My anti-virus software has been hassling me for the past few weeks to update my virus definitions, registration, blah blah etc. I finally got tired of it (and happened to be online at the time) so I decided to just let the damn thing update. I wasn't using it at the time anyways, so it wasn't going to exactly be wasting my time. And it can never hurt to be up to date. So I let the thing update itself.

I came back to the computer about 20 mins later once it was done, and it told me I had to reboot. So, I did that, and wandered off. When I came back, I had discovered my anti-virus software had notified me that it had discovered two viruses, and it had deleted them. "Hrm," I thought, "perhaps I should do a full system scan, just to be sure."
It'd been a few weeks since my last ad-aware scan, and a few months since the last virus scan, so I thought I should do one. The ad-aware brought up 8 results, which were promptly deleted, but what the virus scan brought up was most interesting...





I'm not worried about the last 24 files - they are apart of a program I have which will remain nameless, however the other 89 gave me quite a shock.. I havn't had a problem with my rig for probably 8 months now.. I'm amazed that I could possibly have 89 viruses and have the computer even booting up. It's absolutely incredible... It seems I've got bugs crawling out of my computer from everywhere! Will it never end?!

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"When all else fails, eat pie."
-¬thoughts from beyond observance

What is your main browser?
Your mail application?

And that software to remain unnamed, is it filesharing software? There are spyware-free programs, you know

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Of war, we don't speak anymore

[This message has been edited by Molgrew (edited January 03, 2004).]

poor poor jin

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" You killed me. That wasn't very nice."
Noble Gases

Well, I'm glad you're not using FSecure

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<landfish> FastGamerr > Satan

Main browser was IE. Bring on Firebird.
I guess my mail application would be Outlook Express.. but I rarely ever use it. But it's probably where most of the viruses came from.

And the software to reamin un-named is not file-sharing software, and the file-sharing software that I do use is spyware free.

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"When all else fails, eat pie."
-¬thoughts from beyond observance

You know iv NEVER had a virus. Thx god I know how to surf the internet safely.

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C:\Dos C:\Dos\Run Run\Dos\Run

I highly doubt that. Especially in today's world wide web.

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Frogblast the Vent Core!

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I swear my comp. has a virus(its making alot of hard drive 'thinking' noise/light when I'm not/have done any thing for a while)

I tryed updating my virus scaner/spybots&d, and runing a full scans but nothing comes up

COuld be spyware as well.

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I'm not an actor. I just play one on TV.

How dare you kill tose defenseless Viruses Jin!
I'm shocked.

Well I don't think you have 89 virii (sp?), its just 89 files are infected with the same virus.

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Massassian since: March 12, 2001

[=-"The hardest thing is to forgive, but God does;
Even if you murdered or robbed, years wrong, but God loves;
Take one step toward him, he takes two toward you;
Even when all else fail, God supports you." - Nas-=]

you know i think i have some kind of spyware, something auto Hyperlinks stuff for me on webpages now. It's really weird. But are there any free spyware removers out there? My damn dad must be surfing pr0n or something i need to lock this thing on startup if anyone remeber my thread about my surfing dad pr0n (lol). THIS IS EXACTLY WHY I DON'T WANT HIM ON COMP.


*edits woops forgot to add a word that made me looks bad *
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---Thomas jefferson, Declaration of Independance.

[This message has been edited by TwistedSoul (edited January 03, 2004).]

www.downloads.com Try Spybot, others reccommend AdAware but I never have needed it.

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har.. thats nothing

I searched my sisters laptop, the one she uses for just instant messaging and limited searching yesterday

With ad-aware, I got 168 programs, and with norton, I got 128 virii

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Happy "Diseased" dud: You said I'd be like this guy. Boycotting everything..
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