Of course. Where did I say it prevented ALL viruses? sm

Posted By: MT on 2006-01-04
In Reply to: Switching your internet browser doesn't automatically - false sense of security there

However, if you do any research, you'll find that switching to Firefox drastically reduces your exposure to viruses. Additionally, plug-ins for Firefox further increase protection against some viruses, such as those that come through Active-X. The e-mail program you use as well as common sense of not opening attachments from people you don't know also help.

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Anyone here about the Windows XP virus out right now?? nm - Yikes!!
- Here is some info and a fix - sm
- Nope. I switched to Firefox months ago and LOVE it. nm - MT
  - that won't help you - me
  - Switching your internet browser doesn't automatically - false sense of security there
    - Of course. Where did I say it prevented ALL viruses? sm - MT
      - Believe me, I know more about the subject than you could dream to know. - do your own research!
        goodness. careful, you won't make friends that way! - lol
        She's now "published in PC Magazine." Who needs friends? - & I'm the Queen of England
        I guess you know more than PC Magazine, CNET, and Newsweek :) sm - MT
        You simply did not listen or understand what was said, - ta ta!
        Let me guess. After a long and rewarding career as a - MT
        Disgusted with this site - Rita
        Please keep in mind that many - KM
- is it one of - these? - sm
  - Symantec etc...I wonder if that is what I just spent 18 hours cleaning out of my computer! - It started yest aft. It was horrible. It changed
- Yes! - RadGuy
  - Here is part of the email my husband received from his IT department at work..sm - Yikes!
    - Yes, I expect any minute now to - Fed Up
      - I can hear it now in corporate... - RadGuy

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I have never listed my typing speed. Never prevented
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I think this has viruses attached to it. sm
Plus, you need to beware. Stedmans is not free, you have to pay no matter what version you get.

I have had WAY too many viruses come from limewire. sm.
Be very careful about music and video sharing and downloading through them. I tried them about a year ago and nearly every song downloaded had poor quality of wasn't the correct song. The first worm I got was not that bad, but then I got an actual virus. Had to totally wipe my computer. I was NOT happy.

RayGuy, do you get a lot of viruses with limewire?
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Not RadGuy, but yes, you can get viruses with Limewire.
I just fixed my friend's computer. She had about 20 viruses and trojan horses, not to mention over 300 Spyware entries. It took me about 6 hours to get it back to proper working order. The only thing she had was Limewire.

I had literally thousands of viruses using that.
It broke a record for what my computer guys had seen. I use TrendMicro now.

Yes, and I swear I've gotten viruses

from tech support screwing around. I now have a new one, and no, I will never work on platform again or have anyone be on my computer through a meeting. If it's not FTP work using Word, no way will I let a company mess around.

I think they do more harm than good!

Absolutely not! We wound up with spyware and viruses because

none of them are that Internet savvy. Oh, a popup that says it's going to protect my computer. Let's click on it! Oh, no! A virus and spyware.

I'm not risking losing my files, compromising the security of my documents, or spending valuable time cleaning up their messes. I bought myself a new computer so they get the old one now.

How many of you that use computers know how to do updates, repairs, clean up viruses, etc?
Just because I work every day using a computer, my husband has said tonight he thinks I should go to a computer class because I spent out $150 today for a person to come and get rid of several viruses on my computer. I asked my husband if he were so interested in this, why didnt he go to computer class and learn himself. I said I was coming on MTstars and just see how many of us transcriptionists also do our own repairs. Ok, MTers, now is your time to speak up!

So it might well be that free AV users infect others' computers withj viruses.?..nm
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I wish I knew enough to help. My daughter had viruses totally shut her computer down
but hers did let me at least reinstall XP. I had a disc lying around from some of my old computers and it worked fine on it. The downside is that obviously when I reinstalled she lost all of her saved files, picture etc..but she had a working computer and that is all she cared about without having to replace the hard drive. I honestly wish I could help but I am not sure there is any way to transfer or recover what is on your computer if it will not even read a CD to burn to or a USB flash drive. Have you checked out the forums at Dell.com. I went to the troubleshooting area and it lead me to a tech support forum where I could enter in the error message and it told me what I could do to fix the problems and it did work. If nothing else, I would try to take it to a computer shop to have them assess it and let you know what is or is not salvageable. Good luck. I feel you pain.