230 viruses on the laptop. - Democratic Underground

Bertha Venation

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Thu Mar-19-09 03:19 PM
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230 viruses on the laptop.

:wtf:

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no name no slogan

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Thu Mar-19-09 03:20 PM
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1. That's what you get for using IE to download pr0n

Use Firefox for your pr0n needs, IE for the rest.

It works for me :thumbsup:

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Bertha Venation

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Thu Mar-19-09 03:22 PM
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2. LOL

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Lady Effingbroke

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Thu Mar-19-09 03:32 PM
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3. Good free programs.

Anti-spyware/malware:

Malwarebytes

Superantispyware

A Squared

A-Squared Free also has a version combined with free Online Armor firewall. A Squared + Online Armor

Anti-virus:

Avast

AntiVir

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Bertha Venation

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Thu Mar-19-09 03:49 PM
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4. Thank you, Lady.

:hi:

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blogslut

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Thu Mar-19-09 04:10 PM
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5. do you have firewall software installed?

That's a lot of viruses

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Bertha Venation

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Thu Mar-19-09 04:12 PM
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6. I don't think so.

Hmm...

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blogslut

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Thu Mar-19-09 04:18 PM
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7. Well, there's this

http://www.zonealarm.com/security/en-us/home.htm?lid=en-us

It's free but it's gotten kind of bloaty and upselly over the years. I use an old version of TinyPersonal Firewall but they chage money for newer versions now.

If you've got broadband you absolutely must have a firewall installed.

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Lady Effingbroke

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Thu Mar-19-09 04:26 PM
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9. Hi Bertha!

These sites have lots of good free programs, including firewalls, (I love freeware) and are updated regularly, especially Major Geeks. My favorite site is Major Geeks because it is updated daily and because of the crazy "Way Off Base" stories posted at the end of each day's updates. :hi:

Major Geeks

File Hippo

File Forum

Snapfiles

Download.com

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Mrs. Venation

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Mon Mar-23-09 02:04 PM
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11. We Use McAfee Security Center

which does include a firewall. And our WiFi is security enabled.

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Swede

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Thu Mar-19-09 04:19 PM
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8. Komodo and AVG are free.

There are viruses everywhere.

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hobbit709

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Thu Mar-19-09 04:30 PM
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10. That all?

I had someone bring one in for me to clean.
1842 viruses,783 malware/spyware.
Took me about 5 hours to clean everything out.

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