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| Thread ID: 100052 | 2009-05-24 09:22:00 | Look ma, no AV | Saucy (14844) | Press F1 |
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| 776525 | 2009-05-25 13:18:00 | Yeah you are right of course, it's the risks you choose to take. :punk Not sure how often an antivirus warning actually means the thing would have affected your PC though, I think a lot of the scanning happens before the OS defences like firewall or sandboxing of the browser or user accounts kick in. So just a question here. Ages ago I used to use a computer which was equipped with a floppy drive. My boss had a computer also. At that time I used to drive a tow truck and hand him a floppy disk along with what hours I worked and what jobs I did. I got another floppy back from him telling me what I was getting paid and for what. I left his floppy in the A:\ drive and rebooted which was wrong and got the Marijuana Virus on my C:\ drive. I still use Avast and a firewall. In my case now I am the only person that has access to this system as I live alone. I wonder what is being brought home from people at schools on CDs or DVDs and shoved in and installed whether Mum and Dad know about it or not. I do allow access to another system I have which I take to the local Computer Club. I might add that I am there to ensure what happens. |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 776526 | 2009-05-26 00:24:00 | Ages ago I used to use a computer which was equipped with a floppy drive. My boss had a computer also. At that time I used to drive a tow truck and hand him a floppy disk along with what hours I worked and what jobs I did. I got another floppy back from him telling me what I was getting paid and for what. I left his floppy in the A:\ drive and rebooted which was wrong and got the Marijuana Virus on my C:\ drive. I still use Avast and a firewall. In my case now I am the only person that has access to this system as I live alone. I wonder what is being brought home from people at schools on CDs or DVDs and shoved in and installed whether Mum and Dad know about it or not. I do allow access to another system I have which I take to the local Computer Club. I might add that I am there to ensure what happens. Great point. I don't think that type of virus is common now but it's still good practice to ensure the BIOS is set to boot from the hard drive first so you don't get this type of risk. Antivirus wouldn't have stopped that virus getting installed, but there's a chance it might have been able to pick it up and clean it afterwards. I'm not really recommending the no antivirus approach at all, just pointing out I am ok with it for myself and a few family members who have good self control. Definitely not for a corporate PC or one in a school or library, in those cases I'd probably go even further to lock the PC down with Active Directory or DeepFreeze (www.deepfreezeusa.com) $80 or SteadyState (www.microsoft.com) (free download). |
Saucy (14844) | ||
| 776527 | 2009-05-26 09:45:00 | I'm not really recommending the no antivirus approach at all, just pointing out I am ok with it for myself and a few family members who have good self control. And do you wear a seat-belt in your car or does your driving give you "..good .. control.." ? |
decibel (11645) | ||
| 776528 | 2009-05-26 10:12:00 | And do you wear a seat-belt in your car or does your driving give you "..good .. control.." ? :eek::eek::eek: I wear seatbelts. :lol: |
Saucy (14844) | ||
| 776529 | 2009-05-26 10:16:00 | I dont wear a seatbelt, just a superman cape for when I need to fly out the front window. | Rob99 (151) | ||
| 776530 | 2009-05-26 12:37:00 | :eek::eek::eek: I wear seatbelts. :lol: You wear more than one? |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 776531 | 2009-05-26 20:51:00 | It depends entirely on how the PC is used. I find kids and teenagers the worst for malware. Teenagers-porn,and kids - clicking everything. Giving the kids a limited user account helps. The thing is, a seatbealt doesnt help you much if your driving dangerously:banana rumpty: yes it seems dangerous,but its also about the time involved online. Also users who have dialup probably simply use it for email,so if they are careful about attachments theyl probably never get a virus. Remember the RPC worm anyone? 'in 30sec your pc will shut down' If more users made backups itd be alot easier. I notice HP tries to help and suggests burning backup dvds. |
pkm (13527) | ||
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