ClioSport.net
Register a free account today to become a member!
Once signed in, you'll be able to participate on this site by adding your own topics and posts, as well as connect with other members through your own private inbox!
-
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Read more here.
best free anti virus
- Thread starter McBunny
- Start date
172 Cup
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/1 or do a search mate it's been done to death.
172 Cup
McBunny said:my reply was about as grumpy as yours imho
but anyway its all sorted now and should get him off my back
so thank you for all your help
I asnwered your question and suggested a search as there's plenty of material on the subject if you didn't want to take my sugestion onboard.. Hardly grumpy.. :dapprove:
Anyway glad he's sorted.
he will do with avg aslong as it keeps him quiet i hate supporting personal computers its a pita and i get f**k all for it
i wasnt been grumpy griff i was just saying i wont ask again as i now know the answer so i shall not need to ask again
but i agree it did read like it was a grumpy responce but honest guv it wasnt
i wasnt been grumpy griff i was just saying i wont ask again as i now know the answer so i shall not need to ask again
but i agree it did read like it was a grumpy responce but honest guv it wasnt
Audi TT Stronic
Interesting... the last linux reported virus in the wild was about 6 years ago, and you can count the total number on your fingers, last time I check windows is into the hundred of thousands. The whole linux doesnt have as many viri because its not targeted argument doesnt hold water, the design of the OS limits the ability of any virus to mostly user file infection, it is not possible for a virus to affect the system on linux unless it is run by root (you would need to be really stupid to do that) or if it contained a way to exploit a vulnerability to gain root priviledges. Windows doesnt care who you are, delete the system its okay
SLK 350
Indeed, its a lot more robust in many ways. Theres the fact that you have to actively save an infected attachment, grant it permissions, run it as an executable and be using a root account for it to cause too much problem. But theres been quite a few proof of concept virii and trojans in the last few months, which potentially could cause issue if someone was to exploit them.
Linux biggest saviour is probably it's user though. My grandma uses XP, my dog uses XP and both use Outlook. Linux users are more vigilant, more aware and have a multitude of different email apps at their disposal. To design a virus/worm capable of spreading on a mass basis in Windows means you send an email, you put a nice header "Paypal refund £500" you attach your .exe/.scr/.vbs/.pif and you only need 1% of users to click it and you have a mass virus on your hands.
Social engineering is probably the single biggest method used to infect people these days, and for that reason windows users will always be more at risk.
That said, these proof of concept virii developed to infect Linux boxes could well infect single terminals, but theres little chance of them propogating to a mass scale. It's been a long time coming but sooner or later someone will put together a virus that will cause problems for comercial entities running Linux. Theres plenty of exploits for Linux, just the very design of linux makes it difficult to target a multitude of users.
Linux biggest saviour is probably it's user though. My grandma uses XP, my dog uses XP and both use Outlook. Linux users are more vigilant, more aware and have a multitude of different email apps at their disposal. To design a virus/worm capable of spreading on a mass basis in Windows means you send an email, you put a nice header "Paypal refund £500" you attach your .exe/.scr/.vbs/.pif and you only need 1% of users to click it and you have a mass virus on your hands.
Social engineering is probably the single biggest method used to infect people these days, and for that reason windows users will always be more at risk.
That said, these proof of concept virii developed to infect Linux boxes could well infect single terminals, but theres little chance of them propogating to a mass scale. It's been a long time coming but sooner or later someone will put together a virus that will cause problems for comercial entities running Linux. Theres plenty of exploits for Linux, just the very design of linux makes it difficult to target a multitude of users.
Similar threads
