Apart from in January.

 

I just havent had any problems, you people have bulls eyes painted on your ip adresses, lol

I suggest you run Adaware and do a full sweep with a decent, up-to-date virus checker.

I suggest you run Adaware and do a full sweep with a decent, up-to-date virus checker.

 

I deleted my Adware and my Norton antivirus isnt functional anymore.But I dont have any spyware or adware because I used spybot yesterday.

Im telling you I dont have any viruses.

I would put money on your PC having at least 1 uninvited guest if you use no defences of any sort.

 

Describe your set-up. I'm betting you're behind a physical gateway?

I would put money on your PC having at least 1 uninvited guest if you use no defences of any sort.

 

Describe your set-up. I'm betting you're behind a physical gateway?

 

I have no clue what your talking about?

Is your PC plugged directly into a modem, or are you on a network?

Is your PC plugged directly into a modem, or are you on a network?

 

Modem I have DSL from AOL.

Doesn't AOL bb come with a firewall and A/V?

Doesn't AOL bb come with a firewall and A/V?

 

It comes with a firewall, which I purposly have offline, seriously offline.

It causes to many complications.

If you have a direct modem connection, no firewall, and no a/v, I guarantee your PC is being port scanned constantly by worms, and I wouldn't be surprised if you've picked a good few up.

 

What OS do you use?

And what firewall do they provide? Or is it one of their own-made firewalls?

If you have a direct modem connection' date=' no firewall, and no a/v, I [b']guarantee[/b] your PC is being port scanned constantly by worms, and I wouldn't be surprised if you've picked a good few up.

 

What OS do you use?

 

XP professional why does thta matter?Im going to run an antivirus scan right now, and Ill show you the results.

Yes the O/S matters, because some (like XP) are constantly found to have gaping great security holes.

 

Make sure your A/V is fully updatd before you run it.

And what firewall do they provide? Or is it one of their own-made firewalls?

McAfee I think.

Yes the O/S matters' date=' because some (like XP) are constantly found to have gaping great security holes.

 

Make sure your A/V is fully updatd before you run it.[/quote']

 

Well its too late for that.

McAfee I think.

Well, i would say that he should use Zone Alarm. I use it and its quite good. Have you used it before?

Yes, but I'm behind a physical gateway at the minute so I don't need a FW.

Well its too late for that.

Too late for what? To update your A/V?

 

If it's not up-to-date, it will just miss a lot of problems.

 

Last week Sophos issued about 40 new virus warnings - if you haven't updated since January you can imagine the unseen horrors.

Jeez how do you people get so many viruses?I dont think you need that much protection.

Physical Gateway?

Too late for what? To update your A/V?

 

If it's not up-to-date' date=' it will just miss a lot of problems.

 

Last week Sophos issued about 40 new virus warnings - if you haven't updated since January you can imagine the unseen horrors.[/quote']

 

I just updated my Norton 2003 and I restarted, I update it once a month Sayonara...

Jeez how do you people get so many viruses?I dont think you need that much protection

 

I don't really get virusses, its just the fact that I feel more comfortable that I am behind a firewall!

Jeez how do you people get so many viruses?I dont think you need that much protection.

Nobody has actually said "hey I get X viruses", so I don't know what you're talking about.

 

I don't get viruses. That's not because I don't know they're there, it's because I know how to recognise and avoid them, and if they do get on they last less than a millisecond because I am well-defended.

Physical Gateway?

A PC acting as a central Unix hub for a LAN, running hardware and software firewalls.

I just updated my Norton 2003 and I restarted, I update it once a month Sayonara...

Then what is "too late"?