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FAO TA Nerds (Ben etc) (pg. 4)
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| Silky Johnson |
| McAfee? Pretty sure that's Norton. |
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| Arbiter |
| quote: | Originally posted by gehzumteufel
I can't really help, as I haven't, and continue to not, use any sort of anti-virus or anti-spyware applications at all. |
Agreed. If I'm going to have nuisance software on my PC, I'm sure not going to be the one who put it there... |
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| Fpcookie |
I agree with what Ben said. A correctly set up hardware firewall (router) is the best defense from computer attacks. Being smart with your software/browsing/email is the best defense from being infected.
In all my years using a PC, I have never been infected with a virus. Having said all that I still run Avast "just in case". It's a good, easy to use program, that uses minimal computer resources. |
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| Ian |
| quote: | Originally posted by Fpcookie
I agree with what Ben said. A correctly set up hardware firewall (router) is the best defense from computer attacks. Being smart with your software/browsing/email is the best defense from being infected.
In all my years using a PC, I have never been infected with a virus. Having said all that I still run Avast "just in case". It's a good, easy to use program, that uses minimal computer resources. |
cheers, and domesticated. I guess being my lappy my biggest worry is that when i take it out, wi-fi hotspots, hotels etc, will I still have the same sort of protection from their stuff? |
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| ziptnf |
| quote: | Originally posted by gehzumteufel
As I said, generally for others I would agree. I don't have an issue with it. I just don't have a need for it. Is that hard to understand? |
Yes, actually :p |
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| david.michael |
| quote: | Originally posted by jennypie
McAfee? Pretty sure that's Norton. |
McAfee = McAfee :)
Norton = Norton/Symantec
Just to clarify. |
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| ziptnf |
| quote: | Originally posted by Ian
cheers, and domesticated. I guess being my lappy my biggest worry is that when i take it out, wi-fi hotspots, hotels etc, will I still have the same sort of protection from their stuff? |
Here's a quick article on hotel hotspot safety, in general it's a bad idea to conduct any serious business, especially banking related, on their networks. In this case, you would probably want a firewall of some kind.
http://antivirus.about.com/od/secur.../bizcenters.htm |
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| Ian |
| quote: | Originally posted by ziptnf
Here's a quick article on hotel hotspot safety, in general it's a bad idea to conduct any serious business, especially banking related, on their networks. In this case, you would probably want a firewall of some kind.
http://antivirus.about.com/od/secur.../bizcenters.htm |
Aye. I might want to quickly check my internet banking for example, so I might get something like bitdefender. It'll cover both my machines & potentially one more and is a good price. |
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| Boomer187 |
I've said this for years, stop going to shady porn sites and you will be fine.
and a +1 to the I don't use this software peeps. You should also partition your computer so that you can reformat without losing anything. Some people even point their profile to a partitioned drive so that after they reinstall their windows image they still have all their preferences. |
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| gehzumteufel |
| quote: | Originally posted by Echo of Silence
Yes, speak Danish!
I use something that begins with an Mc on my personal computer. It works fine and costs about 50 american dollars a year.
Ben, every time it runs a scan it finds this thing in my mirc.exe file. Artemis or something like that. What is that? A worm? Its actually located in one of my external hard drives. |
Not sure why it would detect mIRC as anything, unless it was actually infected. Just delete it. You can download it from www.mirc.com easily.
| quote: | Originally posted by Boomer187
Some people even point their profile to a partitioned drive so that after they reinstall their windows image they still have all their preferences. |
This is such a pain in the ass to get working properly. It is quite convenient though! |
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| Silky Johnson |
| quote: | Originally posted by david.michael
McAfee = McAfee :)
Norton = Norton/Symantec
Just to clarify. |
Ah cool. Didn't know that. |
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