JAGO Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 I've had this installation of XP for almost 8 months now (has to be some sort of a record, I know), and I have never found anything with Kaspersky, Nod32, AVG, Avast, CA, or ClamWin. Does it have to do with my browsing habits? Or am I just lucky. I am behind a router, and I know having the hardware firewall helps, but it just seems too phenomenal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted December 5, 2006 Moderators Share Posted December 5, 2006 I've never had a virus period, but I've dealt with false positives on some rare occasions. It's just a matter of having the right security installed; firewall (software or hardware), anti-virus, and anti-spyware. Edit: And browsing habits do play an important role, such as not visiting and downloading anything from naughty sites, warez sites, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
res45 Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 I've never had a virus period, but I've dealt with false positives on some rare occasions. It's just a matter of having the right security installed; firewall (software or hardware), anti-virus, and anti-spyware. Edit: And browsing habits do play an important role, such as not visiting and downloading anything from naughty sites, warez sites, etc. Well I consider myself lucky I haven't had a virus in the past 4 years considering there 4 people using here. I did get one trogan on one of my computers but my security software picked it up when the fake email was opened and I was able to remove the remnants of it off my system. You just have to practice safe computing as best as possible along with a good security plan. One of the things that ticks me off the most is so many of the computer that I set up with good security and plain instructions on keeping them clean end up infested. When I check out the security programs they haven't been updated or even run but a few times if any you just want to throw up your hands at times. But they keep me in extra spending money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiral Ross Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 I've had a few on and off, but since I started using hardware firewalls haven't seen one since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators rridgely Posted December 6, 2006 Moderators Share Posted December 6, 2006 Last time I ever got a virus was when a cousin used my pc to check their email. They clicked on some fake ebay email and it tried to put a worm on my pc. Etrust caught it before it actually did anything and it wasn't really a problem. I guess my router is the most reponsible for blocking a lot of crap but also keeping windows up to date helps too. I do have good habits and I have my pc configured in a way where I think its pretty much impossible to get infected unless I physically download and open something.(but even then etrust would cach it and I usually right click>scan with etrust and avg as before I open anything anyway) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XPSP2 Posted December 23, 2006 Share Posted December 23, 2006 Last time I ever got a virus was when a cousin used my pc to check their email. They clicked on some fake ebay email and it tried to put a worm on my pc. Etrust caught it before it actually did anything and it wasn't really a problem. I guess my router is the most reponsible for blocking a lot of crap but also keeping windows up to date helps too. I do have good habits and I have my pc configured in a way where I think its pretty much impossible to get infected unless I physically download and open something.(but even then etrust would cach it and I usually right click>scan with etrust and avg as before I open anything anyway) Which is exactly why when my Sister and another friend of mine wanted to check their email I said sure, bring your laptop and I will connect you to my router, but you are not using my computer to check your email. I trust my Sister but I don't trust her browsing habits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldmannen Posted December 23, 2006 Share Posted December 23, 2006 It have todo with many things. Surfing habits, common sense, security thinking, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators DennisD Posted January 16, 2007 Moderators Share Posted January 16, 2007 I had about half a dozen virus`s while I was using the free 90 day trial security software that came with my pc. Not sure if I should mention the name. Never had one since changing to Norton Internet Security, and I haven`t changed my browsing habits. The only spyware I`ve had, if you can call them spyware, have been tracking cookies, which CCleaner has actually shifted. I was curious, so I ran AdAware, which flagged these cookies, and then I left them alone and ran CCleaner. Ran AdAware again and they were all gone. Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XanaTos112 Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 my mate had 59 viruses and around 700 pieces of spyware(ewido scanned that much,probably a lot of tracking cookies) when i scanned his pc.strangely enough seemed to run quite well Who watches The Watchmen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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