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So the test begins now...

A2597A2597 Fanboy
in Zocalo v2.0
I decided to do a little experiment...

Got my new PC 3 months ago. Fresh install windows XP. Typical daily useage.

The test: No Antivirus software installed. no spyware killers (Spybot S&D, etc)

My only protection? Firefox Adblock with the Filterset.G updater.

Lets see what happened, shall we?

(I'll post the results once the scans are done)

Comments

  • A2597A2597 Fanboy
    Spyware results are in:

    total of 43 instances found, all pretty minor stuff, about half were tracking cookies.

    Virus scan will take awhile...450gigs of HD Space to scan through...
  • EclecticonautEclecticonaut Elite Ranger
    Would NoScript plugin make any difference?
  • ChaosedChaosed Ranger
    Thats around what I get when I get bored an go to sights I know better then going to. Ad-Aware finds them not Norton.
  • A2597A2597 Fanboy
    I wouldn't touch Norton with a ten foot pole...nasty peice of bloatware that is relativly useless.

    I use AntiVir for Viruses, and Spybot S&D for spyware.

    AntiVirus results: 0.


    Muahaha. :D And I've been online every single day, browsing, researching, gaming, whathaveyou. :D

    And people think windows is VirusRidden? A well perpetuated myth says I.
    (Note: I also would NEVER use MSIE or Outlook...thats just stupid and asking for trouble)
  • PSI-KILLERPSI-KILLER Needs help
    The PS3 hyper-visor is not in use during Linux commands. The hyper-visor limits all acceleration. In XMB PS3 OS there is no virus patterns at all.
  • CurZCurZ Resident Hippy
    Are you also directly connected to the internet with no firewall and leaving the default services running?
  • Random ChaosRandom Chaos Actually Carefully-selected Order in disguise
    And are you installing updates?

    A fresh install without windows updates will usually be infected in an average of 10 minutes after install.
  • MessiahMessiah Failed Experiment
    Its funny, because I didnt bother installing any antivirus when I got this comp, and I had to reformat the disk because I got a virus that actually shut my computer off after 10 minutes of usage. And it only took about a week to get infected by it..
  • SanfamSanfam I like clocks.
    Worms can be a real bitch.
  • StingrayStingray Elite Ranger
    As the saying goes and I misquote, if you think everything is going alright, you have absolutely no idea what is going on. :D
  • Entil'ZhaEntil'Zha I see famous people
    I use Norton stuff, but only because they keep asking me back to thier beta's, and its free, i like free, even if it is bloated.

    free is good.
  • Falcon1Falcon1 Elite Ranger
    We use Sophos at work. Its a real hog on the system. When I boot in XP on the iMac I use AVG and Spybot. Does the trick.
  • sleepy_shadowsleepy_shadow Ranger
    [quote]Would NoScript plugin make any difference?[/quote]
    NoScript can make plenty of difference, by preventing execution of strange scripts and annoying Flash ads. Most of them are naturally harmless, and can be whitelisted, but some could try hostile things.

    JavaScript is generally regarded to have a poor security model for controlling what scripts can do, and with recent add-ons like XmlHttpRequest (widely used for asynchronous partial page updates) scripts are getting more and more capable. Letting arbitrary sites run JavaScript is gradually becoming an increasingly less good idea.

    As for Flash, due to it being mostly proprietary, I avoid it so fully that I can't even start listing its other shortcomings.
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