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01/02/2009 01:13:47 AM · #51 |
Originally posted by yospiff:
Originally posted by JDubsgirl:
i guess i can be happy with it rather then irritated by all the stupid uploads |
What do you mean? The daily updates of the definition file? |
ummmmm....i ment how it does its annoying scans everyday. i dont know what a definition file is(wow, i feel intelligent today) |
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01/02/2009 02:03:11 AM · #52 |
Originally posted by JDubsgirl:
Originally posted by yospiff:
Originally posted by JDubsgirl:
i guess i can be happy with it rather then irritated by all the stupid uploads |
What do you mean? The daily updates of the definition file? |
ummmmm....i ment how it does its annoying scans everyday. i dont know what a definition file is(wow, i feel intelligent today) |
All of the major antivirus programs allow you to choose when it does its scans. You can set them to automatically scan every day, week, month, or never.
The "definitions" that are uploaded are what the program uses to know what it's looking for. It's essential that these be uploaded as the antivirus company finds them to keep you safe from the new virus that came out prompting them to write the definitions. Often times they have their own virus writers that are employed to actually write viruses for the company before someone else can write them. They then write the definitions and send them out to their customers.
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01/02/2009 09:31:09 AM · #53 |
Originally posted by JDubsgirl:
how it does its annoying scans everyday. |
As Aliqui said, you can change when it does the scans. I'm at work now where they have MaCafee installed, but I'll post some screenshots of how to get to this in AVG if you still need help with it this evening.
On the idea of blocking Javascript, here is the pop up menu for my NoScript extension.
You can see some common sites are trying to run a lot of scripts. Usually these are analyzing web traffic, but in some cases they may be installing tracking cookies. A note on tracking cookies: These are relatively harmless, but they do report to someone where you are going online, and if hundreds of them are installed, the traffic they create can slow your computer down to a crawl when you are online. |
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01/02/2009 10:58:34 AM · #54 |
I once had a virus put some XXX-rated links in my browser's Favorites menu, that I did not put there myself.
1) Usually to rid a virus, you should get it's exact name(s). And the locations on your PC, of files it resides in.
2) Symantec.com, Norton Antivirus maker, has a list of instructions to get rid of them.
I'm not sure if it accessible to people who do not buy their AV product.
3) This usually involves Booting in SAFE-Mode, doing a Virus scan and deleting the file(s), and deleting related entries in the Windows registry.
My theory is that some Anti-Virus manufacturers may also be creating some viruses. It's hard to believe there are so many people who have nothing better to do.
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01/02/2009 11:26:01 AM · #55 |
Originally posted by justamistere:
I once had a virus put some XXX-rated links in my browser's Favorites menu, that I did not put there myself. |
I had a virus that kept putting things into my google search bar. It was loads of fun getting my wife to believe that I hadn't searched for.....well...I'll keep this a safe for work thread. Took forever to find and eradicate it.
Now if I could just get my brother in law to stop sneaking porn onto my USB drive. He thinks its funny. |
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01/02/2009 04:37:22 PM · #56 |
Originally posted by justamistere:
My theory is that some Anti-Virus manufacturers may also be creating some viruses. It's hard to believe there are so many people who have nothing better to do. |
As I said, antivirus companies DO create viruses as a means of putting the block in place before the virus is created by someone else. I'm not making that up. Symantec calls theirs "the zoo".
From Symantec's website - Zoo
A threat that exists only in virus and antivirus labs, not in the wild. Most zoo threats never get released into the wild, and as a result, rarely threaten users.
There's actually not all that many "wild" viruses created. They're usually slight variations of the same ones over and over. If your virus definitions are current most people don't have a problem unless they're putting themselves at risk doing risky activities. |
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02/19/2009 08:41:26 PM · #57 |
There is a free program called hijackthis you can download. It does not do much except to give you a report of EVERTHING your computer is running. So once you have that report let somebody analyze it for you and they will tell you exactly how to clean your system. download the program run it. click on "run and save a log file" send me the logfile, and I'll tell you what to do. It takes about two minutes to download and about 10 seconds to run and save a log file. I have tools that will analyze it, then all you have to do is run it again and click on the ones to fix. Whole process takes less than ten minutes.
I was a SMEARE (Subject Matter Expert Advanced Resolution Expert) for Dell for several years.
Mike |
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