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 Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 11:11 pm
What really irks me is when you get a site that claims it will protect you from viruses such as trojans, spyware, things of the like. And then this little box will pop up asking you if you want to download their software for supposed protection and termination of these viruses you supposedly have. The site absolutely will not let you leave without clicking on a box, that should be your first cause for alarm not to click anything there. Best thing to do is to just keep clicking the x button and if that doesn't work, shut your computer down. Even if it's a hard shut down you probably won't regret it.
But anyways, for the rant. It just makes me mad how people with no life can sit and create these viruses and sites that give you viruses all because they have nothing better to do with their day. Go get a job!! Don't sit in your dark little room all day creating ways to make people's technology crap out on them and do something productive!! Sites like that claim they will protect you but if you click on "yes" or "no" there is a very high chance the site will give you all the viruses it claims you have... >.>
I don't get it though. In one window, last thing I remember it being was Gaia before it changed to this site called "VirusDoctor" claiming I had 9 trojans and tons of spyware. It's happened twice now and both times I was on the My Gaia page. Just looking at the site almost made my heart stop, I mean sure I know how to get rid of them but they can also do some serious damage while they're in there. So I simply closed out of the first pop up box and tried to go back to what was Gaia a moment ago. Another pop up box came up and refused to let me leave without clicking "yes" and letting it fill my computer with God knows what. Not this wolf's computer, no sir'e bob. I did a hard shut down, because I had no other choice to get rid of what was there, and then searched my computer for viruses or anything else that shouldn't be there. Nothing was found, just as I suspected. So just be on the watch for sites like this, they can seriously fusk your computer up! scream
... Thank you for letting me rant on this. sweatdrop
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Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 2:12 pm
I hate people who sit around making viruses. I mean, everything you know about software and THAT is what you create? Something that can ******** up people's computers? What is wrong with you?
I remember reading about a virus that was big on the internet at one time and the reports said it could cause physical damage to your computer. It was reported on a reputable site, so I forwarded it on to my family because most of them aren't net savvy. One of my uncles replied saying it was impossible for software viruses to cause hardware damages. For everyone out there who still believes that... you need to rethink that. Viruses affect the software in hardware, which means it can affect the software that tells your computer how to stay cool. My laptop was infected with a virus when I was in high school (no fault of mine) and when my dad sent it in to be repaired, the tech he spoke with throughout the process said "I have never seen damage like this to a hard drive. It looks like someone took a blowtorch to it, literally." We were lucky the machine was still under warranty or there simply would have been no repairing it.
For websites like you mentioned, Zu-zu, Alt+F4 is my friend. That is the keyboard shortcut for closing programs in Windows. I love keyboard shortcuts, especially where pop-ups are concerned.
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Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 4:19 pm
Thanks for that bit of info, Kitty! Alt + F4... Will have to remember that. >.>;
Oh! And I heard that they're coming out with this new type of virus on April 1st, called the Conficker Worm. What it does isn't all that great... So just be careful on what sites you go on after that point.
Supposedly this thing can take control of your computer from a master computer and wipe out your hard drive among other things. Not something I enjoy thinking about...
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Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 4:41 pm
I hate dealing with viruses, and with most anti-virus software. All that brand name crap that's supposed to protect you actually slows your machine to a slug's crawl. So yeah, you're protected, but have fun waiting fifteen minutes to do something that would have taken you fifteen seconds to do before.
Okay, I exaggerate, but I have had nothing but hell from Norton, McAfee, and the other brands that Best Buy and CompUSA insist that you need when you really don't. I had AVG Free and currently use TrendMicro OfficeScan (per my university's Internet-usage regulations), and my machine runs like a charm. I like to attribute that to the fact that she was built from a barebones kit and specifically chosen parts, rather than being a store-bought comp. x3 (Holy night did I just give my comp a gender?!)
I've wondered if Norton and McAfee don't have their own team of virus-writers JUST so they can stay in business. I wouldn't put it past 'em.
Once, a virus attacked the family VAIO, (a laptop we shared among the five of us) and that sucker dropped like a scorched mosquito. Sent it off to the shop, got it back, had Norton's Symantec software on it, and that bugger was slow as hell. I'm the techie in my family, so guess who had to try and fix that thing. -_-;;
But yeah, kinda straying there. x3 Honestly, I don't understand the people who do write those viruses. You don't get to see the expression on the poor fool's face whose computer you nailed, so why bother? :/ Bah. Some people get lulz from the strangest things, I guess.
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Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 8:36 pm
I've never really had much of a problem with Norton actually. Now McAffe yes. I found out the hard way that McAffe is great for networks, but horrible for singular desktops. I've never had my comp run slower than when we had McAffe.
I've got a little Dutch friend that keeps me out of harms way. If that supposed uber virus the Chinese have cooked up becomes active tomorrow, I'll be protected. I get alerts if anything or anyone tries to reformat my apps. It gets annoying when I'm online, but when I'm offline and I see:
Blah/Trojan/BlahComputerAids.exe015150/reform
Allow Report Reject
It gets pretty obvious as to what is happening. I like to trace things like that. Usually you don't find anything but some fake address in Chicago, but occasionally you get someone who doesn't know what they're doing. That's when things get fun.
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Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 8:54 am
The best antivirus I've found so far is AVG by Grisoft. It's not free, but they have a less impressive free version that just does virus scans and it's also not hard to find a bootleg of the professional version... I admit nothing in conjunction with that statement
I used Norton once, and it was great! Until it had a software update and my computer was suddenly running at 100% CPU usage all the time! It took Blue 32 hours straight uninstall time to remove the software. McAfee wasn't bad a few years ago. I really liked it, but something they did in their recent updates made it really suck!
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Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 11:43 am
AVG does have a nice antivirus program. I only ever used Free since I didn't have the money or the contacts to get the Pro version.
I think Symantec was the worst thing that Norton decided to do. McAfee... Meh. My grandpa's Dell has it and I swear I could have built a better PC than that thing.
100% CPU usage?! Cripes, Kitty! D: I never hit that unless I'm running Oblivion on full specs! O_O I bet you're glad that thing's gone.
Personal opinion, the big companies need to streamline their software. Until they do that and make it run on an average-to-low-end machine without killing said PC, I'll stick with TrendMicro.
As for that Conficker C worm, I don't really think it's too big a threat if you took precautions before it went/goes live. *shrug* I spent about an hour and a half talking my sis through Microsoft Update last night because she was paranoid about it. xD
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Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 3:21 pm
I'm downloading the free AVG software as we speak!
... Just as a temporary measure though. I don't want that Conficker worm in my computer. Dx
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Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 7:43 pm
My compy is the Fortress of Solitude..
Though recently i've had to swap over from Norton to McAfee, which is fine seeing as my computer is on a network with about 5 other computers with firewalls.
And praise Mitra that I got a new AV program; my Norton was broken and unpaid for and when I downloaded McAfee, after the scan I had about 5 viruses.. two of which had the word KILL in them stare
Long story short, I win.
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Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 10:04 pm
Norton = failure
Ever since Norton 2003, there's been a major bug that they've refused to fix. People in the compy-building world call it RAM hogging. What happens is Norton decides to take a look at your machine at start-up. Then it takes a snapshot at what resources are being used then, with no other programs running after your machine is booted. Then it says "well, this machine has 2.5 Gigs of RAM available, and only 1 is being used. That means, I get it keep 1.5 all to myself. YAY!!". If you DARE to run anything else, Chaka mad, no Firefox for you.
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Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 10:53 pm
Blue Atsushi-Kai Norton = failure Ever since Norton 2003, there's been a major bug that they've refused to fix. People in the compy-building world call it RAM hogging. What happens is Norton decides to take a look at your machine at start-up. Then it takes a snapshot at what resources are being used then, with no other programs running after your machine is booted. Then it says "well, this machine has 2.5 Gigs of RAM available, and only 1 is being used. That means, I get it keep 1.5 all to myself. YAY!!". If you DARE to run anything else, Chaka mad, no Firefox for you. I KNEW IT! D< I'll never trust Norton again (though I never did after what it did to the VAIO); my machine is a custom gamer machine, I need all that RAM for Oblivion and my myriad RAM-eating programs. xD (I'm serious about Oblivion, though.)
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Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 1:41 pm
I've had Norton before, back when I was little and with my old computer. Made that computer SO slow... x.x
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Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 5:00 pm
Eizoryu Blue Atsushi-Kai Norton = failure Ever since Norton 2003, there's been a major bug that they've refused to fix. People in the compy-building world call it RAM hogging. What happens is Norton decides to take a look at your machine at start-up. Then it takes a snapshot at what resources are being used then, with no other programs running after your machine is booted. Then it says "well, this machine has 2.5 Gigs of RAM available, and only 1 is being used. That means, I get it keep 1.5 all to myself. YAY!!". If you DARE to run anything else, Chaka mad, no Firefox for you. I KNEW IT! D< I'll never trust Norton again (though I never did after what it did to the VAIO); my machine is a custom gamer machine, I need all that RAM for Oblivion and my myriad RAM-eating programs. xD (I'm serious about Oblivion, though.) Oh yeah high five, PC Master Race! I built my computer from scratch so I could play Age of Conan heh, sadly I don't play it anymore due to the game's many issues concerning memory leaks and such. However, It makes Unreal Tournament 3 and WoW a lot nicer to play with a fast computer twisted Oh, and my computer is NOW the fortress of solitude.. I forgot to put the trash out before.
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Posted: Wed May 20, 2009 3:43 pm
SpyBot Search and Destroy
It's easy to use, takes up little space, and is VERY good at finding viruses. Although it doesn't alert you when you get one, so I do a virus check before I shut down my computer.
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Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 10:25 pm
Well said, and Oblivion is Awesome. High-five, Eizoryu!
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