The April 1st Virus ain't no joke.

[Ghoulish Delight]

I've had a PC for 11 years and have never once been affected by any of these supposed killer worms/viruses.

[RStar]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

I've had a PC for 11 years and have never once been affected by any of these supposed killer worms/viruses.

Same here.

With the exception of that time I picked up something I picked up from a website that highjacked my browser, which was an easy fix and didn't delete or damage anything. Damn porn sites!

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

I've had a PC for 11 years and have never once been affected by any of these supposed killer worms/viruses.

Do you regularly run windows update? How about an anti-virus program? Spam filter? Do you use caution when opening attachments? Pay attention to what websites you visit and the links you click on?

Are you saying that there really is not a problem with worms/virus or that you've never been affected by one because you take active measures to protect yourself?

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by Moonliner

Do you regularly run windows update? How about an anti-virus program? Spam filter? Do you use caution when opening attachments? Pay attention to what websites you visit and the links you click on?

Are you saying that there really is not a problem with worms/virus or that you've never been affected by one because you take active measures to protect yourself?

I don't consider letting Windows run updates, having AVG, and not being dumb enough to click on obvious spam "active measures". I set up anti-virus once, I set up Windows to update automatically once. Other than that, I do nothing special to prevent viruses.

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

I don't consider letting Windows run updates, having AVG, and not being dumb enough to click on obvious spam "active measures". I set up anti-virus once, I set up Windows to update automatically once. Other than that, I do nothing special to prevent viruses.

Semantics.

All I'm saying is people need to pay attention to keeping their PC's safe in general and if they are behind the curve in doing so now would be a real good time to bring things up to date.