No Anti Virus yes it can happen if your smart..

I dont have anti virus for years now.... i dont remember when was the last time i had one... no virus here. :P

Jane_22

The problem is 10-15 years ago most viruses were made by a single or small group of users stretching their epeen whose main goal was to deny availability. The side effects were quite blatant and obvious as the person/group in charge wanted recognition more than anything else. The problem nowadays is that there is so much money and information online now that organized crime has taken a role in it.

Organized crime does not care about recognition, they care about the bottom line, so alerting users to their presence is not favorable. Just like everything else, AV is not the be all end all cure to viruses (they are usually 2-3 weeks out of fixing a newly discovered virus). Another problem is that their are tools like Backtrack and Blackbuntu, which makes hacking into a system all but trivial even with limited technical skills.

That's like saying you'll never have a flat tire and don't need to carry a spare as long as you watch where you're driving.

Better safe than sorry.

That's like saying you'll never have a flat tire and don't need to carry a spare as long as you watch where you're driving.

Better safe than sorry.

topgunmv

this is like saying "i'm such a good driver, i don't need to wear a seat-belt!". good luck dude, you'll need it.

BLKR4330

I've been rolling around for 3 years without an anti virus :P

[QUOTE="KalDurenik"]I have a quick question... How do you know that you dont have a virus... without a virus program or something that warns you about it? Not every virus is about making the computer fail. Some are about opening ports, finding passwords, bank information etc etc. Reminds me about a friends computer... "Him: LOL NEVER HAD A VIRUS TROLOLOLO" me: Well lets install a anti virus program... he had over 500 viruses on his computer :)Travis_Odell

The free version of avast is about as useful as eating steak with a spoon. My laptop was unable to process anything, so I ran a virus scan with free avast a couple of times and got rid of a couple minor threats, still the computer didn't work. I then bought bitdefender did a proper scan and removed 5 threats afterwards the computer was clean as a whistle and worked just fine.

[QUOTE="Travis_Odell"]

[QUOTE="KalDurenik"]I have a quick question... How do you know that you dont have a virus... without a virus program or something that warns you about it? Not every virus is about making the computer fail. Some are about opening ports, finding passwords, bank information etc etc. Reminds me about a friends computer... "Him: LOL NEVER HAD A VIRUS TROLOLOLO" me: Well lets install a anti virus program... he had over 500 viruses on his computer :)valium88

The free version of avast is about as useful as eating steak with a spoon. My laptop was unable to process anything, so I ran a virus scan with free avast a couple of times and got rid of a couple minor threats, still the computer didn't work. I then bought bitdefender did a proper scan and removed 5 threats afterwards the computer was clean as a whistle and worked just fine.

Don't need protection if you don't go to pron sites, right?

No reason to wrap it up if you remember to pull out, right?

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[QUOTE="Travis_Odell"] I forgot to mention that i run Avast and search and destroy yesterday and it found nothing, so i uninstalled and sent the programs to the recycle bin. I do use Ad block plus for Mozilla it's perfect.

V4LENT1NE

The free version of avast is about as useful as eating steak with a spoon. My laptop was unable to process anything, so I ran a virus scan with free avast a couple of times and got rid of a couple minor threats, still the computer didn't work. I then bought bitdefender did a proper scan and removed 5 threats afterwards the computer was clean as a whistle and worked just fine.

I think I'm on my 3rd license of Avast, I've always used the free. It has system scan, real-time shields, etc. It catches website malware and trojans off Ad's etc on the regular. Take www.ultimaaiera.com for example. Its baically a blog site, but I've been using it for years. Their webservers Ad service got infected with some crap two or three weeks ago out of the blue. Like someone else said, nothing is safe. You could get a serious virus from visiting the department of justice website if the right savvy hacker imbedded a good enough trojan into their service somehow.

Look I'm not gonna go on about how awesome Avast is because frankly I already know and don't need to convince you for free. All I'm saying is try it out (ITS FREE...) and you will not be dissapointed. Even if you don't like it, you won't remember you have it in two weeks anyways BECAUSE ITS NON-INTRUSIVE, DOESN'T SLOW DOWN YOUR SYSTEM PERFORMANCE, AND KEEPS OUT SYSTEM STD's.

THANKS

[QUOTE="jakes456"]

I haven ever been hacked or keylogged. I think the last time I had a virus was maybe 7 or 8 years ago on Windows XP. I can't even remember.

Yes I agree as long as you don't go to stupid sites or click on stupid things, you should never get a virus. But not using an anti-virus is a dumb move.

Avast has blocked malware and spyware many times from me just clicking on legit looking sites from google search.

Avast Free + Windows Defender is all I need.

KHAndAnime

I use noscript & adblock plus. Still got the malware warning just by clicking on the site.

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[QUOTE="jakes456"]

I haven ever been hacked or keylogged. I think the last time I had a virus was maybe 7 or 8 years ago on Windows XP. I can't even remember.

Yes I agree as long as you don't go to stupid sites or click on stupid things, you should never get a virus. But not using an anti-virus is a dumb move.

Avast has blocked malware and spyware many times from me just clicking on legit looking sites from google search.

Avast Free + Windows Defender is all I need.

jakes456

I use noscript & adblock plus. Still got the malware warning just by clicking on the site.