Something that I hate a lot when I was still using Windows a year ago, especially when I was using Internet Explorer and Hotmail, the virus content was AMAZING.
Because of the popular chain emails on Hotmail, every mail received was a threat. And back then, there wasn't any security scan available for email hosts, so inevitably, the spreading of all the virused documents was uncontrollable.
This not only affect my leisure of being on the internet, I can't even chat well with my friends on msn. Have you guys had this issue before?
Someone suddenly said, ' hey I saw your picture somewhere.... click this link.' For the first time, I clicked the link out of curiosity because the sender is a good friend of mine. Who knows.... I got the virus just like that.
I don't know how to see or check whether it is a virus, worm, bug or trojan. It just screwed the whole computer no matter how much I uninstall the program. Seems quite deadly huh?
Years after, anti-virus came into the market.
Being a cheapo, I went and download a FREE ANTI-VIRUS software on download.com and guess what. The virus was IN the ANTI-VIRUS. Inception much.
So that hits me and I went to purchase Norton Anti Virus to cope with everything. It's scans and amazing and deleted almost all the bugs that are threatening my system. :D
Ah... Norton..
Now there are different kinds of Anti-Virus software available in the market to tackle different kinds of viruses..
From gaming to internet to tracking to spyware... you name it, they have it.
I've some friends who experienced hackers that hacked into their social network accounts. But I think, the most common reason is that they didn't empty their cache when they were surfing in a public computer... Dumb move.
So now, I'm a mac user and virus-free! Ever since I switched to Macintosh, I never have to deal with those pesky pop-ups and irritating download-worms and bugs.. Although I do miss the variety of softwares that Windows provide, but Im a convert!
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I agree viruses are a hassle for an ex microsoft user like me. I rememeber one i scanned my computer and found 23 different viruses in my computer! No wonder my computer was lagging so much, and this was all because i let my friend plug her hard disk in. Im a macbook convert too, but i guess in time someone will find some way to birth macitosh viruses too and all hell breaks lose once again. sighs
ReplyDeleteI think the best way to avoid getting viruses and worms is to...just be Internet-savvy. I can't believe that in this day and age, people are still falling for those clickjacking scams on Facebook.. The latest one was the "free eye test" that got posted on everyone's walls - that was seriously dumb. If you click indiscriminately on links, you're definitely going to catch something bad sooner or later.
ReplyDeleteAfter years of surfing the net, I have developed a sort-of sixth sense about suspicious links. That, coupled with my avast! antivirus freeware, has kept my laptop virus-free for quite a while. Seriously: if it looks dodgy...it probably is. DON'T CLICK.