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Originally Posted by jgaiser
Install Linux. It'll probably do 95% of what you need and you won't have to worry about your machine being taken over...  |
Checking out Linux. Thanks
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Originally Posted by cromag
There are three levels of scans -- a flash scan (quick, but superficial), a fast scan (the one I run every day), and a full scan. On my computer (XP, with a 500 GB hard drive) a quick scan takes half an hour. A full scan takes several hours -- I run it rarely, and then set it to run overnight.
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Thanks cromag for the good explanation. What's "rarely" for those full scans though?
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Originally Posted by DarkScribe
Knowing someone is no guarantee that their email is clean.
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Good to know. Thanks.
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Originally Posted by taustin
Said said, I agree the only reason to do a full scan is if you suspect there's a problem of some kind. Mots of what gets through MSE will be drive-by web viruses that are most easily gotten rid of with a system restore. After that, do a full scan to find anything system restore missed. Other than that, a quick scan should be fine 99% of the time.
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thanks taustin. Good to know about the quick scan being good enough most of the time. So, the quick scan should identify the drive-by web viruses. Then do a system restore (which I don't know how to do--lol). Then a full scan?
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Originally Posted by teh603
You don't have to click on a link to get a virus. Banner ads can install viruses and stuff without you actually doing anything.
That's what I did, and haven't looked back.
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Thanks. I've got to find out more about Linux. Is it that much of a defense against viruses? Is everybody using it?
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Originally Posted by Fluribus
Yes. Good sites can get hacked. Even major players.
I figure that I'm a bit safer because I don't have Java installed, I almost never let scripts run, and I have a scary totem pole perched atop my case.
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What does Java have to do with it? (I have it because it gives me these updates. I have no idea if I need it or not.) (And I'm getting a scary totem pole.
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Originally Posted by EowynCarter
True, our corporate website got hacked not that long ago.
We discovered that when then trying to access some internal website, and having chrome warning about security issue as the domain had been blaklisted.
Gmail does a good job in filtering all the mess.
For the most part, if you stay away from illegal website, use a firewall, and keep your OS up to date, you're good.
I don't use an anti virus anymore. Last time i had trouble, that was because I had forgotten to run windows update on my new windows install.
And the record, windows XP own firewall do work. It was the only thing protecting my grand mother's PC. We ran a full scan when realizing that : noting.
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So just trust Microsoft Security Essentials to protect everything?