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RubberWitch -> RE: PC stuck at 100 percent CONSTANTLY for 3 days now (3/13/2006 2:27:58 AM)

Sits back and feels that smugness reserved for..
The teenage virgin in the middle of a gonhorea outbreak
Jehovas Witnesses
Mac Users

Feel free to message me for advice on buying your next computer, because if you're not out and out masochists, then a Windoze box may not be the right choice

J



FelinePersuasion -> RE: PC stuck at 100 percent CONSTANTLY for 3 days now (3/14/2006 12:32:59 PM)

Ok now I can post again lol. IT's IE they have memory leaks and IE was hogging up tons and tons of memory. I spy scan and I clean tracks yes siam. I used to have norton but we didn't like it so we switched to mcafee But I wanna switch again I don't like some of mcafee's shitty customer help.



IronBear -> RE: PC stuck at 100 percent CONSTANTLY for 3 days now (3/14/2006 12:38:48 PM)

Then switch lass I've told you before you don't need to ask me everytime you change your knickers..... [;)]



FelinePersuasion -> RE: PC stuck at 100 percent CONSTANTLY for 3 days now (3/14/2006 12:48:58 PM)

Heheh. yeah. It's just a matter of deciding which one I think I want bit defender.



SirKenin -> RE: PC stuck at 100 percent CONSTANTLY for 3 days now (3/14/2006 1:24:18 PM)

Norton and Mcaffee are garbage. Anyone in the industry can tell you that. The best antivirus if you are going to pay for one is Panda. You must have 512 MB or more to run it though. The best free one is AVG. You can download it off of Download.com



IronBear -> RE: PC stuck at 100 percent CONSTANTLY for 3 days now (3/14/2006 2:59:54 PM)

See lass SK has given you good advise and you may wear the red one to day, blue tomorrow and green the day after.. Then next week will be a knicker free period.....[sm=paddle.gif][sm=paddle.gif][sm=paddle.gif][sm=paddle.gif]



onceburned -> RE: PC stuck at 100 percent CONSTANTLY for 3 days now (3/14/2006 6:17:31 PM)

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ORIGINAL: SirKenin
The best free one is AVG.


Although the idea of a free anti-virus program leaves me uncomfortable, my parents have used AVG for over a year with only minor problems (and of their own doing).



BanginPapa -> RE: PC stuck at 100 percent CONSTANTLY for 3 days now (3/15/2006 11:19:56 AM)

You might also consider using Internet Explorer only when absolutely necessary and installing Mozilla or Opera as your prime browsers



FelinePersuasion -> RE: PC stuck at 100 percent CONSTANTLY for 3 days now (3/15/2006 4:16:21 PM)

Banging Pappa I have mozilla and I don't like it. There's sites like ageplay.org and yes collar me that mozilla won't load unless I downloaded macromedia flash player an active x control and some kind of other file. And I've had it say that legitimate sites could not be found when IE found them just fine.


IB I don't wear panties anyway hehehe. I went to my bf's to day with no undies and no panties, simply cause I didn't feel like putting any on, and he always has them off within minutes anyway:))



SirKenin -> RE: PC stuck at 100 percent CONSTANTLY for 3 days now (3/15/2006 6:35:47 PM)

There is nothing wrong with Internet Explorer. If you want to browse the internet the way it was meant to be seen, IE is the only way to go. If you know what you are doing you can easily properly secure a computer utilizing IE and you will not have any problems. I know this for sure. I am one of those people.

Not only that, but IE has built in protection to protect against rogue controls. Neither Firefox or Opera can protect against websites that use javascript to install virii or other malware on your computer, but IE does. Most websites do not even bother with ActiveX malware anymore because if you are using Service Pack 2 their controls do not stand a chance.

Anybody that goes on and on trying to convince you of switching away from IE either a) does not know what they are doing or b) suffers from a case of fanboyism or a touch of rebellion without a cause. [;)]



chiennoir -> RE: PC stuck at 100 percent CONSTANTLY for 3 days now (3/15/2006 7:16:46 PM)

For people who use Windows, I recommend:

Anti-viruses

AVG - free
AntiVir XP - free
ESET - Annual subscription
Karperski - Annual subscription

AntiVir updates their virus definitions twice daily. Karperski & ESET update their virus definitions as they come in. I don't recall AVG. I believe they're daily.

Norton updates daily. McAfee updates twice per week with the occasional emergency update.

ESET uses the least resources and has the very best record of least false positives with an excellent record of stopping viruses.

Norton uses the most computer resources of any AV vendor.

McAfee seems to have the worst record for false positives.

Firewalls:

Jetico
Outpost
Look'n'Stop
Zone Alarm Pro

In the order listed. See here for latest testing: http://www.firewallleaktester.com re: outbound application filtering.

I'm responsible for the PC security in my company. 200+ desktops. 14 servers. McAfee cost me and several colleagues two full days with their latest false positive fiasco which occurred last Fri.

As far as being infected with crapware goes, ActiveX is the single largest point of attack. The figure I see kicked around is about 70% (applies to IE only). Cross scripting exploits are between 15% & 20% (all browsers are vulnerable with IE being most vulnerable due to MS' half -assed support for CSS). The most of the remainder are scripting attacks.

Two points to remember about scripting attacks. MS' virtual Java machine is known to be insecure and broken. Scripting attacks include attacks base on MS' Windows Scripting Host, not just javascript.

Use IE at your own risk.

Yeah, IE can be locked down. I have a 28 page guide on how to do it properly. Not for the average user. The people who use IE successfully without being owned are not average.

Out of the box, brand new (unpatched) Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP2 and Windows 2003 last less than 2 hours before being owned. http://www.techworld.com/security/news/index.cfm?NewsID=5535

Of course, YMMV.

I run Linux at home. I use a Linux based hardware firewall I built and configured myself. I have 10 computers on my network. One runs Win 98SE configured with 98lite. The rest all run Gentoo Linux or FreeBSD (basically Berkley UNIX).
I run one virtual machine with Windows 2000 SP4. This virtual machine is only turned on when I need to VPN into work.

I never ever have any kind of infection with anything.



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