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how can i tell if i have viruses?

guapo337

Platinum Member
I have never installed an anti-virus on my PC, but I practice fairly safe computing habits. My PC never acts up, or does anything bad. How can I tell if I have viruses without actually installing the software?
 
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When I see a file called "iexplorer.exe", sitting in a directory named c:\program files\iexplorer by itself, I don't need an antivirus program to tell me that's a virus. 😛
 
Sure you practice safe COMPUTING habits, but what about safe SEX habits? You never know where that 'Jane' girl's been! 😛
 
Originally posted by: guapo337
Originally posted by: notfred
If it doesn't do anything annoying/slow/crappy/etc... who cares?

Thats what I figure.

What about scheduled payloads?

There are online virus checking things, but I'm sure you actually have to install some kind of software for it to work.
 
Originally posted by: guapo337
I have never installed an anti-virus on my PC, but I practice fairly safe computing habits. My PC never acts up, or does anything bad. How can I tell if I have viruses without actually installing the software?

Some of the older viruses, just hang around and take up memory space. Others can actually try to infect other machines. You'll know when you get a call from some ISP saying they're receiving lots of port scanning packets from your IP.
 
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