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I just spent 2 hours de-virusing and de-spywareing a relatives pc. it scares me that there so many unprotected computers there. Some people dont have firewalls and antivirus software, and they dont even know they need one.

I really wonder how many computers out there are unprotected, and dont know how too.
05-09-2005 06:56 PM
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RE: Viruses
im not sure this should go in Tech Talk.. maybe chit-chat, im not sure..

but ye ur right, a lot of ppl dont actully care, some even have oso many spyware without knowing, its crazy, but wte, i guess everyone does what he wants of his pc..
05-09-2005 06:58 PM
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RE: Viruses
Yep 6 months ago i had a 98 computer and did'nt know what a virus was :O

But i changed and now i help people, i have learned so much about computers in such little time :P
05-09-2005 07:47 PM
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RE: Viruses
Yeah every PC should have some virus scanner... I'm scanning now and i've already found one trojan. grr
05-09-2005 07:57 PM
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RE: Viruses
Newer PC's you can buy have antivirus protection and a firewall built in, however a lot still don't, and many of those that do are only trials.
Most don't know they need one because they've never come across the need, or don't want to spend money on them even if they do. It's just lack of information.
However as for firewalls, Windows firewall is of a decent quality despite what people say. The main flaw is that it doesn't let you get a lot of detailed information on how things are going on it's defence, but at least users of XP SP2 can know that they have free protection against many online threats.
Microsoft are also developing anti-spyware programs now, which in time will be on all PCs in the next few years.
In more time they will most likely make a free antivirus program which users of Windows will be able to use for free. And so on. In the end Virus protection, spyware and firewalls will all be automatically on and automatically configurable on all PCs for all users by about the end of the decade, if all goes how I predict.
So it's luckily a problem that should be avoided with all luck. Unless we run out of electricity, in which case it doesn't matter at all :p
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05-09-2005 08:15 PM
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RE: Viruses
Firefox (or opera for that matter) should come standard with windows in stead of IE, That would filter out a lot of the spyware and virusses...
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05-09-2005 08:22 PM
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Firefox (or opera for that matter) should come standard with windows in stead of IE, That would filter out a lot of the spyware and virusses...
thats basically saying you think microsoft should bundle windows with COMPETATOR's software.. like they would do that
05-09-2005 08:39 PM
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RE: Viruses
Linux does it 8-) they should just go to windows grounds only, then get deals with companies or open source products to distribute them with windows, and they could brand them... etc

They could use Firefox and VNC and etc with windows skins and modified to show Microsoft's name, it would save them money and employees aswell
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RE: Viruses
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Firefox (or opera for that matter) should come standard with windows in stead of IE, That would filter out a lot of the spyware and virusses...
but then wouldn't firefox start to be used more, so hackers would move from IE to Firefox....... *-) cant really win

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RE: Viruses
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thats basically saying you think microsoft should bundle windows with COMPETATOR's software.. like they would do th
there is some talk of the new microsoft os supporting some linux applications
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