[QUOTE=GunsNRoses;21520715]No anti-virus for the win[/QUOTE]
Your dumb ratings are undeserved
If you're an intelligent user, you know not to open shady .exe files. That's all you need to know. It's nice to have an app that can scan an individual file (ClamWin works) , but resident AV apps are for people who can't stay virus-free on their own.
I have not had resident AV for years and have been fine (and saved myself from a lot of wasted resources).
I'm not surprised by this news at all. For all practical purposes, I consider McAfee & Norton to be malware.
[QUOTE=Metanoia;21520770]Your dumb ratings are undeserved
If you're an intelligent user, you know not to open shady .exe files. That's all you need to know. It's nice to have an app that can scan an individual file (ClamWin works) , but resident AV apps are for people who can't stay virus-free on their own.
I have not had resident AV for years and have been fine (and saved myself from a lot of wasted resources).[/QUOTE]
It's still nice to have backup solution. "Shady .exe files" aren't the only viruses out there; one can get infected from exploits, autorun malware, etc.
I use the latest Comodo. All unknown executables get automatically sandboxed, which takes away the worrying from running any program. Also, the in-built HIPS notifies me of any unwanted changes to my system.
[QUOTE=Metanoia;21520770]Your dumb ratings are undeserved
If you're an intelligent user, you know not to open shady .exe files. That's all you need to know. It's nice to have an app that can scan an individual file (ClamWin works) , but resident AV apps are for people who can't stay virus-free on their own.
I have not had resident AV for years and have been fine (and saved myself from a lot of wasted resources).
I'm not surprised by this news at all. For all practical purposes, I consider McAfee & Norton to be malware.[/QUOTE]
Yes, exactly this.
I'm Mcafee on XP SP3 and yet to have a pr
[QUOTE=Metanoia;21520770]Your dumb ratings are undeserved
If you're an intelligent user, you know not to open shady .exe files. That's all you need to know. It's nice to have an app that can scan an individual file (ClamWin works) , but resident AV apps are for people who can't stay virus-free on their own.
I have not had resident AV for years and have been fine (and saved myself from a lot of wasted resources).
I'm not surprised by this news at all. For all practical purposes, I consider McAfee & Norton to be malware.[/QUOTE]
That's why you use AVG 9.0 And Avast :frogc00l:
[QUOTE=GunsNRoses;21520808]Yes, exactly this.[/QUOTE]
Still, there's no reason why you shouldn't run an antivirus. Accidents happen, and malware can infect you in many different ways.
It's better to have protection "just in case"
[QUOTE=MisterMooth;21520804]It's still nice to have backup solution. "Shady .exe files" aren't the only viruses out there; one can get infected from exploits, autorun malware, etc.
I use the latest Comodo. All unknown executables get automatically sandboxed, which takes away the worrying from running any program. Also, the in-built HIPS notifies me of any unwanted changes to my system.[/QUOTE]
If you've run an exe through a manual scanner & it turns up no detections, and you still suspect that something malicious may be in there, and the source of the file doesn't have any comments from other users verifying its legitimacy, then maybe you should reconsider your software sources. Sandboxing works too, but not running all the time in the background using up my resources.
Exploits should be avoided by keeping your software patched to the latest version. In case of the unlikely occasion that you fall victim to an exploit before it's patched, I guess it might make sense to schedule a system scan regularly, but I don't think it's worth a real-time AV babysitter
I wouldn't be so confident about staying safe without AV software, except I've been doing it for years. I'm begging you, world, come infect my PC
the computer I am using right now at school has XP and it just wanted me to install an update...
[QUOTE=MisterMooth;21520842]Still, there's no reason why you shouldn't run an antivirus. Accidents happen, and malware can infect you in many different ways.
It's better to have protection "just in case"[/QUOTE]
Anti-virus always seem to fuck me over.
I think the OP is a good reason to not run AV too.
I run nod32 and happy with it. No reason not to.
[QUOTE=GunsNRoses;21520976]Anti-virus always seem to fuck me over.
I think the OP is a good reason to not run AV too.[/QUOTE]
Yes, because McAfee failing means all antiviruses fail too.
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I'll just leave this here
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqlVvqjvggs[/media]
AV is for computer illiterate people :smug:
[QUOTE=MisterMooth;21521033]Yes, because McAfee failing means all antiviruses fail too.
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There's potential for them to fuck up like this though.
Its over 800,000!!
It's their own fault for using shitty ass McAfee. Also how is the computer going to download the replacement update if the computer is stuck in a reboot loop?
[QUOTE=GunsNRoses;21521059]There's potential for them to fuck up like this though.[/QUOTE]
McAfee is a shitty antivirus. Your argument is invalid.
And this is why I love Avast!.
[QUOTE=Disgruntled;21521095]And this is why I love Avast!.[/QUOTE]
A similar thing happened to Avast a few months ago. :/
[url]http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/The-Avast-Problem-105773[/url]
haha, all computers in my school have it and that's why teachers whined that they can't get to internet
One of my Steam friends is using McAfee and XP SP3.
Can't wait to see if it broke his computer too, especially because he was waiting for The Passing so much.
Oh wow, I just uninstalled McAfee awhile back.
[QUOTE=Dr Magnusson;21520213]I'm surprised that antivirus programs have this much power, and that you can actually quarantine svchost.[/QUOTE]
If they were unable to, then virus writers would simply spoof that protection and make their viruses untouchable.
I've had Avast! reboot my computer before to get at a virus that was hiding behind system protection, the reboot was to grab it before that protection could hide it.
[QUOTE=johnlukeg;21520123]McAfee saw the true flaw in computer security - the user. Therefore, it has [B]assumed control[/B].[/QUOTE]
I agreed with this guy. Trust no one. Take everyone down. :P
All my schools newly bought computers (like 3 weeks ago) has gone down..
The school didn't have license to Win7 so therefore they used the old XP.. That sucks.
Avg free always done the trick for me, fast to install and no performance loss. Though i don't think it's so powerfull. But i just want to check shit i downloaded.
I'm pretty sure my mom is having this problem at the moment.
lol.
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