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Windows defender, AVAST and Ad-Aware installed and I got a virus?

Update:

- (Any) browser connects to (random) commercial pages

- Download begins and quickly arrives at 99% then it stops for many seconds and then finishes, but they are all damaged, even PDF files!

- Windows update sometimes fails

Any help will be greatly appreciated

Thank you in advance

Update 2:

I forgot to say my configuration

windows 8.1

mozilla firefox and internet explorer

linux ubuntu in a Oracle Virtual Machine

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  • ?
    Lv 5
    7 years ago
    Favorite Answer

    All AV programs let malware through. Visit the Avast forum and see the many requests for help for infected systems https://forum.avast.com/index.php?board=4.0

    .Windows defender and Adaware are very poor security programs

    Your best bet is to reinstall the operating system, your machine should have a recovery partition or recovery discs.

    For the future, do not rely on programs that are continually playing catch up to new viruses.

    Use a program like sandboxie or appguard. The first runs your computer in an isolated environment, the latter simply blocks new exe files running unless you tell it to. Both these programs do not recognize malware, but prevent malware from infecting ,

  • 5 years ago

    2

    Source(s): Perfect Antivirus Protection Suite - http://moveantivirus.com/?WLFE
  • Big Mo
    Lv 7
    7 years ago

    Since you are running Windows 8.1 your Windows Defender is the same as Microsoft Security Essentials which is an antivirus program. You also have another antivirus program installed called Avast. You cannot have 2 antivirus programs running at the same time and expect things to work properly. Uninstall one of the programs.

  • 7 years ago

    No way! Windows defender and Avast prevents 101% of virus!

    There's no way of virus in your pc!

    But installing more than 2 anti-malwares in a single pc makes your pc run slow!

    Better remove Ad-ware! :)

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  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    For the future, do not rely on programs that are continually playing catch up to new viruses.

    Use a program like sandboxie or appguard.

  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    dont worry. Buy Amigabit and feel happy to use your PC forever until Amigabit brings any upgrade version with their products.

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