Who Gets More Viruses and Who Gets Through Them

and sometimes we questioned the vulnerability of AV's

Win 98 + pre firewall+A/V usage = quite a few
XP (family machine, not personally used) = cleaned quite a few
XP (personal) = Zero
Vista = Zero
Seven = Zero

mpcrsc562 said:

Windows 7 = no virus infections; seldom any adware/spyware
Vista = no virus infections; various adware/spyware
Windows XP = no virus infections on one, fake antivirus on another; a lot adware/spyware
Windows 98 = 1 virus infections which ruined the computer

I have to redo XP... I had a PC that my wife and I used a few years ago. At the time, it was the only PC in the house, so I had to make absolutely sure that it stayed virus free--basically, no surfing to the "seedy" sites. I had to obsess over the cleanliness of that PC like a hypochondriac.

I have an XP PC now in my garage. It's loaded with a few apps and a automobile troubleshooting program. I picked up a fake antivirus one day while I was surfing "seedy" sites... That's my "frankenstein" PC, meaning I'm always trying something new on this PC just to see if it would work. I eneded up swapping hard drives and reinstalling XP.

I try out everything at least once or twice. So I get viri and that kinda cr>p everyday. Over the last few weeks I have had:

Virus 6
Trojans 10
Riskware 36
And 90 intrusions all told.

I very rarely have to re-install as I find that after testing all the antivirus out there except NOD 32 I found that the only one that keeps me safe is ? No point in saying as too many people want to knock them down. If you want the answer PM me.

i wouldn't argue if it come to ESET NOD32

The other factor in this is that I get it free with my bank account. And its commercial for 3 computers. Saving me a whopping £75 a year...

Hm...

>>APPLE<<
~~Old Mac made in 95: see my description of Windows ME below

>>WINDOWS<<
~~95: none
~~98: none
~~ME: good night, this thing didn't NEED viruses to be a piece of crap
~~2000: one that killed it
~~XP Home (family computer): one that killed it
~~XP Pro (personal machine): one that AVG caught and killed in about two seconds after it hit my comp
~~Vista Home Pre (family computer): one that my mom downloaded and installed 'cause it was one of those fake AV scams - I wiped it clean with MSE
~~Vista Ultimate (personal machine): none
~~Seven Ultimate (personal machine): none

>>LINUX<<
~~all distros: what's a virus?

>>UNIX<<
~~Solaris: ditto the Linux

LOL.. good one Matt