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hey, im he same dude who asked about reformatting my comp. i was just wondering if that AntiVir is any good, because my old one expired and dosen't update anymore.
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AntiVir is excellent. It's free, and it's updated almost every day. I use it at home, and I've never had a problem since I installed it.
Now McAfee, on the other hand, was a HUGE problem. But that's another story. :D
I'm guessing you know that you shouldn't have two different antivirus programs installed on your system at the same time, right? They often interfere with each other.
Something else: you mentioned that you were going to back stuff up onto CDs before you did the reformat. If you think that your system is infected, you could easily end up re-infecting it from the backup CDs. So if you really have to do it, make sure you install and update all those protective programs BEFORE you even put the backup CDs into your CD-ROM drive. And then once you've copied the files back onto your system, run a full set of scans.
I'd also strongly advise setting a regular time to update all those programs and run scans with them, at least twice a week if you can.
Good luck!
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