mean is if your antivirus package supports 'on access', I know microsoft and AVG do. It scan files as their read and written. As a result there's no need to scan usb key as it will scan files on demand.

 

[Percyhahn]

oh i see what u mean now, so say a virus was in a file, would it kill the virus, not write the file or warn you or something then?