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| Thread ID: 48655 | 2004-08-29 03:39:00 | average life of a PC on the net | icyred (5795) | Press F1 |
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| 266551 | 2004-08-29 06:37:00 | O sorry, it is running windows 2000 advanced server | dwnz2003 (5250) | ||
| 266552 | 2004-08-29 06:42:00 | My neigbour has a p1 166 with w95 been running since 1998. No antivirus or internet security or anti bot software. Mainly used for surfing and downloading porn and its still running sweet. tedheath |
tedheath (537) | ||
| 266553 | 2004-08-29 06:51:00 | most probably coz its so old nothing would hit it. Sasser or some variants will run on 95 BUT not infect it. As it hasnt got the right files to be infected with. And blaster doesnt affect 95/98 either. Only NT systems. |
Spacemannz (808) | ||
| 266554 | 2004-08-29 07:07:00 | > most probably coz its so old nothing would hit it. > Sasser or some variants will run on 95 BUT not infect > it. As it hasnt got the right files to be infected > with. > > And blaster doesnt affect 95/98 either. Only NT > systems. > > > Or ME. The exact reason I use OS/2, Linux or Win98(first edition) when using the internet. Who said newer was better?( awaits replies with glee ;) |
mark.p (383) | ||
| 266555 | 2004-08-29 07:33:00 | Well I guess it depends on, whether u want to keep up with the times . And whether you want to use a later version of Windows or not . Its only people who cant be bothered patching / updating XP, or NT systems, why they'll get worms like Sasser or Blaster . They've only got themselves to blame . There's been enough coverage of what can and will happen if you dont update when an update comes out . |
Spacemannz (808) | ||
| 266556 | 2004-08-29 07:35:00 | while blaster and sasser only effect 2k/xp systems variants of it can hide in 9x/me systems (not sure about unix tho) and infect others from that pc. as per normal people are more worried about being affected by virus and are less concerned with being infected and certain not worried about infecting others. :( | tweak'e (174) | ||
| 266557 | 2004-08-29 08:14:00 | NT4, NT4 server variants are also affected btw. | mark.p (383) | ||
| 266558 | 2004-08-29 08:14:00 | So right about people not believing they are infected. Have some friends who "knew they wouldn't have any infections". I ran AVG free on the laptop which was only used for email. 148 infections. They now run AV software. | theother1 (3573) | ||
| 266559 | 2004-08-29 08:21:00 | Did the same last weekend on a freind of a freinds ME box. Install AVG, Firefox , Kario and a few other goodies. Some folk just have no idea at all-got 2 doz bevys for it ;). OS updates aren't a pancia either, especailly NT based MS Windows. Hope MS learn a lesson for their next incarnation. But it will be a long wait till we find out...... | mark.p (383) | ||
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