Who doesn't bother with antivirus?

Exactly. It doesn't have to be productive to be cool and useful.

I've played with Beryl a bit, and I must say, I like it. I don't need all the bling, but having unfocused windows is a really nifty idea and I find that really useful.

I've always been a huge fan of virtual desktops, keeps the clutter down, allows you to assign various tasks to desktops.

I tend to have Firefox/Thunderbird on one desktop, file navigation on the other, music on the other with a playlist etc; and office stuff on desktop 4 etc;

It's the bomb.


edc said:
Desktop switching is fast using the mouse or keyboard, having certain windows without borders to increase desktop space, being able to zoom with the mouse or to make a window transparent when I want to copy information in to my own words (not copy and paste). That is more productive. The developers are aware that ultimately it can't just be eye candy.

Having a music video as my background, a movie playing on all four sides is not productive, but it looks nice, as I spend allot of time at my desk it is nice.

Windows you want to stays ontop, allows a user to play a movie in the corner while working, I switch desktops between the browser and openoffice word while the movie stays on all 4 sides. Not productive as such but very handy.
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I have an Antivirus but could quite easily get away without one. I have not been infected by any virus at home. A good firewall, solid browser (Opera) and a little care is enough.
 
Hmmm, you'll all think I'm paranoid but here goes:

My fileserver which protects our network is running AVG Professional 7.5, NOD32 2.7 and Kaspersky 6 to cover the viruses. It's also running AVG Anti-Spyware 7.5 Plus and Spybot Search & Destroy for those pesky spyware. Firewalls are ZoneAlarm Pro 7 and Windows XP SP2 Firewall and just to add to the paranoia WinPatrol 2007 Plus. :D

My PC is only running AVG Professional 7.5 and NOD32 2.7 and AVG Anti-Spyware.

My policy on not running anti-virus is the following: If you're stupid then suffer ;)
 
WKJ?:beanie

Why do you run a Windows file server? Our file server runs a proxy, dns server, doubles as a media center in the living room, plugged in to the TV, runs Ubuntu.

When it comes to data storage don't trust NTFS or Windows.
 
The less frequent variations viri and virii are virtually unknown in edited prose, and no major dictionary recognizes them as alternative forms. Their occurrence can be variously attributed to hypercorrection formed by analogy to Latin plurals such as alumni or false analogy to Latin plurals such as radii; idiosyncratic use as jargon among a group, such as computer hackers; and deliberate word play, such as on BBSs (see, e.g.: leet).

To complicate matters further, viri is already used in Latin as the plural of vir, meaning "man" (thus making viri mean "men")[1].

Check that out.
 
WKJ?:beanie said:
Hmmm, you'll all think I'm paranoid but here goes:

My fileserver which protects our network is running AVG Professional 7.5, NOD32 2.7 and Kaspersky 6 to cover the viruses. It's also running AVG Anti-Spyware 7.5 Plus and Spybot Search & Destroy for those pesky spyware. Firewalls are ZoneAlarm Pro 7 and Windows XP SP2 Firewall and just to add to the paranoia WinPatrol 2007 Plus. :D

My PC is only running AVG Professional 7.5 and NOD32 2.7 and AVG Anti-Spyware.

My policy on not running anti-virus is the following: If you're stupid then suffer ;)
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I was under the impression that more than one anti-virus on your PC causes more problems than anything else, primarily because they conflict and scan at the same time etc...can anyone clarify this. Bear in mind the NTFS partition uses more disk space than say FAT32, yet FAT32 is probably a dying breed. Reason being NTFS gives you more permission options and info and better control.

Im not sure what sort of partition linux uses

Btw Iv'e never seen a pc with more than 1 antivirus installed lol :)

For file storage I don't think NTFS is a bad thing, but I may be wrong. The only problem is that I think the majority of viruses affect windows platforms and NTFS partitions.
 
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multiple anti-virus systems True >> often their databases pick eachother up.

linux >> ReiserFS / ext3, but generally they arent hit by conventional viruses, there is an increasing trend on dictionary ssh login attacks.

Jonny Two Shoes said:
I was under the impression that more than one anti-virus on your PC causes more problems than anything else, primarily because they conflict and scan at the same time etc...can anyone clarify this. Bear in mind the NTFS partition uses more disk space than say FAT32, yet FAT32 is probably a dying breed. Reason being NTFS gives you more permission options and info and better control.

Im not sure what sort of partition linux uses

Btw Iv'e never seen a pc with more than 1 antivirus installed lol :)

For file storage I don't think NTFS is a bad thing, but I may be wrong. The only problem is that I think the majority of viruses affect windows platforms and NTFS partitions.
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Jonny Two Shoes said:
Im not sure what sort of partition linux uses

The only problem is that I think the majority of viruses affect windows platforms and NTFS partitions.
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ext3 is the default most of the time. It is a journaled file system. When your machine loses power it will start up and boot everything and run a "scandisk" in the background to fix data. ext3 is journaled meaning you don't ever lose any data.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_file_systems
 
edc said:
Because you could lose all your data because of NTFS or a virus. If its only a file server you could easily just run Ubuntu and ensure you don't lose anything ever.
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As long as you're running a mirrored RAID array in case of a disc failure and you have a remote site backup in case of a disaster (like a fire or theft).
 
edc said:
Because you could lose all your data because of NTFS or a virus. If its only a file server you could easily just run Ubuntu and ensure you don't lose anything ever.
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I have never lost a single file because of a filing system... I have never lost my car because of rabid pixies either :D You can't seriously expect me not to use an OS because of it's filing system (which I might add works like a dream)?! Or should I stick to DOS and FAT16? :rolleyes:

You can still lose data because of a virus, however, which is why I am making sure that the chances are slim.
 
WebhostingTalk said:
I still can`t understand why Standard Bank discontinued their key pad thingy.
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As part of the new design to Standard Bank's Internet banking web page, the security pin-pad has been removed. Use of this pin-pad has always been optional. Fewer than 1 in 7 users made use of the pin-pad for log-in since its introduction in 2003."
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http://www.standardbank.co.za/SBIC/Frontdoor_02_01/0,2354,10293765_25076974_0,00.html

With the OTP (one time password) system that Standard Bank introduced it doesn't matter if someone uses a keylogger to get your pin and password.
They would also need to have stolen your cellphone to get the one time password in order to transfer money out of your account or set up a new beneficiary.
 
Paul_S said:
As long as you're running a mirrored RAID array in case of a disc failure and you have a remote site backup in case of a disaster (like a fire or theft).
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Would be cheaper to buy a new disk and to plug it in to the Varsity network for a night to get all the data back. When I refer to data I refer to media, as in movies, series and mp3s. You are correct, when you really want redundancy a filesystem should not be the only concern.
 
WKJ?:beanie said:
I have never lost a single file because of a filing system... I have never lost my car because of rabid pixies either :D You can't seriously expect me not to use an OS because of it's filing system (which I might add works like a dream)?! Or should I stick to DOS and FAT16? :rolleyes:

You can still lose data because of a virus, however, which is why I am making sure that the chances are slim.
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Flatmate has lost data over and over again on his NTFS. Could be a bad disk or a reoccurring virus, but I don't trust his PC to store my favorite. ext3 is the way to go, in my opinion.
 
You can still lose data when using *nix and ext3/reiserfs, if your data is shared with write permissions and an infected PC has a virus that's motive is to infect and corrupt data over shares.

It's a LOT less likely than running 'doze, but it is possible. It's happened to me before.

But, like others have said, I'd trust my data tons more on a nix box with ext3 over anything else.
 
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