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Ten Mins and 50 Viruses Later....

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Actually, guys, I used my PCs each for about 4 years, with no protection, not even the basic windows firewall. I surf the internet, daily, download stuff, daily, and have never had a virus problem. Ever. And also, my mom's fairly new dell laptop came with the sticker, but the CD does not automatically enter the key for you. It's probably like that on some, but it helps to point out that not all dells automatically do it.

By the way, I'm not trying to defend windows necessarily, just pointing out some incorrect facts.
 
wheezy said:
It is a 100% legal copy, came with a Dell Computer, I don't know where they got it, but it's not a downloaded copy. I'm just trying to hack the activation because the CD Key is glued to the Dell Box, and I don't know where that is.
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So, you lost the COA (which is always a sticker on DELL computers) and now you are trying to illegally "hack the acivation" by going to sketchy websites and you say you are doing nothing wrong.

Ha!

You got what was coming to you..
 
wheezy said:
Also....Windows was telling me I had spyware, so it knew there was spyware on there. Why can't Windows get rid of the spyware if it knows it's there and that it's bad? OOOOh, that's right, so all the program makers can screw the public by offering anti-spyware virus popup scam spam bad software. Nice little deal they have going on.....
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actually, that little icon in the system tray that looks like a windows icon, is not windows, its one of the malware/spyware/viruses you got, i've seen it before, its made to look authentic so you think MS is giving you advice instead of some third party pop-up
 
Computers are only as smart as the user. Can't fix stupid.

I've never had a virus issue on Windows and I generally don't run antivirus software. If you know what to look for then it's pretty easy to avoid. I have, however, seen and removed enough viruses and spyware to kill a small kitten (worked in computer repair which was mostly data backups and virus removal for a year).

If you pirate software or try to download cracks - that's obviously a huge source of viruses and other malware.

Porno sites are filled with spyware and usually people are dumb enough to fall for their traps.

Don't open or download email attachments that you have no clue who they are from or what they are about.

Most P2P programs are a big source too.

I just love how people think OS X is invincible to viruses and/or spyware. We've already seen one instance of spyware that has recently attacked OS X users and it's only a matter of time until we see some more. I love how Apple users tried to justify it by saying, "well, who's dumb enough to download a video plugin from a porn site?". How do you think the majority of Windows users get infected? The same way OS X users will. This post proves my point.

I will agree that OS X is more secure than XP ever was, but most people I know that run OS X don't think twice when the pop-up box comes up asking for their password to run something as an administrator so in a sense it's no different than XP.

For the record, the only computer I own is a Macbook Pro and I run OS X 99.9% of the time (only time I boot up Windows is through Fusion which is almost never). I switched over to OS X because, from my experience, I found it to be far more stable than Windows and the user interface to be more intuitive. So no, by no means am I a Windows fanboy but I can see through Apple's propaganda.
 
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