Virus Season?

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AstroTurf

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Got 4 computers from friends this weekend, all horribly infected, all with up to date anti viruses.

What is going on?
 
what av software? with sensible usage and a decent av i find it difficult to get infected, haven't had a serious infection for about 5 years, using avast primarily
 
Fader4 said:
what av software? with sensible usage and a decent av i find it difficult to get infected, haven't had a serious infection for about 5 years, using avast primarily
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In a nutshell.
One of them got one of those "scary" popups and followed instructions.
One of them's son wanted to play games but could not install as the anti-virus kept blocking the "cracks".
Two of them ????
 
Well for those two you mention one is smart social engineering against uninformed user, other is nefarious user working against smarter software.
 
noswal said:
Well for those two you mention one is smart social engineering against uninformed user, other is nefarious user working against smarter software.
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Yep, Usually ends up being ebcak errors.
 
Haven't had a virus in more than 10 years - then last week my PC's antivirus expired and a day later I catch this biatch of a trojan. Most likely unrelated, but the next day my mobo gets smoked.

Lesson learnt: never be complacent about your PC security
 
No antivirus yet takes into account the monumental amount of human stupidity out there.
 
Having an Anti-Virus Scan IS the virus.

I always use to have Anti-Virus Scan software running - and I always had:
- Pop-ups telling me of trojan this or Malware that, especially at Lans,
- Asking for permission every time a new program wants internet/etc.
- Made my computer slower because of a damn "Live Scanner" Running 24/7 checking everything first.
- Worries when I run a keygen/etc because of all the threats
- Warnings when I plug in a USB.


Now I just sit back and relax - no Virus Scanner Installed (for the past 5 years or something)

No Pop-ups, No Dialogues, Nothing Slowing my PC Down, No live Scanning, nothing, nada, zilch.
I run my cracks with 0 issues, I plug in a USB with 0 warnings, I get no "TROJAN DETECTED!" Dialogues, and my PC is not slow.


Anti-Virus Scan? You gotta be kidding me. No thanks.
If I ever do get a serious one I format and re-install, and should take me 40 minutes. simple. (never happens though)

You guys are the ones with constant Trojan Virus Popups, dialogues, warnings and needless stuff scanning your Pc 24/7. :D
 
Keeper said:
Having an Anti-Virus Scan IS the virus.

I always use to have Anti-Virus Scan software running - and I always had:
- Pop-ups telling me of trojan this or Malware that, especially at Lans,
- Asking for permission every time a new program wants internet/etc.
- Made my computer slower because of a damn "Live Scanner" Running 24/7 checking everything first.
- Worries when I run a keygen/etc because of all the threats
- Warnings when I plug in a USB.


Now I just sit back and relax - no Virus Scanner Installed (for the past 5 years or something)

No Pop-ups, No Dialogues, Nothing Slowing my PC Down, No live Scanning, nothing, nada, zilch.
I run my cracks with 0 issues, I plug in a USB with 0 warnings, I get no "TROJAN DETECTED!" Dialogues, and my PC is not slow.


Anti-Virus Scan? You gotta be kidding me. No thanks.
If I ever do get a serious one I format and re-install, and should take me 40 minutes. simple. (never happens though)

You guys are the ones with constant Trojan Virus Popups, dialogues, warnings and needless stuff scanning your Pc 24/7. :D
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Sounds like you are running linux :D
 
Nope Windows 7 Ulti.

seriously guys, if you know what you are doing (which a lot of MyBB users do), you don't need that anti virus junk.
 
Keeper said:
Nope Windows 7 Ulti.

seriously guys, if you know what you are doing (which a lot of MyBB users do), you don't need that anti virus junk.
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As long as you don't mind having your private data fed to some 3'rd party without your knowledge but I guess ignorance is bliss hey...
 
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