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i think i have a virus, i might be overreacting or paranoid but a few days ago
my computer suddenly wouldn't connect to the internet even though it's cable on all the time, it slowed and acted groggy for a bit, and there was an empty folder from crap i downloaded that i couldn't delete cause it said my computer was using it, so i suspect i was infected.

but here is the thing...

i have the free avast that i downloaded, which has caught stuff in the past, but when i scan it says everything is ok. (i hate norton, not a fan of panda, and avg doesn't pick up shit for me. i've tried them all.) i don't trust my free avast cause it's free, and i think "if i pay for anti-virus, it will be great!

so i bought kaspersky.

but it won't load on my computer. i brought it back, thinking it was a bad cd, got a new one, still, won't load. (i've uninstalled avast and rebooted before trying to load). i get a "1304 can't write to disk, make sure you have permission" error, then when i try again, it says i must re-start my computer.

this makes me extra paranoid, thinking whatever virus i have won't let the software load.

i tried the online scan of my computer, and it picked up nothing (but now they know all the pron i look at, which is probably the cause of the virus).

here are my questions:

1: nothing picks up a virus on my computer. am i being extra paranoid? is there a virus? how can i truly tell?

2: i can't load kaspersky. is it cause i have zone alarm running? is it a virus that is preventing it? how can i load this?


any advice is greatly appreciated. (other than "don't download porn", i know that, i do it anyway, i'm asking for trouble, etc etc.).

thanks.

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