 bencPremium
join:2007-06-17
Glen Carbon, IL
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| It Could Just Be Another Scare Or it could be people not following common sense tactics (downloading from strange sites, etc.).
I think I've have a virus before, but it's been a long time. I haven't even had a BSOD since probably '99 or so (no joke!).
Back in the late 90's, I didn't even have an AV program. Shocking, isn't it? Of course, in those days I was still using dial-up regularly (a practice I finally gave up in 2003). I also made damn sure not to download any dialers that were going to dial 900 numbers that cost $1/min. (or more).
For awhile, I used Mcafee, though I then figured that it seemed to slow my PC down big time. I switched to Norton when I got Vista Biz 64-bit (a decision I now partially regret, I should have gotten XP Pro 64-bit instead), though Norton seems faster.
When I use Norton, the only things that ever turn up is a tracking cookie that I always delete, but never a virus. My PC also never seems to act erratically, though since it's Vista on a single-core Opteron it seems slow at times, despite disabling Superfetch (it eats all my RAM).
I'd consider alternatives, but I still have a ways to go before my subscription expires.
I also use a Linux router that blocks everything except what I want to get through.
My experience may sound wonderful, although admittedly I'm not the average user at all. I know my stuff, which is how I've avoided BSOD (though I don't over-clock, either).
Well, I don't claim to be an expert, but I certainly know enough that I'm my own tech support and I only call tech support for say, an ISP if it's a problem at their end. |
