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Virus
- Thread starter Wesley
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Never want to worry about spyware, worms, viruses, or intrusions ever again? Welcome to to the wonderful world of Linux. www.linux.com for starters
Not to mention that it's more stable, free, etc, etc... Never pay for norton, or waste your time recovering virus damage again.
Cynic81
Frakkin Toaster
superimposedhope
Somewhat Unstable
Well, super, you bring up a point which no one can really deny, at this current point, Linux does require a slight amount of knowledge about what's going on, but that's the beauty (well, one of the beauties) of the open-source movement: it's constantly changing, new revisions are being made every moment, specifically in the direction of "user friendliness". But you need to consider, would the tech saavy use Linux if the only difference was that it can be more difficult to use? The point is that it is a more powerful tool, so much more can be accomplished easily, so much more in fact, that it's worth taking the 5 minutes to remove the shade form the few areas where some may exist. But in every aspect, it is a better tool than any product that Microsoft has yet to offer. So, before I go too far, let me leave it at, if you have any questions or intrests in Linux, feel free to contact me, or do some research yourself.
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jimscott
Tropical Fish Enthusiast
Hi All
Spyware killers do not get rid of virus's! They help in preventing them. if the virus is new and no software has been written for containing it , you cant stop it.You have to update virus software all the time. As for Lunix There is also Macintosh which has A Unix Core now and is more reliable than lunix and might we note Lunix runs on a Mac. Mac have very few virus's as with lunix.Nortons is good for virus software for a PC, Macaffe Pro I think is better with updatting and getting new updates. Spybot destroyer is a good product for keeping spyware which can have virus attached in the spyware.Adaware is also good but it creats a huge memory block on your computer and slows down computers. Just a few thoughts.
Jim
Spyware killers do not get rid of virus's! They help in preventing them. if the virus is new and no software has been written for containing it , you cant stop it.You have to update virus software all the time. As for Lunix There is also Macintosh which has A Unix Core now and is more reliable than lunix and might we note Lunix runs on a Mac. Mac have very few virus's as with lunix.Nortons is good for virus software for a PC, Macaffe Pro I think is better with updatting and getting new updates. Spybot destroyer is a good product for keeping spyware which can have virus attached in the spyware.Adaware is also good but it creats a huge memory block on your computer and slows down computers. Just a few thoughts.
Jim
Finch
Whats it to ya?
PlantAKiss
Moderator Schmoderator Fluorescent fluorite, Engl
MACs <span style='font-size:17pt;line-height:100%'>SUCK!</span>[b said:Quote[/b] (PlantAKiss @ May 05 2004,8:30)]I have a simpler solution. Get a MAC.
I have interenet washer, hack tracer, norton, Popup Blockers, etc. etc.
Oh, and if I get a email like "hi, how are you?" I just delete them, they're almost always spam! I've also been getting spam e-mails with "RE:" in them! Filthy little Fat Ba**a*ds
My sister and her husband's computer got the sasser worm. They did get rid of it though. I keep getting a bunch of emails with viruses attached from my college. I guess they must be having trouble with it. Can't you get the sasser worm even if you don't download anything?? I heard somewhere that you can get it if you don't have a firewall by just getting on the internet. Is this right?
-buckeye
-buckeye
You, see the relationship between all of the posts here is that people are writing several things. The simple point is that you don't need to have things installed, and you never need to worry about getting a virus before the "cure" comes out, or anything of the sort. The reason, adnedarn, that there are no viruses for Linux or Mac's, is because they are security based platforms. Furthermore, (another beauty to open source) people are always changing their versions, you can stick with a big name company, getting constant updates, or you can go for a less known version, this means thsat there are less similarity between platforms, and thus, less similar exploits, so if someone ever were to find a loophole, it could (generally speaking) only effect a small amount of machines. Woops- lunch's over...
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NickHubbell
It’s a trap!
I have never owned a Windows Based Computer. From the Apple II to the Power Mac G4 Quicksilver 2002, I have always had Apple Computer Products. Since owning a Macintosh since 1994, I have only had 1 computer virus and all it did was move my mouse pointer around.
As far as viruses go, I have yet to see one for Mac OS X. I do not have a virus program, although I should to eliminte the virus junk I receive from Windows based systems. I get virus attachments all the time, which cannot even run on my system. I am currently removing them by hand as I come across them.
Everyone has a platform of choice, and mine is Mac OS X!
As far as viruses go, I have yet to see one for Mac OS X. I do not have a virus program, although I should to eliminte the virus junk I receive from Windows based systems. I get virus attachments all the time, which cannot even run on my system. I am currently removing them by hand as I come across them.
Everyone has a platform of choice, and mine is Mac OS X!
