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I’ve been pointing people towards F-Secure since the mid 90s. I’m not sure why they aren’t better known because their product works.

F-Secure’s free Online Scanner is a great place to turn if you need to clean up viruses or spyware. Like with all products I would suggest for a cleanup, use them in Safe Mode w/Networking and with System Restore disabled.

Now for a note to F-Secure (even though they will likely never read this)… PLEASE CHANGE THE FORCED WINDOW SIZE FOR YOUR ONLINE SCANNER! It is kind of hard to get to the buttons to progress through the scan process when the screen resolution is limited by Safe Mode. If you don’t want to change the window size, at least consider moving the buttons a little. Please. I promise more people will use your product.

Don’t let my pleas to F-Secure scare you off from their product though. It is definitely worth the trouble of wrestling with positioning the window just right so you can barely reach a sliver of that scan button.

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