Foxbat121
join:2001-04-25
Herndon, VA | reply to the strokes$
Re: what do you suggest?
I use common sense for over 10 years and never got infected by any virus. |
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justin
Australian
join:1999-05-28
Brooklyn, NY | yes I like that product as well. I also like an OS that doesnt try to run things to "help" you, unless you ask it to. |
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KoolMoe
Aw Man
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join:2001-02-14
Annapolis, MD
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I used to think that...
But that last round of virii - the Nimda thing. Ouch. Didn't hurt any of my data but what a PITA. Our timesheets are on the intranet. Our company server runs IIS and our website on the same machine. Yes, the admin was an idiot and didn't keep up with patches, so Nimda infected the server, and when we went to enter time...everyone else got infected, then the shares were infected...pain in the BUTT to deal with.
I run AV software in the background all the time now. I'm not afraid so much of my lapses, especially since I use Netscape for email, but with networked machines - I deal with the performance hit background AV tasks cost.
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quebecsurfer
join:2001-07-17
Ontario | reply to justin
agreed.
that is why i actually went back to win2k from winxp
It was too "in the face"
The os version of real player  |
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husker59
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Cocoa, FL
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Saying "I use common sense" implies that we are all dumb. I consider myself fairly computer literate and I was hit with a virus when I inadvertently shut down Zonealarm on my son's system.
A day later a Sub-seven trojan was loaded onto his system that opened several of his ports wide open to the internet and automatically reloaded at every reboot. This trojan even renamed itself base on your PCs name. So every PC it infected, it had a different name.
Instead of acting like "Mr. anti-virus know-it-all", why don't you try giving people useful advice. The "I use common sense" reasoning don't help anyone.
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Foxbat121
join:2001-04-25
Herndon, VA
| Why don't you ask your son what he did to get the trojan in the computer in the first place. As far as I know, no trojan will ever enter into your system without some user intervention.
Common sense goes a long way. No software in the world can protect your from all the viruses and trojans. |
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soup du jour
I'm so bad... I should be in detention
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join:2001-12-12
Danbury, CT
| said by Foxbat121:
Common sense goes a long way.
or maybe we can go back to communicating with paper and pencils? or looking through the encyclopedia when we want to research something?
granted, most people don't know how viruses are spread and what they may look like, unless they are taught by some means, otherwise how would you explain how they spread as they do?
the only way to be 100% sure of not getting a virus is to leave your computers off, unplug your DSL, Cable or analog modem lines and go back to the prehistoric era.
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