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Home >> Computers Hardware&Software >> what sad idiot invents virus's for the common user
07.04.2007, 16:18 quote
SO what sort of cheap thrills do virus producers get when they know they are possible damaging other peoples lives. I picked up a horrid virus that damaged the hardware of my laptop, luckily I had backed up all my writing (like a good boy does) and I didn't lose anything much...but for some people this can be devastating...so why do they do it
07.04.2007, 22:09 quote
| icelandicwolf wrote: |
| SO what sort of cheap thrills do virus producers get when they know they are possible damaging other peoples lives. I picked up a horrid virus that damaged the hardware of my laptop, luckily I had backed up all my writing (like a good boy does) and I didn't lose anything much...but for some people this can be devastating...so why do they do it |
most viruses that infect your system when you download warez etc or go on porn sites
if you keep your antivirus up to date you should be ok.i've never had a problem with viruses etc only some spyware from a well known american isp called aohell lol
07.04.2007, 23:29 quote
| forsakensoul wrote: |
yeh its something that we al have to be aware of as theese people are mainl doing it 2 effect big companys but they dont care if i effects other pl  |
has your spellchecker been infected with a virus lol
08.04.2007, 14:16 quote
i am a good boy on wbesites, they just somehow always manage to get through my ad-aware se, norton anti virus AND McAfee spy ware programs....it is annoying.
09.04.2007, 17:22 quote
| forsakensoul wrote: |
| nah im just dylexic sorry |
Have a look in my sig if you use Firefox
09.04.2007, 19:52 quote
| kebabman wrote: |
Of course you could get around 99.99% of problems with viruses, adware spyware etc by using a different operating system and avoiding microsoft  |
true but most programs require you use windows,as for macs no thanx.
09.04.2007, 20:00 quote
| kebabman wrote: | ||||
Very debatable, most programs can be run on other OS's using either vm's or programs such as WINE. And even if they can't there are always alternatives that, in a lot of cases, are better than the windows counter part. The only thing windows is actually required for is gaming. Apart form that other OS's will have free programs that can do exactly what you want. Not only no viruses but you don't have to pay a penny for any of it |
you cant run much music software on linux i've looked b4.tempted to pop linux on an old desktop though as it's less of a resource hog.
09.04.2007, 20:07 quote
| kebabman wrote: | ||||||||
What sort of music software is it you're after, editing, mixing etc ? I saw a discussion on this a while ago but can't remember what apps people recommended. It's getting better for everything now including multimedia editing and there are lots of good apps about. The next ubuntu for example is coming with a big multimedia editing suite which looks pretty cool. Definately uses less resources, especially if you sack off the desktop environments such as KDE or Gnome and use something lightweight like flubox instead, can run it very nicely on old hardware. |
i use vsts and seqencer mainly,i know you can get a seqencer for it but it wont run vsts at the moment but think thats gonna change very soon.
09.04.2007, 21:22 quote
Matt can you pm me and tell me what antivirus i should use coz apparently my norton ..(which i pay for ) is shit .. and also my p.c is running REALLLY slow ..thanks
09.04.2007, 21:23 quote
| cheekyeyes wrote: |
| Matt can you pm me and tell me what antivirus i should use coz apparently my norton ..(which i pay for ) is shit .. and also my p.c is running REALLLY slow ..thanks |
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