"Your computer is infected" warning

[carlrowley1]

You can leave it like that.

It updates from time to time, and you can use the same installer over the current install, if you wish to update.

Thats great Dragonmaster....

Just of the subject a bit, i have just been reading an artical about what the (master boot record) is and does.
What protects the master boot record from becoming infected with a virus ,  would Avast 5.0 stop any virus attacks.

I have paragon backup and recovery, installed on this windows 7 machince, and i have just created a rescue boot disk, but i am still learning how it all works.
But it has an option for correcting the MBR in case you are ever infected with a virus,    but the main thing is how can you protect yourself from a virus getting there in the first place......

[Dr Jay]

Most Master Boot Record infections are caused by malware infecting your computer. It is a rootkit, which bypasses system security and infects core system files. Then, with that type of administrative access, it can infect your Master Boot Record.

Stay away from cracks, keygens, music downloads, illegal software, etc.

If you would like to learn about malware, and helping people fight it, I would recommend to see this thread: http://www.computerhope.com/forum/index.php/topic,57605.0.html

[carlrowley1]

Most Master Boot Record infections are caused by malware infecting your computer. It is a rootkit, which bypasses system security and infects core system files. Then, with that type of administrative access, it can infect your Master Boot Record.

Stay away from cracks, keygens, music downloads, illegal software, etc.

If you would like to learn about malware, and helping people fight it, I would recommend to see this thread: http://www.computerhope.com/forum/index.php/topic,57605.0.html

Thanks DragonMaster jay....
noted that one down, the link seems pritty good...

[carlrowley1]

Hello there Dragonmaster jay

The ATF cleaner i downloaded, although this is a pritty good tool, i already have ccleaner.
Does ATF cleaner do the same things a ccleaner or does the ATF cleaner have an additional feature, so it might be worth keeping both

[Dr Jay]

Occasionally, you can clean a little deeper with ATF, but I use both. Both seem to pick up something, when I run them both at one time.