Comments on: Viruses Bite

By: vader

vader — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 03:23:24 +0000

Firefox add-ons are made by 3rd parties, not Mozilla. So it’s a given that one must beware of the risks of installing them.

IE, even without plugins or add-ons, is already a cesspool of problems.

By: Brainlock

Brainlock — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:43:46 +0000

http://download.cnet.com/8301-2007_4-10448331-12.html?tag=contentMain;contentBody
Firefox Trojan add-ons? uh-oh…

By: vader

vader — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:38:05 +0000

PS: scrap IE – instead, use Firefox for browsing.

By: vader

vader — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:36:40 +0000

Sorry to hear it happened to you again, Erik.

Top 3 things your Windows PC shouldn’t be without:
- firewall (I use Zonealarm)
- anti-virus (AVG Free is pretty good and is free; paid version is even better)
- antispyware or anti-malware (I use Spybot S&D, Spyware Blaster and Malwarebytes).

And make sure they are always up-to-date. Installing them once and thinking they’ll do their jobs without the need of ever being updated will eventually lead to problems. So how often should one check for updates? Every time one uses the computer – it’s like washing hands before eating.

By: stcardinal

stcardinal — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:09:02 +0000

Avast free anti-virus home edition. I use it in combination with MW and so far have never had a problem.

I also run Ad-aware which is also free. Both Avast and Ad-aware run in the background and will just alert me if I am on a website that has a virus. It’ll block it before it even has a chance to run.

By: GLsector666

GLsector666 — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:20:02 +0000

I’ve had a paid subscription for AVG for 3 yrs now, and it beats Symantec by miles. And McCrapafee is a joke. How did you get the kooties? Email? Bad website?

By: j1h15233

j1h15233 — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:08:44 +0000

My favorite tool is my Mac. Haven’t had to deal with a virus for 5 years. On topic though, I used AVG Free all the time when I had my old laptop. It would always tell me where the virus file was located and then I could go into safe mode and just delete the virus and be good to go again.

By: bnjmnrlyr

bnjmnrlyr — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:53:04 +0000

My favorite is a hammer to the hard-drive. There are definitely some unwanted side effects from the “cure” but I generally feel a whole lot better at the end of the “therapy” session.

I do agree with you about Spybot Search and Destroy. It has always been a good friend to me in the past.