What I find funny is, I only got viruses when I had antivirus software installed, and somehow I still had to reformat... lol, so whats the fucking point of having an antivirus if I had to reformat anyways? I don't have any antivirus and i've been fine for 2 years, no viruses, I also download carefully too. ^_^
your a fucking idiot
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No, I think your the fucking idiot for using an AV.
right and your also Owner / Founder Of GameCopyWorld.com
nga please
Originally posted by Duracell Plus++++7 January 2004 - 20:36--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Duracell Plus+++ @ 7 January 2004 - 20:36)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>Theoritically you might be right about the firewall but practically i would say that is a big no no. As i do believe technology has not advanced enough for this to be possible.....[/b]Originally posted by Switeck@7 January 2004 - 05:28
In short, a good software FIREWALL (properly configured of course!has become a better AV tool than constantly-scanning AV software. A hardware firewall (such as one in a router) will do too, and it's much easier to configure. B)
The greatest virus risk right now, besides inadvertently downloading a (mis-named) virus off Kaza/KL++, is auto-infecting viruses/trojans which 'silently' attack via ip addresses.
Even some of the simplest firewalls can defeat these easily.
MSBlaster, Klez, SoBig, Nimda and something I just call the smart2com trojan (because it fortunately never grew big enough to aquire a codename) -- basically all of them can be stopped by firewalls alone.
It would be FOOLISH to not protect the computers and instead rely only on AntiVirus software against superinfector viruses of that magnitude.
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What I find funny is, I only got viruses when I had antivirus software installed, and somehow I still had to reformat... lol, so whats the fucking point of having an antivirus if I had to reformat anyways? I don't have any antivirus and i've been fine for 2 years, no viruses, I also download carefully too. ^_^[/quote]
The most long-lived viruses are those that people DON'T notice they're running. These are the ones that "don't hurt MY computer, so quit messaging me!"
It pays to backup your stuff (not saying you don't) at least once every 6 months.
Norton is one of the best AV's out there. Since I installed it a year and a half ago I havn't gotten any viruses. McAfee works pretty well too, I've never personally used it, but I know alot of people who do, and they like it alot. Between the Norton AV and Norton Personal Firewall, I barely have any trouble with viruses. If you don't have some sort of Firewall and AV, then get one quick. While your at it, I might suggest getting Spybot, and running it one a regular basis.Originally posted by Illuminati@7 January 2004 - 11:47
If you plan to use the internet for anything bar the most popular, friendly sites (e.g. official fan sites of bands, football teams etc), you'd have to be stupid not to use an AV. Like firewalls, a couple of years ago you could have got away with not using an AV and not get one for months or even years - Nowadays, there's too many virus roaming around.
The trick is to get a recommended antivirus, e.g. Norton or (sworn by some people for some reason) McAfee. There's another AV which is often recommended, but I can't remember the name of it
(SVG?).
Many of these feature automatic virus definition update services for free, and have generally got more & more effective to scan closely while decreasing the need of resources (though many require some tweaks here & there in their config screens, mind
~Speedy
get unix or linux, microsoft viruses do nothing to them, for example, the msblaster worm
After making the switch to Windows XP Professional Edition, from Windows ME; I tried installing the Norton Anti-Virus suite, however, unknowingly I had an installed copy on my hard drive I tried installing it and I kept getting weird errors, I believe it happened from the upgrade. Now, I have no plans to reformat my computer because I have important data that I do not want to lose just to install a [system hog] Norton Anti-Virus. Instead, I looked for free alternatives to protect myself against the unknown. What I have found has pretty much protected me from day one. I have only had one virus as of yet, and that was a result from a Windows XP security hole.(Damn Microsoft!
I hold these programs in high regard as I belive they are the best freeware alternative.
Regards, NightStalker.
You still are not 100% safe, there are many *NIX virus' circulating the web.Originally posted by bulio@12 January 2004 - 01:57
get unix or linux, microsoft viruses do nothing to them, for example, the msblaster worm
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Regards, NightStalker.
wordOriginally posted by NightStalker@11 January 2004 - 21:02
After making the switch to Windows XP Professional Edition, from Windows ME; I tried installing the Norton Anti-Virus suite, however, unknowingly I had an installed copy on my hard drive I tried installing it and I kept getting weird errors, I believe it happened from the upgrade. Now, I have no plans to reformat my computer because I have important data that I do not want to lose just to install a [system hog] Norton Anti-Virus. Instead, I looked for free alternatives to protect myself against the unknown. What I have found has pretty much protected me from day one. I have only had one virus as of yet, and that was a result from a Windows XP security hole.(Damn Microsoft!
I hold these programs in high regard as I belive they are the best freeware alternative.
Regards, NightStalker.
thats what I use and have tried them all, my backup AV is sophos http://www.sophos.com
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has become a better AV tool than constantly-scanning AV software. A hardware firewall (such as one in a router) will do too, and it's much easier to configure. B)
) McAfee. There's another AV which is often recommended, but I can't remember the name of it 
(SVG?). 
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