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| 11 Jun 2009 | #1 |
| | How often does you AV save you from an infection? Just to satisfy my curiosity.  How often does your antivirus programs stop an infection from happening? I'm not talking about things like play.exe renamed to mp3 files. My mom gets those all the time and they do nothing. A real infection. Also, what where you doing that caused it? Thanks |
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| 11 Jun 2009 | #2 |
| | Its a not very common event for me, usually my Av will pick it up, but last time i got an infection, it cleaned me right out, ended up formating and starting fresh, was the win32.virut. and i got it from a keygen for a program i have lost the serial code for, i got the code, but got a nasty suprise as well. |
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| 11 Jun 2009 | #3 |
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Quote: Originally Posted by The Sly Assassin  usually my Av will pick it up Quote: How often does your antivirus programs stop an infection from happening? |
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| 11 Jun 2009 | #4 |
| | Not often, is your answer, because i stick to site i know, and i dont visit "adult" sites, that usually have a hidden suprise, besides the one your expecting. |
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| 17 Jun 2009 | #5 |
| | In the last couple of years, Avast has alerted me to at least two different items of malware from sites where one would not expect to find them. One was on the site for one of my favorite restaurants - go figure. |
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| 18 Jun 2009 | #6 |
| | never had any infection. But sometimes my KIS were blocking some maliciuous web scripts, nothin more. |
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| 23 Jun 2009 | #7 |
| Windows 7 Ultimate retail // Windows 7 build 7264 x64, Vista Home Premium SP2 x64 Virginia, U.S | If I ever download something and unzip or unrar something that is a virus, my avg will throw up a window giving me the option to delete it. So I'd say my avg keeps me from getting infected about as often as I download something that will infect me. |
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| 26 Jun 2009 | #8 |
| | my wife is a virus magnet... between setting her to a limited user account and using Avira, her PC has not been infected in at least 3-4 years now |
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| 26 Jun 2009 | #9 |
| | Please red the question asked carefully. If you read it right, your answers should look something like this... Quote: 6 months ago I downloaded x from such and such website and was going to run it but my AV alerted me that it was infected so I delete it instead Thanks again. Last edited by ten; 27 Jun 2009 at 05:27 AM.. |
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| 27 Jun 2009 | #10 |
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Quote: Originally Posted by ten Please red the question asked carefully. If you read it right, your answers should look something like this... I'm not interested in your spouses, parents, kids, etc. Thanks again. |
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