Finally, a voice of sanity! You do agree then that if one is the target of a virus attack it will most likely be from an undiscovered one? Having said that, you must have had to exercise the utmost caution and restraint while browsing, it being Windows, yu know, "safe browsing habits" and all that.
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Staying away from malware is almost impossible these days. If you use a cr__d software, the keygen or patch will be having an infection. We cannot scan and confirm also as all patches will be detected as malware by most of the antivirus suites.
^ The 'utmost caution and restraint' makes it sound like browsing is a daunting task. IMO, it is having basic knowledge of what to click and what not to.
And you make it sound so simple. Apparently, there's no reason for hundreds of articles like this to exist on the web, is there? Protect Your Computer - Browser Choices and Habits - InfoBarrel,
@meetdilip +1!
And you make it sound so simple. Apparently, there's no reason for hundreds of articles like this to exist on the web, is there? Protect Your Computer - Browser Choices and Habits - InfoBarrel,
@meetdilip +1!
Never disputed the overwhelming user base of Windows percentage wise, but this thing with Windows applications and features requiring administrative privileges also adds to the security risk. Of course, a savvy user like yourself who knows his way around the net, and knows where the traps lie, may well get by without an anti-virus, but it's not within the scope of the average user. Now as a Linux user i am not much more than a noob, but i can click away with gay abandon on any damn thing and still be certain that my root is not going to be affected unless i give that privilege with my password knowingly. Furthermore, as you say, it's precisely because of it's reach that the majority of viruses and malware are more likely to be executables which will not be able to install anything on my system, even if i indulge in that most foolish of acts.
This year marks the 40th anniversary of Creeper, the world’s first computer virus. From Creeper to Stuxnet, the last four decades saw the number of malware instances boom from 1,300 in 1990, to 50,000 in 2000, to over 200 million in 2010. Besides sheer quantity, viruses, which were originally used as academic proof of concepts, quickly turned into geek pranks, then evolved into cybercriminal tools. By 2005, the virus scene had been monetized, and virtually all viruses were developed with the sole purpose of making money via more or less complex business models.
In the following story, FortiGuard Labs looks at the most significant computer viruses over the last 40 years and explains their historical significance.
1971: Creeper: catch me if you can
While theories on self-replicating automatas were developed by genius mathematician Von Neumann in the early 50s, the first real computer virus was released “in lab” in 1971 by an employee of a company working on building ARPANET, the Internet’s ancestor.
Intriguing feature: Creeper looks for a machine on the network, transfers to it, displays the message “I’m the creeper, catch me if you can!” and starts over, thereby hoping from system to system. It was a pure proof of concept that ties the roots of computer viruses to those of the Internet.
1982: Elk Cloner
Written by a 15-year old as a way to booby trap his friends’ Apple II computer systems without physical access to them, Elk Cloner spread via floppy disks. Infected machines displayed a harmless poem, dedicated to the virus’ glory.
Intriguing feature: Elk Cloner was the first virus ever to spread outside of the lab it was created in. Its global impact was negligible and its intent plainly geeky.
1987: Jerusalem
First detected in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the aptly-named Jerusalem is somewhat deleterious. Each year on Friday the 13th, this virus deleted every single program that’s run on the infected system.
Intriguing feature: Jerusalem is the first example of a destructive virus to have a global impact. Of course, the sheer number of computers back then was infinitesimal, compared to today.
1992: Michelangelo: The sleeper must awaken
The dormant Michelangelo virus was designed to awaken on March 6th (Michelangelo’s birthday – as in the Renaissance artist, not the Ninja Turtle) and erase critical parts of infected computers’ hard drives.
Intriguing feature: The promises of destruction it carried spawned a media frenzy. In the weeks preceding March 6th, media relayed (and some may say amplified) experts’ predictions forecasting 5 million computers going definitively down. Yet, on March 6th, only a few thousand data losses were reported – and public trust in AV companies’ ethics was tainted for a while.
More here-http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:40th Anniversary of the Computer Virus | Fortinet Security Blog
In the following story, FortiGuard Labs looks at the most significant computer viruses over the last 40 years and explains their historical significance.
1971: Creeper: catch me if you can
While theories on self-replicating automatas were developed by genius mathematician Von Neumann in the early 50s, the first real computer virus was released “in lab” in 1971 by an employee of a company working on building ARPANET, the Internet’s ancestor.
Intriguing feature: Creeper looks for a machine on the network, transfers to it, displays the message “I’m the creeper, catch me if you can!” and starts over, thereby hoping from system to system. It was a pure proof of concept that ties the roots of computer viruses to those of the Internet.
1982: Elk Cloner
Written by a 15-year old as a way to booby trap his friends’ Apple II computer systems without physical access to them, Elk Cloner spread via floppy disks. Infected machines displayed a harmless poem, dedicated to the virus’ glory.
Intriguing feature: Elk Cloner was the first virus ever to spread outside of the lab it was created in. Its global impact was negligible and its intent plainly geeky.
1987: Jerusalem
First detected in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the aptly-named Jerusalem is somewhat deleterious. Each year on Friday the 13th, this virus deleted every single program that’s run on the infected system.
Intriguing feature: Jerusalem is the first example of a destructive virus to have a global impact. Of course, the sheer number of computers back then was infinitesimal, compared to today.
1992: Michelangelo: The sleeper must awaken
The dormant Michelangelo virus was designed to awaken on March 6th (Michelangelo’s birthday – as in the Renaissance artist, not the Ninja Turtle) and erase critical parts of infected computers’ hard drives.
Intriguing feature: The promises of destruction it carried spawned a media frenzy. In the weeks preceding March 6th, media relayed (and some may say amplified) experts’ predictions forecasting 5 million computers going definitively down. Yet, on March 6th, only a few thousand data losses were reported – and public trust in AV companies’ ethics was tainted for a while.
More here-http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:40th Anniversary of the Computer Virus | Fortinet Security Blog
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i have personally used every antivirus updated them.... but still i have to say MSE is the lightest, simplest, sensible(with respect to detecting false viruses), and the Best antivirus.... as expected for the Microsoft.... who else would know how to handel Windows OS better than Microsoft!!!!for me MSE wins with huge margin!!!!
i have personally used every antivirus updated them.... but still i have to say MSE is the lightest, simplest, sensible(with respect to detecting false viruses), and the Best antivirus.... as expected for the Microsoft.... who else would know how to handel Windows OS better than Microsoft!!!!
for me MSE wins with huge margin!!!!
Microsoft essential is real bad
Try another antivirus with MSE you can observe how many viruses its leaving, majorly spyware, I personally checked it and decided not use it again,
Note this Microsoft is not good at security in the operating system too...
for me MSE wins with huge margin!!!!
Microsoft essential is real bad
Try another antivirus with MSE you can observe how many viruses its leaving, majorly spyware, I personally checked it and decided not use it again,
Note this Microsoft is not good at security in the operating system too...
