Topic: Virus need help
Rainbolt's photo
Sun 10/05/08 10:35 PM
Being careful of how you surf the net & not opening emails unless you know who theyre from & you actually dont need antiviruses. I only install them once a month just to do a maintenance scan otherwise I usually dont need them


miliamber's photo
Sun 10/12/08 07:47 PM
setup a VM in linux to run windows. When VM windows crashs just restart it. I use Vista more then I do linux. Vista runs linux VM when I need it.

KalamazooGuy87's photo
Sun 10/12/08 10:31 PM
you have the Virus that is a website for the desktop background in which it says

"to remove this you must buy this program"?

If so that one is very tricky took my 2 hours to get everything off, id suggest a reformat honestly....

talldub's photo
Sun 10/12/08 10:36 PM

Being careful of how you surf the net & not opening emails unless you know who theyre from & you actually dont need antiviruses.


Not true, all you have to do is be connected to the web (not even surfing, just broadband on and working) and they can do a buffer overflow attack (amongst other things) and run pretty much whatever the hell they want on your machine.

KalamazooGuy87's photo
Sun 10/12/08 10:52 PM


Being careful of how you surf the net & not opening emails unless you know who theyre from & you actually dont need antiviruses.


Not true, all you have to do is be connected to the web (not even surfing, just broadband on and working) and they can do a buffer overflow attack (amongst other things) and run pretty much whatever the hell they want on your machine.

you fail to realize that most hackers arnt hacking your computer.... if you were a hacker would u hack your comp?

KalamazooGuy87's photo
Sun 10/12/08 10:53 PM

Being careful of how you surf the net & not opening emails unless you know who theyre from & you actually dont need antiviruses. I only install them once a month just to do a maintenance scan otherwise I usually dont need them




avg uses 20megs of ram otherwise id do the same thing as you....

talldub's photo
Sun 10/12/08 11:00 PM



Being careful of how you surf the net & not opening emails unless you know who theyre from & you actually dont need antiviruses.


Not true, all you have to do is be connected to the web (not even surfing, just broadband on and working) and they can do a buffer overflow attack (amongst other things) and run pretty much whatever the hell they want on your machine.

you fail to realize that most hackers arnt hacking your computer.... if you were a hacker would u hack your comp?

If I wanted to control it to use in a DDoS attack which I can make a lot of money from then hell yes, I will as they are soft targets.

KalamazooGuy87's photo
Sun 10/12/08 11:08 PM




Being careful of how you surf the net & not opening emails unless you know who theyre from & you actually dont need antiviruses.


Not true, all you have to do is be connected to the web (not even surfing, just broadband on and working) and they can do a buffer overflow attack (amongst other things) and run pretty much whatever the hell they want on your machine.

you fail to realize that most hackers arnt hacking your computer.... if you were a hacker would u hack your comp?

If I wanted to control it to use in a DDoS attack which I can make a lot of money from then hell yes, I will as they are soft targets.


your right, but your not thinking in the mindset of a hacker, it takes too much time per computer, instead they put them in programs and have people ok the install...

talldub's photo
Sun 10/12/08 11:11 PM





Being careful of how you surf the net & not opening emails unless you know who theyre from & you actually dont need antiviruses.


Not true, all you have to do is be connected to the web (not even surfing, just broadband on and working) and they can do a buffer overflow attack (amongst other things) and run pretty much whatever the hell they want on your machine.

you fail to realize that most hackers arnt hacking your computer.... if you were a hacker would u hack your comp?

If I wanted to control it to use in a DDoS attack which I can make a lot of money from then hell yes, I will as they are soft targets.


your right, but your not thinking in the mindset of a hacker, it takes too much time per computer, instead they put them in programs and have people ok the install...

No, it doesn't. They can script using python and other languages to start attacking computers at a given IP range and they walk away and have lunch , the script does all the work. And home computers are great targets for another reason, they can get credit card details, they can using pharming and phishing attacks better (just edit the hosts file and they can re-direct you to pretty much any site they like).

KalamazooGuy87's photo
Sun 10/12/08 11:21 PM
Edited by KalamazooGuy87 on Sun 10/12/08 11:22 PM






Being careful of how you surf the net & not opening emails unless you know who theyre from & you actually dont need antiviruses.


Not true, all you have to do is be connected to the web (not even surfing, just broadband on and working) and they can do a buffer overflow attack (amongst other things) and run pretty much whatever the hell they want on your machine.

you fail to realize that most hackers arnt hacking your computer.... if you were a hacker would u hack your comp?

If I wanted to control it to use in a DDoS attack which I can make a lot of money from then hell yes, I will as they are soft targets.


your right, but your not thinking in the mindset of a hacker, it takes too much time per computer, instead they put them in programs and have people ok the install...

No, it doesn't. They can script using python and other languages to start attacking computers at a given IP range and they walk away and have lunch , the script does all the work. And home computers are great targets for another reason, they can get credit card details, they can using pharming and phishing attacks better (just edit the hosts file and they can re-direct you to pretty much any site they like).



So protect people from this, actually hack my computer... would u like my ipaddress =)

talldub's photo
Sun 10/12/08 11:29 PM







Being careful of how you surf the net & not opening emails unless you know who theyre from & you actually dont need antiviruses.


Not true, all you have to do is be connected to the web (not even surfing, just broadband on and working) and they can do a buffer overflow attack (amongst other things) and run pretty much whatever the hell they want on your machine.

you fail to realize that most hackers arnt hacking your computer.... if you were a hacker would u hack your comp?

If I wanted to control it to use in a DDoS attack which I can make a lot of money from then hell yes, I will as they are soft targets.


your right, but your not thinking in the mindset of a hacker, it takes too much time per computer, instead they put them in programs and have people ok the install...

No, it doesn't. They can script using python and other languages to start attacking computers at a given IP range and they walk away and have lunch , the script does all the work. And home computers are great targets for another reason, they can get credit card details, they can using pharming and phishing attacks better (just edit the hosts file and they can re-direct you to pretty much any site they like).



So protect people from this, actually hack my computer... would u like my ipaddress =)

No thanks, am sure one of my friends will get around to it sooner or later ;)

KalamazooGuy87's photo
Sun 10/12/08 11:34 PM

So protect people from this, actually hack my computer... would u like my ipaddress =)

No thanks, am sure one of my friends will get around to it sooner or later ;)


Im not afraid, i have zonealarm .... -.-

=(

talldub's photo
Sun 10/12/08 11:37 PM


So protect people from this, actually hack my computer... would u like my ipaddress =)

No thanks, am sure one of my friends will get around to it sooner or later ;)


Im not afraid, i have zonealarm .... -.-

=(

You really think that ZoneAlarm is safe? Honestly? How do you have it configured?

KalamazooGuy87's photo
Sun 10/12/08 11:44 PM



So protect people from this, actually hack my computer... would u like my ipaddress =)

No thanks, am sure one of my friends will get around to it sooner or later ;)


Im not afraid, i have zonealarm .... -.-

=(

You really think that ZoneAlarm is safe? Honestly? How do you have it configured?

I dont i lied, my point is nothing is safe, just lock the door on your car keeps most pople out and saves alot of money =)

talldub's photo
Sun 10/12/08 11:46 PM




So protect people from this, actually hack my computer... would u like my ipaddress =)

No thanks, am sure one of my friends will get around to it sooner or later ;)


Im not afraid, i have zonealarm .... -.-

=(

You really think that ZoneAlarm is safe? Honestly? How do you have it configured?

I dont i lied, my point is nothing is safe, just lock the door on your car keeps most pople out and saves alot of money =)

And my point is that some things are less safe than others. Sure, you may get away with not having AV, Firewall, etc. but the odds are far better stacked in your favour if you do (and keep them up to date).

KalamazooGuy87's photo
Mon 10/13/08 12:07 AM





So protect people from this, actually hack my computer... would u like my ipaddress =)

No thanks, am sure one of my friends will get around to it sooner or later ;)


Im not afraid, i have zonealarm .... -.-

=(

You really think that ZoneAlarm is safe? Honestly? How do you have it configured?

I dont i lied, my point is nothing is safe, just lock the door on your car keeps most pople out and saves alot of money =)

And my point is that some things are less safe than others. Sure, you may get away with not having AV, Firewall, etc. but the odds are far better stacked in your favour if you do (and keep them up to date).


i agree, and i do.


True security should only be in businesses like you said a bank or somthing of that caliber, which have many skilled hackers daily =).

talldub's photo
Mon 10/13/08 12:09 AM






So protect people from this, actually hack my computer... would u like my ipaddress =)

No thanks, am sure one of my friends will get around to it sooner or later ;)


Im not afraid, i have zonealarm .... -.-

=(

You really think that ZoneAlarm is safe? Honestly? How do you have it configured?

I dont i lied, my point is nothing is safe, just lock the door on your car keeps most pople out and saves alot of money =)

And my point is that some things are less safe than others. Sure, you may get away with not having AV, Firewall, etc. but the odds are far better stacked in your favour if you do (and keep them up to date).


i agree, and i do.


True security should only be in businesses like you said a bank or somthing of that caliber, which have many skilled hackers daily =).


Maybe the rest of us can pray that we won't get hacked then eh?

KalamazooGuy87's photo
Mon 10/13/08 12:18 AM
If its that important to you =)

talldub's photo
Mon 10/13/08 12:21 AM
Prayer is of no use or importance.

Showing a little common sense in your use of computers is!

KalamazooGuy87's photo
Mon 10/13/08 12:24 AM
Why bring religion in a computer fourm.... u asked me a question relating religion i answered end it there.

To be honest i probabaly know more than u about the functions of a computer to be honest.