I don't know about the viruses, but for the love of god man, DELETE norton/symantec A.S.A.P.!!!! Jesus I didn't even know people still used that
spyware magnet. I recommend Kaspersky. Ever since I started using it I never looked back at Norton.
Does ATS install VIRUSES, page 1
privacy
reply posted on 28-6-2008 @ 11:56 PM by jhill76
reply to post by jhill76
If you google that filename you will get a response. But, anti-virus has been known to flag legit programs. RealPlayer could of had an update that Symantec didn't pick up yet. I can't make a proper suggestion because I am not in front of your computer.
But I recommend:
If you google that filename you will get a response. But, anti-virus has been known to flag legit programs. RealPlayer could of had an update that Symantec didn't pick up yet. I can't make a proper suggestion because I am not in front of your computer.
But I recommend:
FireFox
reply posted on 29-6-2008 @ 12:29 AM by ImaginaryReality1984
reply to post by metallitron
Dump norton now, not only is it poor compared to other antivirus software, it also bloats your system, sucking up a ton of memory and generally slowing things down. It also tends to flag up a lot of false alerts.
AVG
Kaspersky
Avast
All of these are better than norton, AVG is free and despite that is very good, kaspersky however is the best thing out there in my opinion. Back it up with a good firewall, lots of free ones are all you need as an average user. For these i suggest.
Comodo
Zone Alarm
I'd go with Comodo personally, zone alarm just tends to throw up a ton of false attacks.
The file you mentioned does appear to be realplayer but as someone else said, it's hard to know without being there. Getting a virus from a webpage is kind of hard unless you click a download. Whilst there are a few viruses that load just by visiting the page, they really are few and far between, in fact finding one was such big news it caused quite a stir in the anti virus community.
www.vnunet.com...
However even that you had to accept before it installed, it just disguised itself as a random script, but users still had to give it permission to be installed. Basically getting a virus from a webpage is harder than you think.
Surf safe and try not to worry, basic advice, don't install anything unless you trust the site.
Dump norton now, not only is it poor compared to other antivirus software, it also bloats your system, sucking up a ton of memory and generally slowing things down. It also tends to flag up a lot of false alerts.
AVG
Kaspersky
Avast
All of these are better than norton, AVG is free and despite that is very good, kaspersky however is the best thing out there in my opinion. Back it up with a good firewall, lots of free ones are all you need as an average user. For these i suggest.
Comodo
Zone Alarm
I'd go with Comodo personally, zone alarm just tends to throw up a ton of false attacks.
The file you mentioned does appear to be realplayer but as someone else said, it's hard to know without being there. Getting a virus from a webpage is kind of hard unless you click a download. Whilst there are a few viruses that load just by visiting the page, they really are few and far between, in fact finding one was such big news it caused quite a stir in the anti virus community.
www.vnunet.com...
However even that you had to accept before it installed, it just disguised itself as a random script, but users still had to give it permission to be installed. Basically getting a virus from a webpage is harder than you think.
Surf safe and try not to worry, basic advice, don't install anything unless you trust the site.
reply posted on 29-6-2008 @ 01:13 AM by ImaginaryReality1984
reply to post by jhill76
Lets not forget those lovely flashing banners we see everywhere telling us we have viruses. Lots of websites have those, if my computer had all of the viruses these ads claim then i think it would be near death, coughing and wheezing and probably on the verge of infecting humans
Don't click on any ads, if you want something search google and try to use trusted brands. As for installing software, as i said above, only install something if you know what it is, if you don't know then type it into google and it'll bring up hundreds of tech forums telling you about it.
Oh on that note, i suggest everyone, if they have time, type all of their running processes into google. Google will tell you what each and every one of them is.
Lets not forget those lovely flashing banners we see everywhere telling us we have viruses. Lots of websites have those, if my computer had all of the viruses these ads claim then i think it would be near death, coughing and wheezing and probably on the verge of infecting humans
Don't click on any ads, if you want something search google and try to use trusted brands. As for installing software, as i said above, only install something if you know what it is, if you don't know then type it into google and it'll bring up hundreds of tech forums telling you about it.
Oh on that note, i suggest everyone, if they have time, type all of their running processes into google. Google will tell you what each and every one of them is.
reply posted on 29-6-2008 @ 01:18 AM by jhill76
reply to post by ImaginaryReality1984
Ha Ha, I wonder which amigo will shoot you down for telling people not to click on their ads. Just kidding.
Yea, those ads about you have viruses and you have mail, people click on those all of the time, because it looks like a windows explorer message. Ad companies should have some guidelines to abide by when posting those ads.
Ha Ha, I wonder which amigo will shoot you down for telling people not to click on their ads. Just kidding.
Yea, those ads about you have viruses and you have mail, people click on those all of the time, because it looks like a windows explorer message. Ad companies should have some guidelines to abide by when posting those ads.
reply posted on 29-6-2008 @ 02:13 AM by ImaginaryReality1984
Originally posted by jhill76
reply to post by ImaginaryReality1984
Ha Ha, I wonder which amigo will shoot you down for telling people not to click on their ads. Just kidding.
Oh god i didn't think of that (hastily tries to click edit), damn it all i can't edit now!
