Viruses, trojans, oh they all suck!
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Bad luck.
My friend got BAdTrans. He deleted it but windows XP just reinstalled it! It took him hours to get rid of it...
My friend got BAdTrans. He deleted it but windows XP just reinstalled it! It took him hours to get rid of it...
At least you can't die from a virus infection of yer pc 
Most nasty viruses seem to travel via mail and exploit Outlook Express. Dunno why ppl still use this piece of crap. I had 3-4 viruses on my PCs, never a serious threat though.
Most nasty viruses seem to travel via mail and exploit Outlook Express. Dunno why ppl still use this piece of crap. I had 3-4 viruses on my PCs, never a serious threat though.
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SpiritWalker
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Originally posted by Claw
At least you can't die from a virus infection of yer pc
that depends on how much you use you PC to make $$$
i've had a computer for like 3 years and not once have i ever had virus protection; not once have i ever caught a virus.
Uh, this might sound like a silly question, but how do you know if you have a virus or not if you don't have a program to point one out? You could have a half-dozen viruses and not even know it.
Cat Fuzz
Qualthwar's Minion. Ph34r!
I've been online for about 6 years now. I've never had anti-virus software and only got my first virus a few months ago. I knew something was wrong when my internet connection was constantly sending data even when my comp was seemingly doing nothing. I downloaded an evaluation copy of Mcafee to locate the virus, then went to Norton for the free fix.
STILL no anti-virus crapware on my machine. Don't need it.
My point is you can have a virus and not even know it. There are many types of viruses, and not all show themselves right away and are destructive enough to cause a major problem. I had a few viruses that Norton caught and when I read up on them I found they use your system to send out information to others. I don’t know about you, but I don’t need any Internet slow-downs just because someone is borrowing my PC and using some of my bandwidth. Other viruses don’t show themselves right away: some trigger on certain dates, some when you open an application, and some slowly work away messing your PC up a little at a time until it’s so messed up you have to do major work to repair things. My wife had a Chernobyl virus that was on her PC before she had anti-virus. It activated on the 26th of the month, when the Chernobyl accident occurred, and it slowly messed stuff up. It finally got to the point where she couldn’t do anything. I had to format to get rid of it.
damn, wrong button!
so, (I canned my dads pc and found an virus who is sending informations to the web. and hell I got rid of this sucker too. my dad had problems with his internet connection BTW!!! check yourself!!! I'll get you a link to an online virus scan site! they helped me alot! just lemme look...
OMG, YOU WERE RIGHT ! i had one file infected by this worm: w32.Sircam.Worm@mm. it infected a file that was put there by someone else. Which was totally undestructive, though it could've been dormant.
Still that's pretty good, i mean 3 years with no anti-virus software installed and only one undestructive worm.
Guess im lucky
Still that's pretty good, i mean 3 years with no anti-virus software installed and only one undestructive worm.
Guess im lucky