April 1st Virus?
 

have you guys heard or got the text about it? sposedly some russian kids made i virus that is going to take over all windows based computers if your virus protectin dosent have a special update...


IDK!!! :102:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conficker

Keep your anti-virus up to date... don't download files from an unknown source... and freaking use Firefox with Adblock Plus. :D

One of my computers got trashed by a pop-up installing worm last fall... effin biotches!

EDIT: http://www.slate.com/id/2214970/?GT1=38001

damn i hate firefox but if it allows me to continue to use ZDriver... :)

so you think my McAfee is good? im updating it as we speak...

I use Firefox every day... if by chance I open up IE to do something, I notice a huge slowdown in online activity. So much overhead in Microsoft products.

ok im on my firefox, how do i know if i have AdBlock plus?

It's a plugin: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865

Install & then you need to import the USA list.

do i need to subscribe to an easy list or define my own settings?

EDIT****

NM im a tard

running that ^^^^ and McAffee and spybot, updating all. yeah im good. i might even install this software my buddy uses, it allows NO ACCESS to his computer by ANY outside or inside source haha. keeps his speeds up and computer safe but its super annoying when you want to use certain programs that use the internet and you have to approve every single ones access.... forget what its called though.

lol firefox rocks!!!! no more gay adds

Mcaffee and Norton are Jokes and system hogs to boot. If you want a slower computer, by all means, use them.

Firefox
NOD32
SpywareBlaster
Sygate Personal Firewall Pro
O&O Defrag Pro 10
CCleaner

Firefox addons: this is what I run;

Adblock Plus 1.0.1
Adblock Filterset.G Updater 0.3.1.3
CustomizeGoogle 0.76
Greasemonkey 0.8.20090123.1
Paste and Go 2 0.8 Compatibility Overridden

I do not have intrusions, viruses, Trojans, spyware or anything. I do not keep anything on my desktop that has to be rendered like folders and shortcucts. I use quick launch. Here are some pics, notice that with a couple of windows open I am at 23 processes and ONLY 252megs of memory used. She runs like a dream.

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c140/mwh5150/Mdes.jpg
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c1...150/Mdes-3.jpg

ghey lol

how do i get youtube vids to play with this here firefox thingy?

Get Greasemonkey

What do you mean Ghey!! Is this more your speed?

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c1...5150/Des-4.jpg

norton and mccaffe are also bad because they are so common that most of the viruses made are made to get around nortons and mccaffe. when i switched back from mccaffe to avg again, avg had a lot of cleaning up to do. and avg is free. avg ftw. avg

Yeah...AVG would be in my top 5

McAffe is better than norton at least. norton can blow me! McAffe isnt THAT bad. also NOD32 is the program i was thinking of.

I hate Norton and McAfee just about as much as I hate HP computers:s-chainsaw:
I've sucessfully removed both using these...

Norton Removal Tool
http://service1.symantec.com/Support...05033108162039

How to remove McAfee
http://www.pchell.com/virus/uninstallmcafee.shtml

Hope it helps anyone cursed by Norton or McAfee...

I run a program called minefield for my browser (x64 firefox)

Avast Anti-virus (Free)
Comodo Firewall (Free)


Wont ever touch norton or mcafee... they are like AOL software.....

McAfee just took a shit on my chest. lol. time to upgrade!!!! grrr... just as i stuck up for it.... :(

so it's been april first for an hour and a half where i live, and i'm still strait i think.

did you read the articles?


also, i did the full ESET setup 30 day full trial, torrented a Fix for them so they stay permanent and not a trial. full update on spybot and such now scanning the computer. with McAfee gone my startup time got alot better!

OH NOESSS my computeriss on fire~!

Sweetheart, you know where I live...send me your lappies and I will make them like new. Memory can help but first the underlying problems must be found and dealt with. Dell = Doo Doo unless it's an XPS. The only Laps I would own would be HP, Sony and Mac Power books. These three are just way less of a hassle than most other brands. Firefox rocks...I have only ever had one issue with it and it was my fault. The Firefox stuff I talked about are addons...just things to help the web browsing experience less stressful than IE.

Avast with Ad-Aware here. Both work excellent and are free. They catch trojans and viruses immediately. And of course I am running Firefox. ;)