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Virus warnings - post your warnings/experiences |
Cytech
Joined: Feb 19, 2002
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17th Feb 2004 - A new version of Bagle.A (also know as Beagle) has started to spread on the net, this version is called Bagle.B
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Here you can share your experiences, post warnings and help eachother fight these evil things.
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Safety first and always wear protection!
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Eleventy7
Joined: Jul 05, 2002
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From: the rotten oasis
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where's the free av software on kaspersky.com then? can only see stuff you have to pay for???
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Cytech
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@Eleventy7
my mistake... they have obviously removed their free version. |
Cycovision
Joined: Nov 30, 2003
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From: England
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AVG antivirus free edition
http://www.grisoft.com/
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snap-hiss
Joined: Nov 06, 2002
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From: fair Imladris
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I've had a few scares at work, but nothing so far.
!snap
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*Jojo*
Joined: Oct 15, 2003
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I just recently had a 'trojan' virus in my PC, about 4 days now. I tried looking for it (got it from the net), tried locating it thru my files but just failed. I have doubts here that the Symantec Norton Co. just made it up to renew my anti-virus registration with them, mine will expire next week. Is the trojan virus that deadly ?, what if I failed locating and deleting it from my PC ? , will it create havoc? I looked for it's specs, and the threat was only at it's lows, nothing to be afraid here I suppose . . . What gives ? Help ! |
Cycovision
Joined: Nov 30, 2003
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What trojan is it supposed to be?
Generally, If you followed all of the instructions for indentifying and removing it as given on an independent site (not bloody Norten and the like), and couldn't find any of the files or registry enteries on your PC then it's a fairly safe bet you haven't got it.
This is why I like AVG. It's free, it's unobtrusive and more importantly, it works really well.
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gelfen
Joined: Nov 22, 2003
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From: Melbourne, Australia
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at the moment i'm using PCcillin because i get it free. it seems to do the job, and this latest version got some fairly sterling reviews. prior to that i was a Norton user.
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*Jojo*
Joined: Oct 15, 2003
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@cycovision - I guess the virus trojan comes in various forms/models if I can safely say here . . . I just forgot the one intruded my PC, though it's been inside the sytem for 4 days now, and my PC is just doing the normal thing. I am just not used to having/seeing viruses when updating my files with that of Norton, if so, they were easily deleted nor removed in the past. My apologies again @cycovision for having not remembered the whole specs of the trojan virus I am telling you about, lest, I am very thankful . . . |
DBlock
Joined: Nov 08, 2003
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From: St.Lucia
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www.grisoft.com has free av software which is very good.
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vinnieza
Joined: Sep 25, 2003
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From: UK or was it Pluto?
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good idea 
* No questions asked * |
masseur
Joined: Jan 03, 2003
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From: Sydney, London
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I haven't had a virus sice the Marijuana virus way back when I had a 386 based PC. Since then I have always "used protection" and after many years of using mcafee I switched last year to Norton Internet Security which includes a firewall and spam filter too.
IMHO its the better product for all round protection.
I haven't seen the mydoom virus yet but I get lots of fake bank and ebay emails trying to get me reveal my account and password details and these are another form of attack on us I guess
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*Jojo*
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@masseur - you really mean a marijuana virus (ha,ha,ha,ha,ha,). Maybe they will also come up with a name, cocaine virus . . . |
masseur
Joined: Jan 03, 2003
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yeah, actually its main name was stoned.standard
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Cycovision
Joined: Nov 30, 2003
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Norton is certainly a very thorough AV / PFW app but unfortunately I find it a bit too heavy for lower spec PC's (I've only got an Athlon 750Mhz, 256MB RAM).
It seemed to take ages to load on startup and every time the firewall popped up a message, the flippin' PC froze for a few seconds!
Now I use Grisoft AVG and Agnitum Outpost PFW and my comp behaves itself much better. I would recommend both of these apps to anyone with older PC's.
Agnitum Outpost is freeware too, by the way 
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Posted: 2004-01-28 21:02
