No Firewall

II_D2_II

i dont even have a virus protection installed on my computer,
i have norton and the disc and everything but i cannot be bothered to put it on

aliEnRIK

II_D2_II wrote: »

i dont even have a virus protection installed on my computer,
i have norton and the disc and everything but i cannot be bothered to put it on

Just a matter of time before you get a virus then mate

[Deleted User]

aliEnRIK wrote: »

Just a matter of time before you get a virus then mate

Not if you're careful

aliEnRIK

anewhope wrote: »

Not if you're careful

Define 'careful'
I myself am a member of 'myspace' (Amongst hundreds of other sites)
On occasion (Although to be fair they've cleaned this up a LOT) its quite possible to get a 'friend request' and when clicked to goto that profile it auto takes you to some dodgy site which fires a virus at you. Now a keen eye would have an idea that its not legit, but even I struggle sometimes as they get more and more clever with their methods.
My point is that in THIS case he/she would get a trojan

adouglasmhor

I don't have virus protection on my home PC or on my old laptop nevr had a virus on either of them. I do scan outgoing mails through my webmail provider. Don't want to forward out something dodgy. I visit whatever sites i want and open many files to see what they are.

aliEnRIK

adouglasmhor wrote: »

I don't have virus protection on my home PC or on my old laptop nevr had a virus on either of them. I do scan outgoing mails through my webmail provider. Don't want to forward out something dodgy. I visit whatever sites i want and open many files to see what they are.

If you dont HAVE an anti virus how do you know if you have one??
You have separate virus scanner?

[Deleted User]

I have a virus scanner because contractually I am responsible to have so, but in the last, erm 5 years I haven't had anything that has been suspect.

It's perfectly plausible to run a machine with no security software on it and be fine, it just depends on your usage.

adouglasmhor

I won't get one, linux viruses (my home PC are very very rare, the only kind found in the wild is called a shell virus - there is some malware but it fizzles outt as updates come out, very regularily) . My old knockabout lappy runs a BSD unix derivative - BSD virus - the system has been hacked twice in 10 years or something - more chance of Student Phil pulling hot twins.

aliEnRIK

adouglasmhor wrote: »

I won't get one, linux viruses (my home PC are very very rare, the only kind found in the wild is called a shell virus - there is some malware but it fizzles outt as updates come out, very regularily) . My old knockabout lappy runs a BSD unix derivative - BSD virus - the system has been hacked twice in 10 years or something - more chance of Student Phil pulling hot twins.

Ahh, fair play
Cant argue with that. Personally I like my PC gamesand some of the applications I run are 'windows based' only, but its each to their own

II_D2_II

Just a matter of time before you get a virus then mate

well being as i am not dumb i dont really see me getting a virus on it...
i got 3 computers and 2 laptops, computers are used for downloading, and the laptops are used for just basic surfing, i know what to go on and i know what not to go on. i found that norton made my log on process onto vista very slow and p***ed me off a little so i thought i wouldnt put it onto my laptop and it has worked soo perfect for me, so i am not putting it ont here any time soon
i know i will not get a virus!!!