Where to get a free good online virus scan?

Blumpkinstein · 04-21-2005, 04:32 PM

I just need a good reliable site with a good scanner. Has to be online only though.

dai · 04-21-2005, 05:20 PM

**JamesO** · 04-21-2005, 05:49 PM

Yahoo toolbar has a virus scan that looks like a good tool.

JamesO

Blumpkinstein · 04-22-2005, 08:32 AM

Danks for the info.

**elf** · 04-22-2005, 10:40 AM

http://www.avast.com
http://www.avg.com
edit: oops these are both downloads that you install...

kn0wl3dg3 · 05-12-2005, 07:20 PM

The best one is the http://housecall.trendmicro.com/ ....i would recommend u go there....

Terrister · 05-14-2005, 06:01 AM

The Trend Micro online scan is my favorite one. A good stand alone offline scan is Stinger by Mcafee. http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/

04-21-2005, 04:32 PM	#1 (permalink)
Blumpkinstein Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Columbus Ohio Posts: 90 OS: XP	Where to get a free good online virus scan? I just need a good reliable site with a good scanner. Has to be online only though. __________________ Asus A8N SLI Premium/AMD Athlon64 3700+ 2x 1 Gb G-Skill DDR 400 RAM...dual channel 2x e-VGA Gforce 7600 GS 256Mb Vid cards... SLI 2x 80 Gb Western Digital SATA(1) HDs RAID 0

04-21-2005, 05:20 PM	#2 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 61,733 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	http://www.greyknight17.com/spyware.htm http://housecall.trendmicro.com/ __________________

04-22-2005, 08:32 AM	#4 (permalink)
Blumpkinstein Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Columbus Ohio Posts: 90 OS: XP	Danks for the info. __________________ Asus A8N SLI Premium/AMD Athlon64 3700+ 2x 1 Gb G-Skill DDR 400 RAM...dual channel 2x e-VGA Gforce 7600 GS 256Mb Vid cards... SLI 2x 80 Gb Western Digital SATA(1) HDs RAID 0

04-22-2005, 10:40 AM	#5 (permalink)
elf Moderator, Microsoft Support Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Knoxville, TN or Austin, TX depending Posts: 7,186 OS: WinXP Pro SP3 and Windows 7 My System	http://www.avast.com http://www.avg.com edit: oops these are both downloads that you install... __________________ If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! I do not subscribe to threads, so if I stop replying, PM me with a link to your thread so I can find it again.

04-21-2005, 05:49 PM	#3 (permalink)
JamesO Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Fairfax, VA USA Posts: 2,289 OS: 98SE, W2k Pro, XP Pro	Yahoo toolbar has a virus scan that looks like a good tool. JamesO

05-12-2005, 07:20 PM	#6 (permalink)
kn0wl3dg3 Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 1 OS: XP	The best one is the http://housecall.trendmicro.com/ ....i would recommend u go there....

05-14-2005, 06:01 AM	#7 (permalink)
Terrister Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: West Georgia, USA Posts: 7,095 OS: Xp	The Trend Micro online scan is my favorite one. A good stand alone offline scan is Stinger by Mcafee. http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/