So I've got a virus....

[Radelaide]

Stop using Windows.

problem solved.

See, but then I'd be forced to use a mac (Linux isn't my thing) and then I'd have to take a screw driver to my temple because I shouldn't be allowed to have a brain.

We're playing the troll game, right?

OT: Last virus my computer thought it had? Chrome.

 

[Snotnarok]

Just use avast anti-virus, it's free, it's good I've never had a problem.

I like the one comment saying "stop using windows" yes I guess spending 3 grand on a PC with a different OS is a brilliant idea.

Oh, hell, just dual boot it. Use Linux for browsing, things like that, Windows for games. It's what I do.

I don't care about OS's people use, use what you want that makes you happy you know? I just think it's irritating when people quote marketing and myths for why 'a certain one company's' computers are better. When they're not they're identical to every other PC so when people say 'better' I get annoyed since it doesn't make sense.

 

[Bruenin]

You should stop watching those videos then.

I have had one nasty virus. It was a virus posing as anti virus software saying I needed to get rid of a virus I didn't have. Up until the virus of the anti virus.

Hahah I got that twice now... Although they all just went away on their own. I feel like there sleeping waiting to wake up and surprise me. Mine would pull out a fake blue screen and then load my page back up with a message that said "Phew, we saved you there but it could happen again if you don't buy our premium version"

 

[Akimoto]

One time my mom came downstairs and started yelling at me for getting a virus on the computer which made it completely unusable.

Oh the blame you get for being the one who uses the computer the most eh?

The best part is these people EXPECT you to solve their other PC problems.

 

[BoredRolePlayer]

It's not a virus, but it could have been one. I was writing a program to manage my files and make back ups and I screwed up a recursive call and it kept making folders with in folders with in folders. Not realizing this I let it run for a hour and well it was at least 5 gigs of 20 photos with copies of those folders going deeper and deeper, each folder holding 20 photos and a folder to go deeper >_>.

And the first thing I thought when I realized what happened was this

Spoiler

 

[viking97]

hoh boy, i had this one posing as antivirus software. i knew i hadn't downloaded it so i saw it as a virus, but it disabled my antivirus. when i looked on the internet to find a more potent one it popped a screen that said the site was unsafe and i couldn't go on it, so it was a pain to try and find some way to rid of it.

eventually i managed to get spyware doctor, the only one that was able to kill it.

 

[Dogstile]

One time my mom came downstairs and started yelling at me for getting a virus on the computer which made it completely unusable.

Oh the blame you get for being the one who uses the computer the most eh?

The best part is these people EXPECT you to solve their other PC problems.

Charge them for it. Seriously, the look on their face when you tell them you will but you'll need £20 to do it. Then they realise that the nearest repair shop charges at least £30 and begrudgingly pay you. Best...Feeling...Ever.

 

[Tselis]

You need a better firewall.

 

[brainslurper]

Never had a virus because I have a mac.

 

[BoredRolePlayer]

Never had a virus because I have a mac.

The mac is the virus , i kid i kid.

 

[Zenn3k]

Stop using Windows.

problem solved.

See, but then I'd be forced to use a mac (Linux isn't my thing) and then I'd have to take a screw driver to my temple because I shouldn't be allowed to have a brain.

We're playing the troll game, right?

OT: Last virus my computer thought it had? Chrome.

Nope, no troll game.

Buy a Mac, Bootcamp a Windows install for gaming, keep your personal data on the secure mac side.

Live happily ever after.

Number of Viruses I've had since switching to OSX some 9 years ago.

ZERO.

 

[badpun]

Oh I had plenty of viruses when I was running a cracked copy of XP pro(didn't help that i was looking at shady sites). I got the virus posing as an antivirus a few times, several format and reinstalls later i decided to wise up and a friend gave me a copy of 7 for christmas and since then i've had no viruses.

I've had a few panic attacks when i thought Spybot S&D wasn't working properly but that was just my fault for misinterpreting something and what i though was a virus (my computer kept randomly freezing) turn out to be just a loose cable from the motherboard to the hardrive.

Running AVG and Spybot and they seem to do the job pretty well.