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kyleconnors
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Free Antivirus Detects and Removes threat

Avast Virus Cleaner is a Free Antivirus that Detects and Removes threats. You can get it for free at their website. http://www.avast.com/eng/down_cleaner.html

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Kyle Thank you for the information

Kyle Thank you for the information and the link.

If you use the search feature in the upper right hand corner you will note that this has been mentioned before.

It should be pointed out that the tool in question is similar to the Malicious Software Removal Tool from Microsoft and the Stinger Tool from McAfee. I use all 3 in my arsenal Smile

It, and they, are not a replacement for Real Time Antivirus protection. They can only remove a very limited number of viruses.

http://www.avast.com/eng/avast-virus-cleaner.html
avast! Virus Cleaner should be used in case you know or suspect that your computer is infected. It is not meant as an antivirus solution for everyday use!

Note the bolding is theirs!
also note: The latest version is 1.0.211, built on 11.5.2007.

As the MS MSRT is updated every month on Patch Tuesday it might be a little bit more reliable.

Again, thank you for the information and Welcome to Portableapps.com Smile

Tim

Things have got to get better, they can't get worse, or can they?

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