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Re: Best Virus Software - Mike - 07-20-2009
Ken Wrote:^+1 but still, how can one live so RECKLESSLY?
:bootyshake:
Re: Best Virus Software - Evan - 07-20-2009
For a long time I went without a virus scanner until a few years ago I discovered AVG. Its lightweight, unobtrusive and free. No reason at all not to use it although like mentioned before using your brain should keep you safe.
Mcaffee, Norton and all the others I have used have been expensive bloated resource hogging piles of shit. (Although supposedly they just revamped Norton and its good)
Re: Best Virus Software - Apoc - 07-20-2009
I haven't used one in 3 years but after re-imaging both my parent's computers, I see the value in them. I need to get them AVG so I don't have to save them from themselves any more.
Re: Best Virus Software - ViPER1313 - 07-20-2009
Mike Wrote:HAULN-SS Wrote:I will just chime in, that I haven't used a virus scanner since 2004, and haven't lost a bit of data. Usually if you pay attention what you're entering, and where you're clicking, there's no problem.
i've never used a virus app in my ~25 years of using a pc.
when i was young, i had a hard drive wiped completely clean by a trojan.
when i was in college i got a weak virus that i was able to kill myself.
just a few weeks ago i got another that was a bit of a pain, but i eventually wiped it out.
i download a lot of porn and illegal software. common sense rules the day... each time i've gotten something, i had a momentary lack in judgment.
i don't understand how regular computer users can be so stupid to get viruses... if you're not "hacking" and dealing with apps that can be seriously tricky, there is no excuse.
I really disagree with this - there are a lot of sites that appear to be legitimate but will try to backdoor things onto your system using javascript / other dynamic scripting languages. Music lyrics sites are one of the main offenders. Even fully patched Firefox (which seems to have closed a lot of issues since the 2.0 days) and IE8 installs can fall prey to these attacks.
I will agree that it's safe to not use any AV software if you don't surf the internet with Javascript / Java applets enabled though.
Re: Best Virus Software - Mike - 07-20-2009
i really disagree with you. i surf the web about 20 hours a day. i've never gotten squat via it.
Re: Best Virus Software - ViPER1313 - 07-20-2009
Mike Wrote:i surf the web about 20 hours a day.
you should get out more......
Re: Best Virus Software - Ken - 07-20-2009
ViPER1313 Wrote:Mike Wrote:HAULN-SS Wrote:I will just chime in, that I haven't used a virus scanner since 2004, and haven't lost a bit of data. Usually if you pay attention what you're entering, and where you're clicking, there's no problem.
i've never used a virus app in my ~25 years of using a pc.
when i was young, i had a hard drive wiped completely clean by a trojan.
when i was in college i got a weak virus that i was able to kill myself.
just a few weeks ago i got another that was a bit of a pain, but i eventually wiped it out.
i download a lot of porn and illegal software. common sense rules the day... each time i've gotten something, i had a momentary lack in judgment.
i don't understand how regular computer users can be so stupid to get viruses... if you're not "hacking" and dealing with apps that can be seriously tricky, there is no excuse.
I really disagree with this - there are a lot of sites that appear to be legitimate but will try to backdoor things onto your system using javascript / other dynamic scripting languages. Music lyrics sites are one of the main offenders. Even fully patched Firefox (which seems to have closed a lot of issues since the 2.0 days) and IE8 installs can fall prey to these attacks.
I will agree that it's safe to not use any AV software if you don't surf the internet with Javascript / Java applets enabled though.
Firefox with NoScript FTW