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Quote by Jags
OK.. front or back USB???
Finger in the front one, toe in the back. Don't you girlies know anything?
Your setup is similar to mine, I think. If you keep Windows up to date with its patches, tell IE not to run any dodgy code (tools->internet options->security->custom level, and set anything saying "ActiveX" to either "disable" or "prompt"), and let the router do its NAT thing, your computer will be fine.
To keep you virus-free, it's necessary to either have no contact with any other person unless you are both enclosed in full-body condoms, or be dead.
Quote by DJohn
OK.. front or back USB???
Finger in the front one, toe in the back. Don't you girlies know anything?
Your setup is similar to mine, I think. If you keep Windows up to date with its patches, tell IE not to run any dodgy code (tools->internet options->security->custom level, and set anything saying "ActiveX" to either "disable" or "prompt"), and let the router do its NAT thing, your computer will be fine.
To keep you virus-free, it's necessary to either have no contact with any other person unless you are both enclosed in full-body condoms, or be dead.
I'm taking paracetamol q.i.d. and water every 15 minutes - that should sort out the virus! Thanks x xx
God, aren't proper hankies gross? Better by far than tissues but god bless the guy who invented washing machines!!
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Ok the bad news....
At present there is no 100% effective antivirus software and it is likely to remain that way for a while.
The problem stems from the fact that the virus has to be out in the wild before the antivirus firms update their virus signatures. This can take a day or so.
Then you need to download the update for your antivirus software (you do do that every day don't you), this can take anything up to 2 weeks for some people. AVG, for example, defaults to checking for updates every 14 days! - If you use AVG change it now to daily. Some versions of Sophos are set to monthly updates by CD!!!!!
Some, read most, virus checkers have a setting called Heuristics. This tries to detect virus like behaviour on your computer. Most antivirus used to come with this switched off
. Make sure it is switched ON. OK, it's not brilliant, but at least it caught one attempt on my system recently.
Now that I've scared you all shitless, there are a couple of things you can do:
Install a Firewall like Zone alarm - Make sure you think before you let a program access the web - should it be doing so?
Make sure you do your antivirus update dailyThese won't make you immune. What they will do is lessen the chance of you getting a virus/trojan/worm etc.
Oh, I'm paranoid - I run 3 different antivirus packages, one on the server, a different one on the mail server, Norton AV on the Workstations and a hardware firewall that thinks its a duck's arse!
At present there is no 100% effective antivirus software and it is likely to remain that way for a while.
The problem stems from the fact that the virus has to be out in the wild before the antivirus firms update their virus signatures. This can take a day or so.
Then you need to download the update for your antivirus software (you do do that every day don't you), this can take anything up to 2 weeks for some people. AVG, for example, defaults to checking for updates every 14 days! - If you use AVG change it now to daily. Some versions of Sophos are set to monthly updates by CD!!!!!
Some, read most, virus checkers have a setting called Heuristics. This tries to detect virus like behaviour on your computer. Most antivirus used to come with this switched off
. Make sure it is switched ON. OK, it's not brilliant, but at least it caught one attempt on my system recently.Now that I've scared you all shitless, there are a couple of things you can do:
Install a Firewall like Zone alarm - Make sure you think before you let a program access the web - should it be doing so?
Make sure you do your antivirus update dailyThese won't make you immune. What they will do is lessen the chance of you getting a virus/trojan/worm etc.
Oh, I'm paranoid - I run 3 different antivirus packages, one on the server, a different one on the mail server, Norton AV on the Workstations and a hardware firewall that thinks its a duck's arse!
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