The anti-hack?

by **deathBOB** » Wed May 05, 2004 5:03 pm

Ok I ran one of the tests... It crashed the internet connection for my house and it turned off my custom visual style wtf...

by **deathBOB** » Wed May 05, 2004 5:09 pm

Ummm, ok so what does that mean? Im vulnerable I guess... Its what I expected...

Ok Sellout, if I get an anti-virus like the one u mentioned, what kind of performance hit can I expect? i installed norton stuff when I first got my Compaq and it screwed up everything royaly...

by **RCinator** » Wed May 05, 2004 5:13 pm

Go here and run the FREE virus scanner, deathBob.

http://security.symantec.com/default.asp?productid=symhome&langid=ie&venid=sym

by **Evan** » Wed May 05, 2004 5:38 pm

AVG Anti-Virus

Avast! Anti-Virus

PC Cillin Anti-Virus

by **Xenius** » Wed May 05, 2004 5:50 pm

Originally posted by Evan
AVG Anti-Virus

Avast! Anti-Virus

PC Cillin Anti-Virus

I'm pretty sure I heard from several CS geek friends of mine that PC Cillin is garbage.

by **deathBOB** » Wed May 05, 2004 6:20 pm

The Symanrtec scanner says this:

Virus Status: Safe!
Your computer is free of known viruses and Trojan horses.

19073 files scanned, 0 file(s) infected on your disk drives.

No viruses were detected in memory.

Lol hahahahahahahahaha.... I tell ya, just dont engage in filesharing and you save yourself a boatload of trouble...

by **RCglider** » Wed May 05, 2004 6:32 pm

Like I said, if you're sure you don't have any viruses, that's the least of your worries.

A good firewall doesn't use much resources and can actually increase performance.

by **Xenius** » Wed May 05, 2004 6:32 pm

Does that thing scan for worms? I don't know how you can not be affected by anything. Granted I've never infected myself with a virus, but unless you're pretty on top of windows updating (I am) you'll catch something.

by **deathBOB** » Wed May 05, 2004 6:49 pm

I think its the email factor... I dont do email because non of my friends use ti to communicate... Whatever...

by **SavageParrot** » Wed May 05, 2004 7:24 pm

I loves my Mac (computer that is although my coat is nice too)! Are there less viruse for mac like there is less software in general? I only ask cos in 2 years I haven't had one virus. Go go gadget Apple!

by **deathBOB** » Wed May 05, 2004 7:59 pm

There is no such thing as an Apple virus...

by **Bullhead** » Wed May 05, 2004 7:59 pm

Originally posted by Evan
AVG Anti-Virus

Avast! Anti-Virus

PC Cillin Anti-Virus

crap, crap, and more crap. I've seen AVG repeatedly throw up false virus alerts to people, and pc cillin is just garbage in every sense of the word. this is all purely IMO and IME.

I've never had perf. issues with Norton, and never have needed to disable it in order to play a game....

by **RCinator** » Wed May 05, 2004 8:42 pm

Originally posted by Xenius
Does that thing scan for worms? I don't know how you can not be affected by anything. Granted I've never infected myself with a virus, but unless you're pretty on top of windows updating (I am) you'll catch something.

The Norton Scanner does, yes. And if you have the installed version, it has heuristics scanning, which can detect new worms without even having a signature file.

by **RCinator** » Wed May 05, 2004 8:44 pm

Originally posted by SavageParrot
I loves my Mac (computer that is although my coat is nice too)! Are there less viruse for mac like there is less software in general? I only ask cos in 2 years I haven't had one virus. Go go gadget Apple!

No one writes viruses for Macs because it's counter-productive. There simply aren't enough Macs out there to propagate Mac viruses. There's no return in it for those sh1t#eads that write the viruses.

by **SkiloDog2000** » Wed May 05, 2004 8:52 pm

you can get a virus on a mac
its just, what is there to screw up
they dont really run anything
2 bad windows doesent have such a "stable" base

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