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myolbug
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Joined: April 09, 2004
Posts: 776
Location: 3 feet behind my head!
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Hmmmmm,
I don't use any anti-virus software, or spyware software. I have never done a virus scan.
I never have problems with spyware, adware, or virus's.
Oh wait, I don't use Windows or a Mac. I use Linux. It is free and virus free. |
You are playing the odds. There just isn't as many linux hackers. That will go up with linux popularity. |
I agree. That's the main reason I run a locked down router and a firewall/anti-virus. Ubuntu is getting pretty popular, but due to it's design and the fact that it is always updated/evolving it is a much harder system to hack, hence the reason I posted the above link. BUT, NOTHING is safe if someone skilled wants in.
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runslikeapenguin
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Joined: August 07, 2005
Posts: 4674
Location: Federal way WA
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| Russ Wolfe wrote: |
Hmmmmm,
I don't use any anti-virus software, or spyware software. I have never done a virus scan.
I never have problems with spyware, adware, or virus's.
Oh wait, I don't use Windows or a Mac. I use Linux. It is free and virus free. |
You are playing the odds. There just isn't as many linux hackers. That will go up with linux popularity. |
I agree. That's the main reason I run a locked down router and a firewall/anti-virus. Ubuntu is getting pretty popular, but due to it's design and the fact that it is always updated/evolving it is a much harder system to hack, hence the reason I posted the above link. BUT, NOTHING is safe if someone skilled wants in. |
ubuntu is pretty kick ass, if any ones wondering about it just go to their web site and get a free disk and check it out.
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SkrapMetal
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Joined: January 18, 2006
Posts: 2558
Location: Dallas, TX
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AVG antivirus free edition
Spybot Search & Destroy
Ad-Aware 2007
With those 3 programs you should stay virus free. Norton sucks like no other. As soon as I installed AVG, it found things that Norton was missing. Use Ccleaner to keep things clean too.
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1977_L63H_P27
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Joined: January 17, 2006
Posts: 2345
Location: Bristol, Tennessee
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Hmmmmm,
I don't use any anti-virus software, or spyware software. I have never done a virus scan.
I never have problems with spyware, adware, or virus's.
Oh wait, I don't use Windows or a Mac. I use Linux. It is free and virus free. |
There are just as many people out there writing viruses for Linux, as there are people writing popular software for it  . So you're safe  .
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Van-go108
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Joined: November 23, 2006
Posts: 2995
Location: Southwestern, NM
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Mr. Loaf
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Joined: March 30, 2005
Posts: 2098
Location: Okra, Oklahoma
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I run AVG with no problems. They now have an upgraded version, 8.0 I believe, that is better than version 7. I also run PC Tools Registry Mechanic and am happy with it.
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dquattlebum
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Joined: January 27, 2008
Posts: 243
Location: Sacramento
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I use Avast on my 1 and only windows computer the rest are either mac or linux. I have a hardware firewall that is pretty locked down. I actually saw in the log this morning someone tried to run a password script against it... They didn't get very far. They were doing it long enough for me to track and see where they were hitting it from... Somewhere in Ohio... Usually when it gets hit its from somewhere overseas...
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KantDriveFast
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Joined: January 08, 2005
Posts: 4293
Location: Caldwell, Id.
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I have had them all, mcafee, norton, even windows firewall, and the pop-ups were coming through no problem, drove me nuts. I used to run 3 different scans everytime I booted up, and within a few seconds they'd be back.
Finally stopped using internet explorer as my browser, and switched everything over to Firefox.
Haven't had a single pop-up months, and I uninstalled mcafee, and norton. Only running the windows firewall...haven't run a scan in a few weeks.
The problem is with internet explorer. The only time I need to use it is to go to Windows update...On the Microsoft site, I get pop-ups.  |
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myolbug
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Joined: April 09, 2004
Posts: 776
Location: 3 feet behind my head!
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I have had them all, mcafee, norton, even windows firewall, and the pop-ups were coming through no problem, drove me nuts. I used to run 3 different scans everytime I booted up, and within a few seconds they'd be back.
Finally stopped using internet explorer as my browser, and switched everything over to Firefox.
Haven't had a single pop-up months, and I uninstalled mcafee, and norton. Only running the windows firewall...haven't run a scan in a few weeks.
The problem is with internet explorer. The only time I need to use it is to go to Windows update...On the Microsoft site, I get pop-ups. |
You have spyware/malware. Get AdAware and Spybot search and destroy. For a start. Then stay off of the porn sites... 
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KantDriveFast
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Location: Caldwell, Id.
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I have had them all, mcafee, norton, even windows firewall, and the pop-ups were coming through no problem, drove me nuts. I used to run 3 different scans everytime I booted up, and within a few seconds they'd be back.
Finally stopped using internet explorer as my browser, and switched everything over to Firefox.
Haven't had a single pop-up months, and I uninstalled mcafee, and norton. Only running the windows firewall...haven't run a scan in a few weeks.
The problem is with internet explorer. The only time I need to use it is to go to Windows update...On the Microsoft site, I get pop-ups. |
You have spyware/malware. Get AdAware and Spybot search and destroy. For a start. Then stay off of the porn sites... |
Thats just crazy talk there!  |
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A.J.Sims
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Joined: December 11, 2003
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Location: LowBugget.com 982 N Batavia A4 Orange Ca 92867
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I use m
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A.J.Sims
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Location: LowBugget.com 982 N Batavia A4 Orange Ca 92867
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Sorry i had to shut off my comp...
Crap!!!!
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