*Glenn* 854 Report post Posted August 18, 2009 I spent 3 friggen hours getting rid of the Trojan "Personal Antivirus" off one of my computers today......all I can say is "BASTARDS" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pjay 8 Report post Posted August 18, 2009 Just run Malware Bytes... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
*Glenn* 854 Report post Posted August 18, 2009 It's fixed now Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pjay 8 Report post Posted August 18, 2009 Well for the future, download Malware Bytes for scanning purposes. Will save you a few grey hairs! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fuzyfrog 0 Report post Posted August 18, 2009 Or get a mac and not worry Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
greenday-rulz21 6 Report post Posted August 18, 2009 Or get a mac and not worry hahahahahahahaha MAC! hahahahahahahahaha Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
*Glenn* 854 Report post Posted August 18, 2009 3 X 500 gig Macs yeah right Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pjay 8 Report post Posted August 18, 2009 I much prefer mac to windows tbh, for everything I use a PC for. Keep in mind I don't game at all. A G4 at mums, 2 G5's at dads. Also a G4 powerbook. Now these have never crapped out once. EVER, like ever ever. Even the little mac classic I had as a kid still runs Kidpix without skipping a beat, and thats over 15 years old. I've restored my sisters Vista laptop twice in the 6 months shes owned it. Only flaw I see in a mac. The ONLY flaw, is the lack of functionality from the [Tab] button. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
*Glenn* 854 Report post Posted August 18, 2009 the lack of functionality from the [TAB] button. I don't bet on the GG's though Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
antil33t 90 Report post Posted August 18, 2009 I'd only ever buy an Apple laptop... Much more cost/performance out of a windows machine. /me pets his purdy 3TB of drive space. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
simke 0 Report post Posted August 18, 2009 Macs look funky and have a nice interface but that is about it. A mate of mine got mac notebook few weeks ago, because he really wanted a mac, but now spends 90% of his time on it running Windows inside a virtual machine. Why? Because most of the tools he needs for his job are just not available for Mac. So it kind of beats the purpose. And he could have saved himself at least $1000 if he got the same spec Windows based laptop. That is the biggest problem with Macs IMHO. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pjay 8 Report post Posted August 18, 2009 That's not a problem at all? Being able to run Virtual Windows is a benefit.. That means Macs can run... EVERYTHING Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bmw_guy 0 Report post Posted August 18, 2009 Stay off dirty sites Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Driftit 2078 Report post Posted August 18, 2009 There is plenty of viruses around for Macs now too. And the fact that they use the same hardware as PC's but charge 2-3x the price. I just can't get past the price of a Apple. I have not had a virus on my PC for well over a year. And I engage in unprotected downloading on a daily basis. Funny thing is I use to get most of my viruses through MSN and Emails. No longer use MSN and never touch emails from unknown people. Set my PC up so that if I do get a virus I can just format it and reinstall within an hour or so. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
*Glenn* 854 Report post Posted August 18, 2009 Stay off dirty sites Dirty sites ??? .... if I need filth... I come in here and read what some of you guys do to BMW's Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bmw_guy 0 Report post Posted August 18, 2009 haha such as converting a 4 door into a coupe? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
*Glenn* 854 Report post Posted August 18, 2009 haha such as converting a 4 door into a coupe? Lol... would have to agree with you on that one Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nastnas 9 Report post Posted August 18, 2009 unprotected downloading LOL.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
antil33t 90 Report post Posted August 18, 2009 LOL @ Brook. Anywho, running windows on a Mac is terrible, you loose all your battery life, and virtualising isn't much better... but hey, that's really only for laptops? The only thing that my mate can't run on his macbook is Delphi, but he won't need to for much longer. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
*Glenn* 854 Report post Posted August 18, 2009 Back on topic . When it happened..I immediately removed the wireless aerial to prevent other PC's getting infected. Left the pop up on and did a full virus scan.... AVG came up with nothing... no virus ?? It was spyware Checked on the nett and found the removal instructions...had to do it all manualy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bravo 35 Report post Posted August 18, 2009 AVG is free for a reason Glenn.... You can get away running free net-protection software, but you usually need to run a few different bits of software to catch everything. I've got a system running only free software (Avast antivirus, Spybot, Adaware) and it's only had one virus in 3-4 years and that was installed by a shithead cousin installing a peer-to-peer application. But if you want simplicity, and one package that will do it all without letting anything through you may have to pay for it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
*Glenn* 854 Report post Posted August 18, 2009 AVG is free for a reason Glenn.... What would you suggest I use then ?? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
martyyn 2 Report post Posted August 18, 2009 Im going to set myself right up now for a major meltdown, but Ive never had any virus/malware problems using AVG (or avast), spybot, adaware along with sygate firewall. What the Mac boys need to remember is no virus writer in their right mind is going to write a virus for hardware thats 10% of internet users. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
*Glenn* 854 Report post Posted August 18, 2009 We used to have Norton's but it slowed all our diagnostic gear down... thats why we went to AGV.. it wasnt a cost thing... I still had 11 months of Nortons left Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bravo 35 Report post Posted August 18, 2009 See above for a free solution that will catch most (I was editing my post). At work we use an enterprise antivirus. its deathly expensive, but it covers our 100-odd computers from a single central installation with daily updates (or more frequent if required). Probably not the solution for you. Last time I went looking for a good antivirus I found half a dozen online reviews and they all pointed at the same 2 or 3 different apps like bit defender and kaspersky. But without having used them I cannot recommend them. I used to use AVG, but the annoying pop-up screens and crap reviews made me bin it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
