Do you use antivirus software?

[John]

<< What is anti virus software? >>



It's supposed to keep you from getting infected.

 

[yakko]

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<< What is anti virus software? >>



It's supposed to keep you from getting infected. >>

So is it another name for a condom then?

 

[CKDragon]

I made the mistake of have a write-enabled directory here on my home network. All was fine and dandy while I stayed on this home network - I forgot about unsharing it before I went back to the dorms...

OUCH! A virus spread to that directory first and then raped my entire XP Pro install. I had been looking for a reason to go back and clean-install Win2K but I wasn't looking for a virus.

Now I run NAV religiously and everything's fine. Common sense will definitely prevent most viruses, and common sense would have prevented my situation easily - but sometimes your memory fails you. As soon as I forgot about my shared folder some network virus took advantage of my computer's weakness and exploited it. I trust my common sense, but NOT my memory.

CK

 

[notfred]

I use linux, that protects me from msot viruses

When I'm using windows, no AV software.

 

[Kev]

<< Those of you not running antivirus software may not be experiencing the effects of a virus at this time, but your system may be propogating viruses to countless others without your knowledge. I want to thank you in advance for the viruses you send my way, but I use a constantly updated antivirus program to stop the crap being spewed from your unprotected machines.

It is your ignorance that helps to spread many of the viruses that costs untold millions of dollars of damage. The cost of that damage is nor borne by mega-corporations, the cost is borne by us, the consumers. >>



how's the weather up there on the high horse?

down here it's rainy.

 

[Mungla]

NAV2002 with Liveupdate. The liveupdate downloads new definitions every other day or so; automatically.

 

[Theslowone]

So is it another name for a condom then?

Thats abstinence yakko.

 

[NuclearFusi0n]

<< NAV2002 with Liveupdate. The liveupdate downloads new definitions every other day or so; automatically. >>


very convientent, that's what i use as well...

fVCK all you "i use common sense" fvckers. It's people like you that flood my inbox everytime a new virus comes out :|

 

[HappyPuppy]

maladroit, I am not on a high horse, nor am I up there in the clouds. I run updated AV software to protect myself and everybody in my address book. Why do you think I am on a high horse for securing my home network and being considerate of others?

 

[Supermercado]

Yes, I do. I haven't managed to get a virus yet.

 

[arod]

<< And thinking that your updates catch every virus, then that too is ignorant. AV is good to have but doesn't mean you can't catch a virus(mainly at the beginning of the life of the virus).


Btw most kazaa problems are .vbs or .exe, and if you don't run them then you should be fine. >>




Well usually when I get them it is in the temp file but I have never gottan one... NAV always pops up and tells me there is a virus in the file and it deletes the file... I was just saying not running virus scan with KaZaA is not very smart.

 

[Chi11yDog]

<< no, I use common sense
(I have never gotten a virus) >>



Couldn't have said it better myself.

 

[jhu]

yeah, linux

 

[amdskip]

yes because many people use my computer:|

 

[Blayze]

I use Norton 2k2 on my main system.

Sometimes LiveUpdate doesn't work and I have to run it again.


I have been using AVG on my laptop for the past 2 weeks, and Im really starting to like this "free" program. I switched from Norton to this because Norton slowed my poor laptop down at startup, etc...
AVG is smaller and does everything I need. (I may, not sure though, switch to AVG on my main system as well)

 

[tigerbait]

I use AVG.

 

[RGN]

AVG r0x0rs my house.

 

[Jfur]

<<
It's irresponsible not to run some kind of A/V software. You could be infected and not know it.
Spewing that crap all over the net, or at least to everybody on your address book. >>



Agreed. Anyone who does not at least try to prevent them has no right to complain about "stupid users"

 

[Squisher]

Only for convience, all my sensitive data(credit card numbers, bank acessing numbers) is on another computer that I don't download to or get email on. Reformatting because you've been wormed is such a pain.

 

[MrCodeDude]

Absolutely, NAV 2002 works in the background. More or likely, I don't need NAV, because I never open up email attachments from people I don't know. The problem is, I'd rather have the virus off my computer than just sitting there, waiting to be opened and executed.
-- mrcodedude

 

[SinNisTeR]

yes, AVG =)

 

[fatalbert]

yep

 

[BornStar]

I have NAV2001 but I haven't installed it since my most recent format. So currently, no, however I intend to install it eventually. Now I just have to decide when I want to.

 

[SSP]

Yep. NAV 2001.

 

[kduncan5]

Yep! The ActiveX control that allows Housecall to scan my PC -kd5-