Im alittle worried , whenever i run virus scans

it shows up

Number of items scanned : ######## [like 45000]
Number of items detected : 0
Number of items repaired :0
Number of items quarantined: 0
Number of items removed :0

Do i have like ... super anti virus protection because of an update , or is there something wrong my McAfee , whenever i scan i usually get at least a couple items detected and quarantined

A) Uninstall MacAfee for resource hogging

B) Get AVG Free

And cause I'm an ass i can't help it so here goes... LOL

A) Uninstall AVG Free

B) Get Nod 32

If you don't trust the results of your virus scanner try an online scan such as trend housecall or bit-defender. Aside from that all that anyone can do is speculate or correctly attack your choice of antivirus product.

AssasinXXX

And cause I'm an ass i can't help it so here goes... LOL

A) Uninstall AVG Free

B) Get Nod 32

Think I can beat that.

A) Format hard drive
B) Install Linux

Ryokun

Do i have like ... super anti virus protection because of an update , or is there something wrong my McAfee , whenever i scan i usually get at least a couple items detected and quarantined

On a more serious note, how often are you scanning for viruses?
If your getting several viruses a week there must be something wrong somewhere...

There is a program out there that is free that is a compliment for anti-virus that sits in the background and watches program behavior. If the program is ding something fishy, it will tell you. I can't seem to remeber it's name right now, I can look it up later today. If anyone knows it, please chime in.

This might help you if your anti-virus may not be detecting everying.

DeepDragoon

On a more serious note, how often are you scanning for viruses?

I have it set on auto scan on like every couple days , and right now , since a new update ive been getting the results at the top all the time , before id usually get like 3 or 4 items detected during each scan

hatesyou

If you don't trust the results of your virus scanner try an online scan such as trend housecall or bit-defender. Aside from that all that anyone can do is speculate or correctly attack your choice of antivirus product.

Thanks ill be sure to check that out

Cause i really dont wanna uninstall McAFee , and risk like ... total destruction of my comp o.o

Ryokun

I have it set on auto scan on like every couple days , and right now , since a new update ive been getting the results at the top all the time , before id usually get like 3 or 4 items detected during each scan

Over the years from Windows 2.1 up to the latest Windows 2008, I have only ever detected a total of 6 viruses on my computers. It is not normal to detect 3 or 4 viruses on your computer every couple of days. Per month maybe...

Were the viruses the same ones each time or different?
McAfee should keep a log of what it's been detecting/removing.

If McAfee says your computer is clean and the online scans hatesyou linked to corroborate this, then I'd just be happy.

DeepDragoon

Over the years from Windows 2.1 up to the latest Windows 2008, I have only ever detected a total of 6 viruses on my computers. It is not normal to detect 3 or 4 viruses on your computer every couple of days. Per month maybe...
Were the viruses the same ones each time or different?
McAfee should keep a log of what it's been detecting/removing.If McAfee says your computer is clean and the online scans hatesyou linked to corroborate this, then I'd just be happy.

Well not sure if those items detected were viruses , but its like that with all my friends who use Mcafee too o.o when we scan we get at least 3or 4 then delete them , iunno , maybe im just to worried , i dont have alot of knowledge of computers and im the only one in the house that knows like .. a decent amount of it

Ryokun

Well not sure if those items detected were viruses , but its like that with all my friends who use Mcafee too o.o when we scan we get at least 3or 4 then delete them , iunno , maybe im just to worried , i dont have alot of knowledge of computers and im the only one in the house that knows like .. a decent amount of it

It could be something as simple as McAfee detecting things like tracking cookies and removing them. Though I'm not familiar with McAfee or what it detects and attempts to remove.

The name doubleclick hasn't cropped up at all has it?

McAfee tends to call any risk detected a threat. That includes tracking cookis and with higher settings even Most Recently Used lists. I doubt all threats historically detected on the user's PC are viral in nature however given their technical deficiency there's nothing to say that their browsing habits aren't risky to begin with.

The program I talked about ealier is called ThreatFire

AVG's (which I mentioned early) isn't bad at all. The only problem it has is one where the virus scans tell you to change the shell32.dll, but if you seriously believe it and change any system32-related file then you probably, to quote Zero Punctuation, "need help dressing yourself in the morning". Other than that it's pretty good. I had one threat in twelve months with it and AVG healed the problem immediately. They are coming out with a new version in about 2-3 weeks (going from AVG Free 7.5 to AVG Free 8.0). Oh yeah did I mention AVG was free? Pretty good free AV software.

Allrigh if you don't want to uninstall mcafee just make sure to turn it off (even the computer started). And then install other free antivirus or the demo one. There are some AV that i like :Norton, NOD32, Avast, kaspersky (this is strict one). Just install one of these, update it, and scan your computer for the result.

AVG is GOOD. IT found problems in a friends PC that McAfee didn't. So that is cool. AVG is also free. Well you can upgrade to the $ version but free works.