Community weekly poll: How many viruses or Trojan horses wreaked havoc in 2005?
- 1/3/06 1:12 PM
No Virus in 2005
by macfixer - 1/3/06 10:15 PM In reply to: How many viruses or Trojan horses wreaked havoc in 2005? by Marc Bennett
Hello All,
The answer is simple, Iuse a Mac.
So far no viruses in Mac OS X 10.4.3.
The macfixer
http://macfixer.com.au
Smoothwall
by markda12 - 1/3/06 10:26 PM In reply to: How many viruses or Trojan horses wreaked havoc in 2005? by Marc Bennett
In November '05, I installed a great Linux based open source (read "free") hardware firewall called Smoothwall Express 2.0. While it doesn't explain my being virus free for the other 10 months of the year, this program is ALOT of fun to use and if you're into tinkering, it's for you. If not buy a NAT router and watch what you download and open.
All Clear, thanks to...
by umft7d - 1/3/06 10:40 PM In reply to: How many viruses or Trojan horses wreaked havoc in 2005? by Marc Bennett
My first line of viurs/worm defense: common sense.
Don't download if you don't know what you're downloading. Don't run it if you don't trust it. And keep the gigantic liability known as windows up to date with the latest patches.
Although a decent antivirus and, IMHO, more importantly, a good firewall also go a long way.
Virus,... not
by bertmcginnis32 - 1/3/06 10:41 PM In reply to: How many viruses or Trojan horses wreaked havoc in 2005? by Marc Bennett
You don't need a Truck driver to tell ya ta keep your Ducks in a row do ya?
Norton works..pc cellin works. use it and save us all alot of trouble.
Buy a Mac!! Avoid Virisus!
by Edgar Carol - 1/3/06 10:46 PM In reply to: How many viruses or Trojan horses wreaked havoc in 2005? by Marc Bennett
Got tired of spending 2 hrs per week cleaning out my 'puter so bought an iMac and just play ever since!!
Why a Mac
by rmrecchia - 1/4/06 7:51 AM In reply to: Buy a Mac!! Avoid Virisus! by Edgar CarolWhat makes a Mac so resistent to viruses? I have an old HP (2000) and use CA products as well as Spybot S&D, and I don't have any problems. My full system scans always come back clean. Maybe I am very conservative in my settings. I am going to be in the market for a new computer soon, so I am interested in learning more about the Mac
Excellent question
by SmartLP - 1/4/06 2:51 PM In reply to: Why a Mac by rmrecchiaMacs are far less suseptible to viruses.etc as a result of several characteristics of the OS. Mac is UNIX based. Unix along with all other *nix operating systems (ie. Linux, Mac) were designed with security in mind. One of the most prevelent examples of this is the fact that in Unix based OSes, any access to sensitive system critical data is restricted to admin level accounts. This goes a long way in preventing malious software from disrupting the operation of you machine.
Im sure if you did a search on google for "Advantages of Mac" you would find ore information than you could ever read.
Regards,
Jason
Use the Force
by mcnite - 1/3/06 11:08 PM In reply to: How many viruses or Trojan horses wreaked havoc in 2005? by Marc Bennett
I use Norton Antivirus (in Systemworks), ZoneAlarm Firewall (and spyware detector) and keep them up to date (not easy with Norton even though it was a clean installation of platinum. They slow my machine down but have kept it harmfree for years.
It's irresponsible to not have your virus software up to date as you just spread your germs (like those who valiantly go to work/school when sick, endangering everyone else).
Locked up by?? thru eMail
by mamabar1 - 1/3/06 11:18 PM In reply to: How many viruses or Trojan horses wreaked havoc in 2005? by Marc Bennett
Not sure just what Trojan got thru, but with new programs have resolved the problem. Spybot and Ad-ware SE installed and repairs to my system were made. I also have 2 other security systems installed but these little "buggers" got thru. So I am not sure how many times I've been infected..just that I have had to clean up this beast x 3 since Aug 05.
I'm guessing my "back door" is from:
#1. I get several messages a day from 2 sources that have been infected and they are passing it on to ?? people. My friend/s are not computer literate, barely able to manage their email and are continually forwarding "cute" messages, "poems" and Clip art. I DELETE THEM !!
#2. Also have advised them to "clean up" their computers,,but they still continue to forward "stuff".
Thankfully the web host I use has good security & virus program to stop alot of this from getting thru.
#3. Delete "cookies" and "all off line" temporary files in the Tools menu. I forgot to do this a couple of times after surfing the WWW. Now I make a point of doing it each time I am online.
Anything else you can suggest to make me feel safer??
None w/windows thanks to CNET!
by klonestar - 1/3/06 11:24 PM In reply to: How many viruses or Trojan horses wreaked havoc in 2005? by Marc Bennett
Thanks to the great advise (and advisors) in the CNET forums I've been malware free in '05! 
Ken
no viruses
by sjp1966 - 1/3/06 11:28 PM In reply to: How many viruses or Trojan horses wreaked havoc in 2005? by Marc Bennett
not been infected with one virus. I use Norton Internet Security and update it reguarly, i alsokeep the windows updates updated reguarly. on a weekly basis i do a spyware scan. I do not have images on in outlook nor do i open any email/attachment i do not recognise
no secret just standard stuff
Viruses
by pwagner - 1/3/06 11:38 PM In reply to: How many viruses or Trojan horses wreaked havoc in 2005? by Marc Bennett
the secret of NO VIRUSES is called MAC!
Choose a Good anti-virus, even if it's not free!
by David H Church - 1/4/06 12:06 AM In reply to: How many viruses or Trojan horses wreaked havoc in 2005? by Marc Bennett
I recommend Eset's NOD32. Tried others, needed 3 freebies to detect all suspicious items, NOD32 does the lot.
None that got through
by charbar43 - 1/4/06 12:15 AM In reply to: How many viruses or Trojan horses wreaked havoc in 2005? by Marc Bennett
I use avg pro with xp firewall. Spybot, adaware and MS antispyware. So far they have stopped everything. Also use firefox, thunderbird and {explorer when nessasary}.
No viruses or malware of any kind since 2000!
by hahiruno-ojo - 1/4/06 12:16 AM In reply to: How many viruses or Trojan horses wreaked havoc in 2005? by Marc Bennett
I have 2 XP PC's and no havoc. Lived in 4 different areas with either DSL or cable Internet. One PC on 24/7/365. Logged in as Administrator. And I have absolutely no anti-virus programs! Never have on these 2 PC's. (I did on my very first PC in 1999.)
My successful action? Just being interested in security and computing merely as a hobby which inevitably leads to knowledge and understanding and it's extremely difficult to be the adverse effect of that subject. It's the same reason doctors and nurses don't get sick although being around such people all year round.
In 2003 I got several emails a day with attachments. I collected them knowing they were viruses. It's always clearly obvious. To me it's like a neon sign flashing ''VIRUS!" Several weeks later, out of curiosity I got scanned by AVG online and found they were Klez H. I concluded that someone with my email address had that virus and it sent itself out to everyone in his book. Simple. A month later they stopped. The victim must have finally cleaned his system.
2005 was the best. Got return emails, that I never sent. I thought virus, but I was certain I didn't have one. They just don't get past me. Studied the emails. Some had Chinese domains. Concluded my girlfriend in Shanghai had a virus and didn't know it. I told her and she later said her brother helped rid her PC of it. Like I said, if you understand something fully and correctly you just cannot be the adverse effect of it.
Zone Alarm did save me in the above example due to my not understanding something. I tried to change the name of the virus from my girlfriend to ''suspect virus.txt'. I wanted to examine it in notepad. I don't yet know why, but it didn't change the ''exe''. So when I clicked it ZA told me that ''suspect virus'' was trying to talk to another process. I hit ''Deny''. Then it said it was trying to go online. Denied again. Thank goodness ZA now has the OS level monitoring. I also use Startup Monitor by Mike Lin and I have Spybot S & D and Ad-Aware, bu haven't used those in awhile.
That's my secret of survival for a squeeky clean PC.
And I know nothing about coding in any area of computing. Just my ideal security programs, knowledge, interest and understanding. Oh, and I almost forgot. I keep up to date with the latest patches from M$ and other browsers and the like.
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