Oink McOink’s Randomness

True Protection doesn’t come cheap..or free, in my case.

I’ve had AVG free since I got connected to the internet. I was content on that level of protection but I encountered a problem just yesterday that shook my faith.

I don’t have a printer because I don’t need it that much, if I have something to print, I go to PC shops. So I was in that scenario when my flashdrive where the document was got infected with a worm.

Thinking that AVG would deal with the worm. I let it pass. But to my shock, not only did it infect my PC but AVG free was unable to detect the virus.

What the virus do is copy files to the root directory and to any connected drives. Recycler.exe paired with autorun.inf, Files made are executable files disguised like sex videos. No matter how much I delete the supposed sex videos, it comes back within a few seconds.

I downloaded Avira Free Antivirus, it detected the autorun.inf but it comes back even if you delete or quarantine it..and it gets annoying too, the Avira virus detection window pops up like every 10 seconds to warn me about the autorun.inf even if I did anything or not.

So it dawned on me after hours of research and brainstorming that maybe I should try a trial version, not the free one. So I downloaded a 1 month trial version of Trend Micro antivirus and what do you know, it removed the virus. Not only that, it detected 2 more trojans that AVG free And Avira Free failed to detect.

So I learned that Free basic protection is just what it is, basic that comes with being free, free as in not 100% protected because you’re too cheap. So when I get a hold of spare money to buy one,  I’m buying a Micro Trend Antivirus.