 OlegBellsouth FastaccessPremium
join:2003-12-08
Birmingham, AL
kudos:2
1 edit | Are you using security protection How many of you here do not use any protection at all?
I have not used any protection for the passed 4 years, and my PC %100 free of any infections. |
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 Name GamePremium
join:2002-07-07
North Myrtle Beach, SC
kudos:7 | Re: Do you use security protection Yell us how you did it..and what is the primary use of your PC...Your OS and what browser are you using
Thanks. |
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OlegBellsouth FastaccessPremium
join:2003-12-08
Birmingham, AL
kudos:2 | said by Name Game:Yell us how you did it..and what is the primary use of your PC...Your OS and what browser are you using
Thanks.
Well i am an IT. I have Windows 7, and running Firefox. I am using my PC for downloading Warez, watching HD videos, and doing some media format conversions, doc conversions etc... |
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Name GamePremium
join:2002-07-07
North Myrtle Beach, SC
kudos:7 | reply to Oleg
Re: Are you using security protection Saw that... did you every get that big pdf into word..did one myself for my dad the other day..asked those question since then will be easier for other members to compare and respond.. I was also wondering if your Bell fastaccess affords you any protection when using it..or are you just signed up for the regular stuff. Did you just start using Win7 recently or have you been using it those 4 years ?
I can tell you I don't use any protection as such either..and have never been whacked with stuff even on the fly..
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 StuartMWWho Is John Galt?Premium
join:2000-08-06
Galt's Gulch
kudos:2
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said by Oleg:I have not used any protection for the passed 4 years, and my PC %100 free of any infections.
How do you know? PC's don't get rashes or develop an itch 
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OlegBellsouth FastaccessPremium
join:2003-12-08
Birmingham, AL
kudos:2 | reply to Name Game
No. All of the tools i have tried have fail. AT&T offers a free Internet Security Suite powered by McAfee »www.att.net/s/s.dll?ep=16323&ch=at/tb/sec but i have never used it. |
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 heelyeahPremium
join:2004-02-11
Raleigh, NC | reply to Oleg
Wow, you're awesome. |
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Run hitman pro, you aren't clean. I can see this for a non windows OS but windows itself is like a giant trojan magnet. A lot of warez, cracks and keygens are full of trojans and since you don't have any protection you'd never know. Trojan_Gen32 you know? |
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WOW, excellent.
How do you manage to do that?
Just because your are IT guy?
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scross
join:2002-09-13
Cordova, TN
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I'm an IT pro, also. I run multiple layers of protection on each of my Windows boxes. They almost always scan clean, too, except for the occasional false positive - and sometimes when one anti-malware tool calls out another anti-malware tool as a potential problem, which is fun. (Usually these folks respect each other and play well together, but not always.)
But ...
This is Windows, after all, meaning that the entire ecosystem is shot full of potential security holes, down at the most basic and fundamental level. I try to keep everything patched within 24-48 hours of patch availability, and I keep all of my anti-malware up to date within reasonable limits (almost all of it auto-updates, anyway). But I have absolutely no confidence that I won't get burned again someday, as I have been in the past - although it has been a while now.
Sad to say, but Windows itself and the software that runs on top of it sometimes runs so poorly and is so unstable that it doesn't really matter much whether you are infected or not. The end result is the same - a flaky, unstable box. |
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Name GamePremium
join:2002-07-07
North Myrtle Beach, SC
kudos:7 | That is the best analysis I have heard in a long time..great post !
BTW..Thanks for the tip on Merit.  |
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 vaxvmsferroequine fanPremium
join:2005-03-01
Wormtown
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said by Oleg:How many of you here do not use any protection at all?
I have not used any protection for the passed 4 years, and my PC %100 free of any infections.
You can say the same things about having sex.
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Name GamePremium
join:2002-07-07
North Myrtle Beach, SC
kudos:7 | said by vaxvms:said by Oleg:How many of you here do not use any protection at all?
I have not used any protection for the passed 4 years, and my PC %100 free of any infections.
You can say the same things about having sex. Yep..sometimes they never even know what hit them SYS$SYSTEM: SYSUAF.DAT
Think my first hack was 30311142.59 [Enter] 99 [Enter] 9 [Enter] and that was before they had real puters.
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 EUSKill cancerPremium
join:2002-09-10
canada
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said by Oleg:I have not used any protection for the passed 4 years, and my PC %100 free of any infections.
How can you ascertain that?
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Name GamePremium
join:2002-07-07
North Myrtle Beach, SC
kudos:7 | reply to StuartMW
said by StuartMW:said by Oleg:I have not used any protection for the passed 4 years, and my PC %100 free of any infections.
How do you know? PC's don't get rashes or develop an itch And sharing your nuts does have consequences..Speedy Warez does not need any stinkin badges  |
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StuartMWWho Is John Galt?Premium
join:2000-08-06
Galt's Gulch
kudos:2 | Well even a blind squirrel finds a nut doesn't get infected every now and then
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Name GamePremium
join:2002-07-07
North Myrtle Beach, SC
kudos:7 | Then again..if you want to keep the score low..always a good idea to protect the backdoor. |
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said by Oleg:How many of you here do not use any protection at all?
I have not used any protection for the passed 4 years, and my PC %100 free of any infections.
I use a layered approach.
Ghost image
Deep Freeze
MSSE
NoScript
Beef Taco
Palemoon
UAC on FULL
Run as a limited user
Elevate when needed
Plus, I put a tarp over the PC at night
1.5GB RAM Windows 7 32Bit on an old Dell from 2006.
Dave |
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StuartMWWho Is John Galt?Premium
join:2000-08-06
Galt's Gulch
kudos:2 Reviews:
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| said by workablob:Plus, I put a tarp over the PC at night
How about protection for your RJ-45
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| said by StuartMW:said by workablob:Plus, I put a tarp over the PC at night
How about protection for your RJ-45 [att=1] Excellent point. Don't want the old Token shooting all over the place.
Sorry for the dated Token Ring reference.
It's where it all started for me.
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