So what's up with this?

Ross1234 · 23 Mar 2009 at 01:19

I think you need to read up on virus's mate.

K1LLSW1TCH · 23 Mar 2009 at 01:21

Did you come here to tell us it takes "45 mins" to reformat then?

Nate Silvers · 23 Mar 2009 at 01:26

formatting is fun and whoever says different doesn't know how to have a good time.

K1LLSW1TCH said:
Nate if you don't use an AV purely because of it being a "System Hog" then get a better system

I got a good system and it can run an AV but what's the point? They make up crap like oh you got attacked 2 thousand times in the last 3 minutes better get the full version.

reflux said:
Is this thread just a clusterfark of twelve-year-olds?

Oh and now we have a middle aged man poking his nose in huh

Ross1234 said:
I think you need to read up on virus's mate.

heres something for you to read up on mate "we don't need av anymore"

Lightnix · 23 Mar 2009 at 01:26

No, no, it's worms that need physical contact, viruses can spread through the air and sometimes live in hibernation without a host computer for hundreds of years. But yeah if you get a virus, they're so small they're invisible, that's why we need a doctor - I mean antivirus to diagnose our symptoms. If you get spyware, the best thing to do is close your curtains and call the police.

K1LLSW1TCH · 23 Mar 2009 at 01:31

formatting is fun and whoever says different doesn't know how to have a good time.

My idea of a good time = Coke and Hookers, yours is obviously reinstalling windows... Why don't you go outside and get that pasty white skin some rays? Tool

sorn21 · 23 Mar 2009 at 01:32

Lightnix said:
No, no, it's worms that need physical contact, viruses can spread through the air and sometimes live in hibernation without a host computer for hundreds of years. But yeah if you get a virus, they're so small they're invisible, that's why we need a doctor - I mean antivirus to diagnose our symptoms. If you get spyware, the best thing to do is close your curtains and call the police.

but lightnix, what about scareware??
I have heard that requires some sort of witchdoctor and dependant on severity, perhaps an exorcism?

Nate Silvers · 23 Mar 2009 at 01:49

K1LLSW1TCH said:
My idea of a good time = Coke and Hookers, yours is obviously reinstalling windows... Why don't you go outside and get that pasty white skin some rays? Tool

coz i'm not a druggy and don't like catching stis lolzap

K1LLSW1TCH · 23 Mar 2009 at 01:57

coz i'm not a druggy and don't like catching stis lolzap

Why are you still posting, haven't you gotta go reformat?

coupe69 · 23 Mar 2009 at 02:00

Nate Silvers said:
I dunno, I never really get any viruses

Sure you don't :rolleyes:

Nate Silvers said:
I use a ghosted image and it takes what 5 seconds and I have all my stuff installed. My friend also does this a lot and blah blah blah blah.........snip

Can I ask how big is your image? An average image I restore at work is usually about 10 gig or so and takes roughly 10 mins, so I'm intrigued to know what sort of size your image is to only take 5 seconds to restore.
To restore my image on my home pc (roughly 530Gb) with all my games, photos, videos etc etc on would take a damn sight more than five seconds, more like at least an hour. Not forgetting that you'd have to create the initial image at some point which takes significantly longer.

Nate Silvers said:
formatting is fun and whoever says different doesn't know how to have a good time.

Hmmm.....watching a progress bar on norton ghost for an hour or so sounds like great fun to me, give me a shout next time you do it and I'll pop round for a cheap thrill

icey_haj · 23 Mar 2009 at 02:06

Ok ladies, take it easy with the handbags.

Nate, if you don't like having AVG and/or ZoneAlarm installed then simply uninstall them. Then format

Also, haven't you seen the adverts? You should always carry protection!

icey_haj · 23 Mar 2009 at 02:09

delete

siumatfung · 23 Mar 2009 at 02:58

just lol i have actually given up on this thread its gone beyond the point of banter and more like a alcoholics anomynus session haha but coke and hooker lol what a one liner lol hahaha

Lightnix · 23 Mar 2009 at 07:08

I think the people in this thread fail to see the real health hazard of air born viruses for both their computer and their personal health. It's all about the microwaves dontchaknow?

richyb_safc · 23 Mar 2009 at 08:06

Nate Silvers said:
I got a good system and it can run an AV but what's the point? They make up crap like oh you got attacked 2 thousand times in the last 3 minutes better get the full version.

Last time I saw a AV say that it was a friends computer that was absolutely riddled with trojans etc. Maybe your gf's Dad was protecting his own hardware from your fested little netbook? just a thought

richyb_safc · 23 Mar 2009 at 08:07

Nate Silvers said:
heres something for you to read up on mate "we don't need av anymore"

Oh yeah, I forgot, cos there are no viruses (virii

) anymore are there?

Smit · 23 Mar 2009 at 08:27

Nate Silvers said:
I got a good system and it can run an AV but what's the point? They make up crap like oh you got attacked 2 thousand times in the last 3 minutes better get the full version.

no idea what kind of AV you have tried running there but sure sounds more like the dodgy spyware applications that do that

Geckovich · 23 Mar 2009 at 08:46

I always wondered where zombie computers came from. Enjoy being used for spam, phising and DDOS.

Also:

Nate Silvers said:
I don't think I'm smart or almighty infact I don't even consider myself experienced with windows but I do know that I don't need to use an AV.

Fenris · 23 Mar 2009 at 08:54

he obviousely uses some sort of "Crazy Voodoo", and while we are running a quick virus scan every week he's sacrificing a goat to the great gods.

magicroundabout · 23 Mar 2009 at 09:25

Nate Silvers said:
AV can make you get more viruses because if there wasn't any viruses they wouldn't make money (maybe a bit farfetched) and i said i used to use them and i got viruses out of nowhere but since i stopped my pc has been clean.

what a way to start a monday morning. This is quite a funny thread.

so since you stopped using an AV which detected viruses (which according to you does so on purpose to make money!) you haven't found any?!

Doesn't this just mean they filter through undetected because you haven't an AV or are your AV powers strong?!

daniel_bourton · 23 Mar 2009 at 09:52

lol this was funny