OT: What Should I Do?

[David E. Gervais]

hmmm, let's see.. I have no anti-virus software installed and I just went to the PC-Trend free Housecall virus scannig service and it found no viruses on my system. I have never had any problems with viruses on my computer, I use common sense and it seems to be the best protection. If I think a file is 'suspect' I go to PC-Trend's Housecall and scan the file. their av database is always up to date and it does not hog my system by running in the background. (IMHO AV Software is for the paranoid PC users out there, I'm not in that crowd,.. wait a min, I consider AT a friend so I guess I am in that crowd after all LOL )

but seriously, how often are you people getting hit by viruses? What you need to do is track the source and if it's via e-mail then get something other than Outlook. (It's the #1 biggest backdoor delivery method for viruses.) and if you haven't done so allready get Mozilla or Firefox to replace that 'Other' virus backdoor thing called IE.

Nuf said, Cheers!

P.S. BTW here's the link to the PC-Trend Housecall virus scan.

[Strategia_In_Ultima]

DEG you get back to working on SEV RIGHT NOW! We want new pics! We want actual screenshots of a pre-beta version!

[ironman]

to: David E. Gervais

We the great players of SE IV would like to get an update of the races that will be in SE V.

So we can START modding now

[Atrocities]

Sivran said:
Norton 2003 isn't worth jack today!

Don't renew. Norton 2003 cannot detect packed malware (and no I'm not talking about archives, such as zip, rar, etc, packing is completely different), and also does not scan inside rar files. The definitions are there, but Norton 2003's engine is unable to read them. Don't hold your breath for an engine update with your subscription--Norton is one of very few anti-virus vendors who don't provide engine updates with a subscription. You have to buy new versions to get the latest scanning engine. Engine updates are not just for speed!

To stick with 2003 would be outright stupid.

So your recommendation is to buy a new version? Ok go with Nortan again, or go with another company, what brand would you recommend?

[Atrocities]

David E. Gervais said:
replace that 'Other' virus backdoor thing called IE.

Nuf said, Cheers!

P.S. BTW here's the link to the PC-Trend Housecall virus scan.

LOL to bad the link you sent me to says this "Only Internet Explorer Browser is supported." LOL

[Fyron]

Atrocities said:
So your recommendation is to buy a new version? Ok go with Nortan again, or go with another company, what brand would you recommend?

NO! His recommendation is to NOT purchase Norton products. You will just have to keep buying it, and a subscription, over and over again. For crappy software. Kaspersky is the solution. Whatever you do, do not buy any more Norton/Symantec products.

[Atrocities]

After this go about I am of the mind that Nortan can kiss my puffy white bare behind. The problem is, once Nortan has infected your system, there is no way to remove it. I tried before and it was a nightmare of epic proportion.

So I am stuck with the Nortan software no matter what I do, so really all I can do is buy nortan software since I cannot disable it and or extract it from my system without causing more errors then a windows 98 update.

Seriously you cannot uninstall nortan to any degree that it won't conflict with other AV products. Its a natorious scam that just keeps getting more natorious.

What other AV products are there? Panda Soft, MaFee (nortan clone), and what? (I noticed you said the one you linked to Fyron is crappy software so I guess that one is out.

[NullAshton]

AVG is pretty good. www.grisoft.com

[douglas]

Atrocities said:I noticed you said the one you linked to Fyron is crappy software so I guess that one is out.

Look closely, there's a period there. The "crappy software" comment is about Norton, and the linked product is "the solution".

[Sivran]

I hated Panda.. it caused even more of a performance hit than Norton.

And somewhere around there is a Norton remover, that gets rid of all the junk Norton leaves behind deliberately, in order to make competing products look slow....