F%^&IN SPYWARE, HELP

[Guest Andrew]

Virus scanners are for n00bs

[martyyn 2]

avg ftw

Edited November 6, 2006 by martyyn

[Gus 5]

Virus scanners are for n00bs

or people with internet at home?

[jpp 0]

Free Norton Internet Security through uni ftw!

Otherwise none, takes a moron to DL a virus/worm ;P

[Deftones 0]

Not necessarily. If it is a network worm, all it needs is a network connection and some memory space to run in. Most anti-virus detectors won't pick it up because they run at the application layer whereas the network layer is running lower in the network stack.

In saying that, a patched system will keep you out of mischief most of the time.

I personally use Norton Anti-Virus. Only because I've been using it for years and have known no better.

Also, run Zone Alarm for my firewall. More or less the same reason for Norton. Have done for a while, and never bothered to change.

[Jammasterjames 0]

Windows Defender is the sh*t my cracka homies......

Its free too, fo sheezy! Don't need any antivirus programs at all!!

or else...

*** Stay away from da midget porn and chicks with dicks websites!!!! ***

[Carl 3]

Worked out my problem, f**king XP was setting some of my program default priorities to lower than normal making them take forever to run whenever norton was running. Switched to AVG and it was better but reinstalling XP resolved the priorities being all mashed up.

[MADBMA 0]

Virus scanners are for n00bs

yeah i agree, waste of time and space, a virus is a pretty simple program to get rid of, i just use a good fire wall now, i know all the programs running on my computer so will know if ones not meant to be there, all my documents are stored on a seperate drive to so not to worried if i have to reinstall the system.

[Carl 3]

I feel naked without protection

I've got AVG set up to just scan incoming emails and add the context menu shortcut for quickly scanning files. That plus sitting behind a router on home network using xp's firewall is more than adequate protection IMO.

[320SHKBTE 0]

oo my old post has sudden intrest

[Sick Puppy 1]

Hey there, go onto the PC world forum, check out the posts by Speedy Gonzales and Pancake- there are two programs you can download to determine exactly what the infection is- the programs will firstly run a report of your boot up screen, te second will get rid of it.

After that, make sure you installed decent firewall, antivirus/ spyware/ malware- stuff like Zonealarm/ AVG/ Winpatrol/ Spyware guard, spybot etc etc.

Update them at least once a week.

[MADBMA 0]

After that, make sure you installed decent firewall, antivirus/ spyware/ malware- stuff like Zonealarm/ AVG/ Winpatrol/ Spyware guard, spybot etc etc.

firewalls wont neccasarily protect you, specially the well known ones as i have expermented with alot of them and found alot of viruses are programed to disable the firewall once there in your computer, but they have to know your firewall, such as the genric ones, zone alarms meant to be one of the best but i found viruses targeted it, i now use sygate and have found that to be the best firewall i have found, and ive tried quite a few, its easy to use and doesnt seem to get taken down by nasty viruses

[OLLIE 26]

i'm using bit defender antivirus and so far it's the best i've used. very customizable and with a great spam filter for outlook.

also using webroot spysweeper which is rated as the best anti spyware program, it also does the trick, i havent had problems in a very long time.