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| Thread ID: 101343 | 2009-07-10 12:21:00 | norton antivirus | rocco (14290) | Press F1 |
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| 790704 | 2009-07-12 00:09:00 | Even that misses a few. Nortons has at least 100000 entries in the registry. I once took them out manually. It took a very very long time.......... The worst AVs are always hardest to remove:groan: |
Blam (54) | ||
| 790705 | 2009-07-12 01:37:00 | Do you know whats funny, I haven't had a AV for about 2 years, I recently pop'd on NOD32 and guess what, nothing, the AV company's just make there money off people who have a fear of getting a virus... | Tuneznz (13203) | ||
| 790706 | 2009-07-12 06:57:00 | That's why I use Avast it's free | gary67 (56) | ||
| 790707 | 2009-07-12 07:02:00 | If you dont get dodgy files / or use p2P, you probably dont need a firewall or AV. And if you use 64 bit, you've probably got less chance of getting hit by viruses. Since most dont affect 64 bit windows. And wont run in 64 bit There maybe only 3-4 around. | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 790708 | 2009-07-12 10:20:00 | Im a 64 bit vista and I hit torrents and divulge in the scary parts on the internet 24/7 and still im clean. | Tuneznz (13203) | ||
| 790709 | 2009-07-12 10:45:00 | Well that'll depend on what youre getting. You may or may not get infected. Some sites say you cant/wont get infected using 64 bit, but other sites say you will get infected (unless its something like a rootkit (32 bit), or similar that tries to screw up the kernel. In which case, it wont infect / affect 64 bit, because of the 64 bit kernel (unless of course the rootkit was/is 64 bit). Then it's a different matter |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 790710 | 2009-07-13 02:56:00 | Im a 64 bit vista and I hit torrents and divulge in the scary parts on the internet 24/7 and still im clean. You're a smart torrenter then. |
Blam (54) | ||
| 790711 | 2009-07-13 03:27:00 | Do you know whats funny, I haven't had a AV for about 2 years, I recently pop'd on NOD32 and guess what, nothing, the AV company's just make there money off people who have a fear of getting a virus... I wouldn't say thats quite right -- Ask any Tech who works on PC from the general public -- Its very rear that I see computers with some sort of infections. I'd go as far as saying 95% of my work relates to Virus / Malware infected PC's / laptops. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 790712 | 2009-07-13 03:32:00 | I would say if techs didnt have to worry about viruses / malware, they wouldnt have anything to do / a job :p They'll be bored for most of the day | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 790713 | 2009-07-13 05:57:00 | I do agree, if you know where to walk to not stand on the egg shells you are going to be fine, the gen pop and ma and pa computer users should have a basic protection as they might be not so secure and sure footed. | Tuneznz (13203) | ||
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