A few years ago, a guy on the ISOC board recommended 4 free maintenance programs to me:

1. Microsoft Security Essentials
2. Malwarebytes Anti-malware
3. Piriform Defraggler (for defragmenting)
4. Piriform CCleaner (for cleaning out junk files and registry)

I have used these exclusively on all 3 or my computers, and all 3 run perfectly. There are no conflicts between the programs, and I do not have the issues I had when using McAfee. I highly recommend installing all 4 of these programs.

I have Avast and btw every time I come to CRT forum, it alerts me with:

avast! saved your computer from crashing
You just dodged a bullet

You may be wondering how you ended up with a virus, especially if you were visiting a ‘normal’ site. The latest research from the avast! Virus Lab shows that more than 80% of malware (viruses, spyware, and the like) spreads through legitimate websites, with only 1% coming from suspicious or ‘dodgy’ sites.

Good thing avast! had your back.

It goes on to say:

Infection Details
URL: http://114700url.displayadfeed.com/cpv.j...
Process: C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\App...
Infection: URL:Mal



It does this when I use firefox and chrome, but not IE.