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if i am running firefox and don't ever use microsoft outlook, do i even really need norton antivirus running on my machine? i'm so sick of waiting for it to load and i know it hogs up all my damn memory. it's never detected any nefarious activity that i know of. or found a single virus after a scan. i've never had a virus on this machine. even when i kept norton turned off for several weeks. |
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I think viruses are on the way out, really. Trojans and ad/spy/mal/ware are what you have to watch out for. is a good free solution for that. It finds things nothing else does. Great tool. I stumbled across it on a forum dedicated to removing spyware. Norton is a total piece of shit. I prefer Nod32 or Kaspersky. I may switch to Kaspersky when my Nod32 license runs out because it seems to be better at detecting spyware and trojans than Nod32. |
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maybe you should consider the possibility that the reason you've never found a virus is that you've had anti-virus running? |
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as far as I can tell from a bit of testing, there aren't any single programs that get all.. they could somehow be cheating to make themselves necessary, but if you run one program, and it finds something and removes it, another program is almost sure to turn up something that first program didn't find. The only way to be sure seems to be to have all available spyware-removal programs available and run them one after the other. however, that's for if you're neurotic about it. |
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Normally I would agree with you. This one is almost supernaturally good, though. That is why it gets the coveted... *ka-chunk* FLEETMOUSE STAMP OF APPROVAL. |
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i don't run virus software.... but I don't check email in MS-Outlook, nor use IE. and I agree.. the malware/Trojan issue is a bigger issue. But then again, I try not to install alot of software... stay away from wares... and clean the registry often. if it doesn't look like something I know... I google it and delete it if it seems odd. |
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I work in this sector, I wont bore you to tears but if you use the internet then you should have virus protection. |
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Yeah I guess having one is a must. but having one run in he background with those "shields" is completely unnecessary IMO. Just be careful about what you download off the net. and if you're suspicious run a scan on the file. and a full scan every once in a while, like twice a year or something. |
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... #1 virus source? p0rn. read a book, take a cold shower, call up a girl... wear a condom and your computer will never be infected. |
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I wear a condom every time I use the computer and I have never caught anything. |
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The current favorite is: media player can't play this video, click here to download the required codec. Then bang! you've got aids. |
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but your computer has a nasty case of that "backdoor" virus |
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of course its necessary......havent you ever heard of what happens if you spell google wrong.....instead of google.com someone might put goggle.com theres a video on youtube about it, its crazy |
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Ahahahaha, I looked that up just now - it's epic! |
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norton's is absolutely aweful |
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go to fleetmouse's link and thats exactly why you need anti virus programs. |
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what if i'm behind a router? isn't that like a hardware firewall in itself? is that goggle thing total bullshit? i'm gonna try it out on my coworker's computer. |
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firefox is the gay |
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"is anti virus software even necessary?" |
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download |
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or get |
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there aren't any apple viruses because apple has less than 10% of the market share. |
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I know, it's great! |
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this computer has been on and connected to the internet for more than 3 years (the time it's been off is miniscule, just restarts and a few days when i went travelling with it.) no firewall, no virus protection. oftentimes i will do a spyware scan and have nothing after months. i'm connected behind a router and use firefox |
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and those 10% are all art students at the UW who have nothing important anyone would ever bother fucking with |
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Most viri do not disturb or interupt the host. |
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hey thanks, thats uncovered all sorts of nasties. |
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I think that's hard to believe. virus programmers would take the challenge anyway. |
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I think someone needs to design some Apple viruses & trojans if only to shut the Apple geeks up. |
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My own virus hunting with Windows Search beats my copy of McAfee, WTF is up with that!??! |
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