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First off....if you fileshare without A/V...or surf the net period w/o...You are asking for it.....The files we share...exchange...whatever you would like to call it...is a Great thing in my opinion, but do NOT skimp on the Anti-Virus...
DO NOT USE ANYTHING OTHER THAN NORTON....and keep it up to date......Free anti-Virus? PLEASE!!!!! To date I have recieved W32.Pinfi and W32Kwbot.D.Worm in addition to this usual one you mention here.......
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It's 10x the virus risk to use Outlook/Outlook Express for your emails (and have lots of friends that email you regularly) than using Kazaa Lite++.
If you download a virus on Kazaa Lite++, you still have to run it before you're in trouble.
Outlook can conveniently run the viruses for you -- and secretly too, so you need not worry about where Microsoft wants to take you today!
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I know that it can't be stressed enough about scanning for viruses, but how many of the users even realise they have a virus unless it adversly affects the OS and they start getting errors? Some worms and viruses aren't malicious and are just a pain in the butt for their replicating properties. And if you do pick up a virus from someone you downloaded from, message them and tell them which file it was that was infected, hopefully they will stop sharing it.
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I would never use a free anti virus program as there is such thing as a free lunch. I do however use Mcafee which I downloaded on k-lite and its great.
Far superior to norton. I've not had a virus affect me in 8 months since I've had it. I used norton for years and still managed to get infected, norton is like a torn condom. I would recomend an online virus scan called Housecall, at least I think thats the name, I've not used it in 8 months.
I'd avoid free software from web sites though.
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I once downloaded a virus on k-lite and sent a message to the sharer but was told to fuck off. Its a pity that a big bolt of electrictity could not be sent to such people.
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I have norton 2003 and it wont even fix the file...i can't even delete the thing..i'm not sure what's going on..if everyone else has been able to 86 the thing
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I don't know about Norton, but Mcafee Virus scan V7.0 caught W32/Hllp.Hantaner, and w#@.hllp.handy.Instead of deleting them it managed to clean both files.
:angry: The assholes writing these things should die a slow torturous death :angry:
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yah well i got nortan anti virus 2003 and it wont auto protect no more it is disableda and i clik auto protect thing pops up
o well i will try and fix it be4 i share/dl files again