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joepole · 09-25-2007, 10:30 AM

1. You can turn off the virus warnings

2. Antivirus software is pretty useless/superfluous for competent users.

rhertz · 09-25-2007, 11:56 AM

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Originally Posted by joepole

2. Antivirus software is pretty useless/superfluous for competent users.

I don't think the virus and spyware threats are influenced by the conpetency of the user nearly as much as where the user goes and what activities they engage in over the web. (warez, porn, downloads, free offers, etc.)

joepole · 09-25-2007, 01:13 PM

Those are the same thing.

AnimeSpirit · 09-25-2007, 02:17 PM

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Originally Posted by joepole

2. Antivirus software is pretty useless/superfluous for competent users.

You actually have a point. I can clean my system by hand if needed. I normally use AVG though so I don't have to worry about it.

joepole · 09-25-2007, 04:32 PM

I have never in my life had to clean out spyware, a virus, a trojan, adware, or anything else similar on my own PC. I've also never installed a virus scanner on my own PC.

Why? Because I don't do stupid things like click on links in email messages or run ActiveX controls on sites I don't trust.

rhertz · 09-25-2007, 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by joepole

I have never in my life had to clean out spyware, a virus, a trojan, adware, or anything else similar on my own PC. I've also never installed a virus scanner on my own PC.

If you do any shopping online or researching via search engines, then I'm willing to bet that you are host to dozens of threats right now. Conversely if you ran adaware or spybot, etc., I seriously doubt it would come back with 0 threats found.

AnimeSpirit · 09-26-2007, 12:00 AM

True. At the very least, Ad-aware would find tracking cookies.

joepole · 09-26-2007, 10:38 AM

Tracking cookies are neither harmful nor dangerous.

AnimeSpirit · 09-26-2007, 10:56 AM

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Originally Posted by joepole

Tracking cookies are neither harmful nor dangerous.

Nah, just a privacy issue.

rhertz · 09-26-2007, 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by joepole

Tracking cookies are neither harmful nor dangerous.

So your position seems to be that he entire anti-spyware industry is a hoax? Just trying to understand your point.

09-26-2007, 12:00 AM	#7
AnimeSpirit SBLive! Veteran Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Nowhere Age: 41 Posts: 1,659 Rep Power: 262	True. At the very least, Ad-aware would find tracking cookies. __________________ Confuscious says~

09-25-2007, 10:30 AM	#1
joepole SBLive! Veteran Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,606 Rep Power: 260	1. You can turn off the virus warnings 2. Antivirus software is pretty useless/superfluous for competent users.

09-25-2007, 01:13 PM	#3
joepole SBLive! Veteran Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,606 Rep Power: 260	Those are the same thing.

09-25-2007, 04:32 PM	#5
joepole SBLive! Veteran Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,606 Rep Power: 260	I have never in my life had to clean out spyware, a virus, a trojan, adware, or anything else similar on my own PC. I've also never installed a virus scanner on my own PC. Why? Because I don't do stupid things like click on links in email messages or run ActiveX controls on sites I don't trust.

09-26-2007, 10:38 AM	#8
joepole SBLive! Veteran Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,606 Rep Power: 260	Tracking cookies are neither harmful nor dangerous.

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