My system is attacked daily. So far attacked by 1"Remote Grab Trojan"2"Netspy Trojan"3"Ultors Trojan"and4"The Thing" Over twenty incidences. Do not use this service without uptodated virus protection. Scan regularly and if you have been downloading without virus protection, you ARE INFECTED !!! Go to Symantec for a free scan and see for yourself !!!

Hi,

you need also a good firewall...

Morgwen

I've only had ONE run-in with a virus, and that was years ago when I stupidly used some school computer to work on a little qbasic project and got my floppy disk infected with Empire.Monkey.B (and, subsequently, my computer.)

I download things off the internet from trusted sites, I keep my virus defs up to date and occasionally scan my system, but don't leave any active scanning crap running. I have no firewall, and I never have any problems.

Just because soemone portscans your system LOOKING for trojans, doesn't mean you're infected. They are either 1) scanning entire IP ranges which you happen to be a part, or 2) using a modified gnutella client to harvest IP's to target.

Hi seeker!

I cannot agree...

Without a fw in the internet is like flying without a plane!

Especially for worm and trojans, a good protection...

No active scanning no fw???

You have to scan your system almost daily and search for trojans!

You never had any problems?!?

It was just luck - i hope you have no important dates one your HD...

Morgwen

I've been on the internet since 1996 and in that entire time I have been hit by a virus of some kind or another only 3-5 times. And as far as I know my computer was hacked into only around two times, but that was before I started running a firewall. I highly suggest that you run a virus background scanner AND a firewall (Not blackice though, yuck!). You need this type of protection even more on a connection like cable, dsl, or any that are always on. If you're using a modem, you're not as badly targeted and probably could get by with just a manual virus scan on occasion. Whether you run virus-firewall software or not, you should ALWAYS keep your operating system as up to date as possible!

Anyway, that's just my two cents.

My humble opinion on Virus:

If you download files any where from the Internet especially from a file sharing program it is ESENTIAL to have a Virus program and to keep the virus signatures up to date. Also a Firewall program is equally ESENTIAL.

I use ZoneAlarm a free firewall program which works superb for me. It can be obtained at "http://www.zonelabs.com/index.html"

I use InoculateIT an excellent virus program which is no longer free but works well and does not interfere with other programs as readily as McAufee. It can be set to virus scan downloads automatically. It caught a Virus file for me and cleaned it and deleted it. In any event it is a MUST to also Virus Scan any file after you download and before you open it.
InoculateIT can be obtained at: "http://antivirus.cai.com/"

Anyone who does not use a Virus and Firewall program and downloads files is at GREAT RISK.

I too have only had one virus experience like the seeker and it too dealt with using a shared computer at a school.

I also believe in using a a good virus scanner with auto protect enabled (I run Norton 2000).

I ran a firewall for about a week, but i didnt like the way it worked, so i burned it...er, uninstalled it. If anyone knows of a good firewall that is easy to set up, let me know.

Easy, free, good firewall here:


www.tinysoftware.com


I don't suggest you use ZoneAlarm, it's not a very well made firewall IMHO.

P2P filesharing + No Firewall + No Antivirus = Sure Problem.

Even if you're not running a P2P client: If you're dloading and you ain't got no antivirus, you're asking for troubles.

Bottom Line: Kaspersky AVP Platinum... never leave home without it!!

PS: Just yesterday this baby caught a virus in a progiie I was dloding from a well known cracks source... it was infected with the I.WORM.MAGISTR, no less!



Have Phun.

Just found a virus in a Keygen for MP3 CD-Maker. Why a warez site would knowingly do this and scare off people that are on their side, makes no sense.