I also don't do these things while online. In fact most of my time on net is spent on forums and gaming sites.vineet269 said:
Gaming sites!! Dude, what kind of gaming sites? I dont play games that much, and playing online is just out of my league. But still, I am sure, gaming sites could be one possible source, you would have to be a little careful.
Also, I am pretty sure, looking google images, can't infect your system. In fact, that looks down-right silly
for that. Thats why I used the term, "Vigilant" before. Operating w/o AV is a challenge, but certainly not impossible.
True, it requires User Interaction in some cases and not in the rest of the cases
But when you are looking at a picture or file from the internet, it is stored in your memory and browser cache, so the probability remains
no we are not
Like gamespot, ign, eurogamer and others but mostly reputated sites.vineet369 said:
I think its a good idea. I can switch to ubuntu. Can I work on both simultaneously I mean downloading on ubuntu and playing game on windows. I know it sounds silly and I think its impossible. Isn't it???ico said:
Then I am up for the challenge unless I am doomed of course. LOLvineet369 said:
no it is not
now this is juvenile,
If simultaneous is your environment, then install an OS of your choice in Virtual Box and use Internet in it.
If Windows XP in VirtualBox gets infected, nothing will happen to the host machine.Actually it isn't prone as Windows.
It is 1000 times more secure than Windows.
You can use VirtualBox like I mentioned. Use the OS installed in VirtualBox/VMWare for browsing.
It is not the case. I've encountered no problems with my external hard disk which is formatted with NTFS. Infact Ubuntu reads/writes on NTFS faster than Windows as far as my experience is concerned.
Will have to agree on this.
Same Here.thetechfreak said:
Avast.funkysaurav said:
Really Avira has that option??? How much Ram it uses because I use Avast because it don't requires a lot of resources.funkysaurav said:
Ya one of my frnd had the library of viruses zipped in one folder.
). 
Is Windows the only option as an OS for you?
Why not? It's an executable, it has all the permissions with the privileges it has been executed.
@gameranand:
By not having an anti-virus means u r acting like an antiviruse keeping a eye on each & every execution.
IQ is the overall term for "safety" "awareness" "prevention" etc etc.
are you sure dude ? rar is not an executable afaik . even if a virus is injected into a rar file, it won't be executed. in fact winrar won't be able to open it because then the archive will become corrupt!
Really?? At idle state Avast was using about 5MB RAM what about Avira???ico said:
lol...look did I just see something move
(double)
Actually I only use its mounting capabilities so I don't need to use cracked or pirated version so I don't use one. Its free version or say evaluation version does that job perfectly. But if you can please send me the link to the the file which won't get detected. I mean After installing.Sam.Shab said:
Yeah that sucks doesn't it??Sam.Shab said:
As far as I know. NO.Sam.Shab said:
er I meant the malware being executable, not the RAR file. An executable will get privileges according to which user or permission it was launched.
Never bothered to check.
Well its a good news for me because i usually play games so I want a anti virus which consumes least resources but is not a lame in detection.ico said:
No....AFAIK
Got it. Thanks.KaranTh85 said:
get avira antivir and comodo fw as stated earlier
Use Avira as suggested by many. I'm also gonna give it a try. About Kaspersky and Norton Man they suck unless you have really fast PC to keep them running.Lord073 said:
I do use Comodo Firewall. Have to use Avira.funkysaurav said:
actually the bundled toolbar is the source of problem. many A/V detect the toolbar as malware. so i always search for some lite version.
Agreed. Once it happened to me also. It deleted all the executables of my game setups then I was left with game setups having all files except the goddamn setup.exe. LOLSam.Shab said:
Well its on automatic updates so it should download and install them without my interference.thetechfreak said:
thats true
oh please.
Dogs don't suffer from AIDS even if they get HIV positive.
Linux malware - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
With due respect, you sir have zero idea about the basics of Linux.thats true
Linux malware - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Think Linux is free from malware? Think again; it's been hacked. - Computerworld Blogs
Linux infection proves Windows malware monopoly is over; Gentoo ships backdoor? [updated] | ZDNet
Well I completely agree with ico.
)The probability of Linux running a Windows executable (including virus) is 0.00%. Windows virus files are just harmless junk files in Linux. Keep them if you want to.
Only if you run it as "root" - which no one does.
Yeah it was. Right now I am laughing about that but at that time man I was thinking to throw all the DVDs containing anti virus out of my window. Imagine how pissed off you'll be when you have 100GB junk files which were your favorite just a restart ago.vineet369 said:
I know that boos. But didn't knew the facts that you just explained. Thanks for that I do read many articles about linux but you know remembering main points is kinda pain in the ass specially when they are 400 pages long.ico said:
Yeah. I changed my PC rating by getting permissions for the protected files. You can even break any file's security on your own even system volume information and any windows critical files.ico said:
i know that malwares made for windows environment are completely harmless in linux
Use Linux to believe it. Even if Linux had decent market share, it would have still had very less malware because of its secure base. There is a big reason why it dominates server market-share where the first priority is reliability.
Really. I use it still got infected. I do agree that it is far more secure than Internet Explorer but it does have many exploits. You can say the above phase with Linux not with Windows. Use Firefox with Linux you won't get infected.Pein said:
My friend even trusted sites spread virus which they don't even know themselves.himadri_sm said:
I do. Just take example of say facebook, twitter they have been hacked many times. Say chip forum has been hacked recently so even their site is not secure how the heck can they guarantee that can't and don't spread malwares.vineet369 said:
Is that possible! How a post can contain a malware?
I think, you meant, one in 5 posts in facebook, directs to a site containing malware. Were u?
I did the same thing. Once I got infected I store every game setup in ISO format and all other softwares in .7z format.KaranTh85 said:
No need to apologize. I know that my language is kind of crappy many misunderstood me. I am still trying to improve that. LOLVineet369 said:
Yeah I am also kinda confused about this. Well I am not user of facebook but still knowledge in not going to harm me eh.thefreakfreak said:
yes Comodo is better
you should know the fact how much Linux dominates the server scenes and still the vulnerabilities in Linux is dwarfed by the vulnerabilities of Windows Server OS.
Because you cannot run OS without antivirus when you are using net unless you are using Linux. I don't use antivirus when I used to be offline. But now 2 days and boosh reinstall OS blah blah. Maybe because I download a lot from many sites and I like to explore internet myself.vineet369 said:
Agreed but only if you are one of those unlucky guys who gets attacked by that malware on their release date because under 24 hours antivirus updates itself thus securing against that threat.Liverpool_fan said:
experience!