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  • =98=
    Member
    • Oct 2006
    • 10299

    #16
    Re: best free antivirus

    Originally posted by AbJ32
    ....Yet for some reason I am yet to get a virus infection from iFrames, and I do scan with non-realtime virus scanners. Is it because I have my permissions configured properly, or because I use UAC? I'm not sure, but whatever the reason, I haven't been having issues with it.
    Just because you haven't been affected doesn't mean you won't be. But, anyway, your ultimate wisdom outdoes anyone on this forum. Of course real time virus scanners are silly.

    We are silly people :yay:

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    • Hellsent 2.0
      Member
      • Jul 2007
      • 2137

      #17
      Re: best free antivirus

      Bring on the trump-...I mean BRING ON THE SILLYNESS!

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      • [Expletive Deleted]
        The Penetrator
        • Oct 2006
        • 2855

        #18
        Re: best free antivirus

        Originally posted by Alex98uk
        Just because you haven't been affected doesn't mean you won't be.
        The absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.

        If you have NEVER been infected by any kind of malware, you either don't use your computer online for anything, or you just don't know you're infected.

        Virtually every popular site has had some kind of virus stuck on it at least once by hackers.

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        • AlecJ32
          Site Staff
          • Aug 2008
          • 502

          #19
          Re: best free antivirus

          Originally posted by Unnamed Assailant
          If you have NEVER been infected by any kind of malware, you either don't use your computer online for anything, or you just don't know you're infected.
          I'm sure I'd know fairly quickly if I was infected, since viruses don't just sit there and not do anything. They leave bread crumbs along the way, and they're not hard to find. If the easy-to-spot symptoms aren't enough, the virus scanners I used every once in a blue moon to make sure I haven't missed anything certainly would spot things that shouldn't be on my PC.

          Originally posted by Unnamed Assailant
          Virtually every popular site has had some kind of virus stuck on it at least once by hackers.
          Well, either I've had frighteningly good timing, and never visited any of those sites when viruses were placed on said site, or you made that statistic up off the top of your head.

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          • [MyIS]Dan
            MyInternetServices.com
            Support
            • Aug 2005
            • 1060

            #20
            Re: best free antivirus

            Just wondering AbJ32, what scanner have you used before to do the "once in a blue moon" scans? Live CD?

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            • [Expletive Deleted]
              The Penetrator
              • Oct 2006
              • 2855

              #21
              Re: best free antivirus

              Originally posted by AbJ32
              Well, either I've had frighteningly good timing, and never visited any of those sites when viruses were placed on said site, or you made that statistic up off the top of your head.
              Google "popular site hit by virus" and you'll see news articles for:
              Myspace
              Facebook
              Twitter
              CNN
              ABC
              CBS
              Yahoo
              Google
              eBay
              Sony's Playstation site
              us.army.mil and other DoD/Pentagon sites
              the U.S. Immigration site

              There are more if you know how to look. And many sites aren't exactly willing to let the whole world know if they've been infected. :p

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              • [USAC]S|Cpl.TinFoil
                Member
                • Nov 2007
                • 136

                #22
                Re: best free antivirus

                Originally posted by [MyIS]Dan
                Makes me wonder why.

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                Yes, when you label anything vaguely suspicious as a virus, it'll catch most anything.

                http://www.av-comparatives.org/index.php (Feb '09 Tests)

                Avast: Missed 568,128; 28 false positives
                AVG: Missed 634,138; 17 false positives
                NOD32/ESET: Missed 575,484; 13 false positives

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                • AlecJ32
                  Site Staff
                  • Aug 2008
                  • 502

                  #23
                  Re: best free antivirus

                  Originally posted by [MyIS]Dan
                  Just wondering AbJ32, what scanner have you used before to do the "once in a blue moon" scans? Live CD?
                  Usually I use a tool available on F Secure's site, but just for thoroughness I'll use one of the popular Anti-virus programs like Avast with all of the real-time protection features disabled so that it's just a virus scanner. One time I did use ClamAV from a Linux kernel running in a Live environment, but that was just once, since I wasn't convinced of how well it's virus definitions worked for Windows.

                  Originally posted by Unnamed Assailant
                  Google "popular site hit by virus" and you'll see news articles for:
                  The problem with that is that not all of those cases are situations where the virus can simply infect a well configured and secured computer with no error on the part of the end user. Then you have to take into account that these news sites may not be the best source of information. News sites tend to be full of half-true or just plain wrong crap designed to hype up bandwagoners.

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                  • [MyIS]Dan
                    MyInternetServices.com
                    Support
                    • Aug 2005
                    • 1060

                    #24
                    Re: best free antivirus

                    Originally posted by [USAC]S|Cpl.TinFoil
                    Yes, when you label anything vaguely suspicious as a virus, it'll catch most anything.

                    http://www.av-comparatives.org/index.php (Feb '09 Tests)

                    Avast: Missed 568,128; 28 false positives
                    AVG: Missed 634,138; 17 false positives
                    NOD32/ESET: Missed 575,484; 13 false positives
                    avast! have been know to fix FP's very quickly, it would not bother me too much, throw it in the chest then wait a few days for a new vps. :)

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                    • imported_Field
                      Member
                      • Apr 2007
                      • 2234

                      #25
                      Re: best free antivirus

                      i dont even have an antivirus myself, i just dont go to questionable sites and dont go clickety on a bunch of stuff and then theres nothing to worry about.

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                      • KillerStickMan
                        Senior Member
                        • Oct 2007
                        • 817

                        #26
                        Re: best free antivirus

                        i like my pronz, so i have antivirus installed...

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