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Post by Min on Oct 2, 2005 10:26:10 GMT 11
Oh my GOD Dark one (I'm guessing you meant 2GB line  ) - we have the same connection speed at work *sobs* if only I could find a way to hack into it. Although I might get fired Suddenly 256MB isn't seeming as fast as it did last week  Nah, just kidding. Everything's so much faster than it was. I think half my problem was my antique modem but I've been able to do all my windows updates finally ;D |
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Post by Rift on Oct 2, 2005 19:21:22 GMT 11
bah, windows updates = newer ways for windows to crash lol
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Post by Dark One on Oct 4, 2005 2:59:07 GMT 11
Oh my GOD Dark one (I'm guessing you meant 2GB line ) - we have the same connection speed at work *sobs* if only I could find a way to hack into it. Although I might get fired Suddenly 256MB isn't seeming as fast as it did last week Nah, just kidding. Everything's so much faster than it was. I think half my problem was my antique modem but I've been able to do all my windows updates finally ;D No, no, we had a 512kb line, which was upgraded free to 1mb, and now i've got it up to 2mb. Its ok for home coas i'm not sharing the connection with anyone else. Its sometimes faster than our 1gb connection at work, cos thats shared between about 700 staff plus thousands of students. (and me downloading stuff too  ) |
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Post by Min on Oct 4, 2005 9:13:16 GMT 11
aha - oops!! Whoa, you have a load of people at your work then...we have a staff of 9, and we're lucky if we're all in the office at the same time using the internet...hence work = vvvvv fast!
Yeah...hehe, I remember comdemning Windows Automatic Updates not long ago after it crashed my machine. But work habits die hard...I've taken on making sure all the work computers are secure using baseline security analysis (MBSA) and just ended up doing it at home too...for security purposes, not for the sake of updating. Especially now I have broadband...I've already found about 6 viruses trying to get in since I got it...weird hey. Keeping virus controls up to date too!!
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Post by shadowoutcast on Oct 4, 2005 22:03:25 GMT 11
hmmm I like my AVG is works well
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Post by Dark One on Oct 4, 2005 23:27:00 GMT 11
For work, get Sophos antivirus. We've had it for three years and not a single virus has got through in that time. We're also allowed to use it at home too!
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Post by Rift on Oct 5, 2005 1:30:20 GMT 11
i dun use any virus scanners or anything and i dun get ANYTHING AT ALL! its weird... but once every couple of months i run one and it dun find nothing..
i thik the virsu scanner can attarct em?? cause there is another puter on my network with everything protection thing on it possible and its always egttin em
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Post by Dark One on Oct 5, 2005 2:28:37 GMT 11
thats very strange..
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Post by Rift on Oct 5, 2005 4:18:13 GMT 11
i swear its tru, i just chked over it now and nothing found..
well, with adaware it found some cookies, does that count? (Datamining cookies, i rekon its a load of bullfudge to make it sound like its doing something)
mind u, i am teh only one who uses this puter so i know what i am doing and not leaveing myself open?
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Post by Dark One on Oct 5, 2005 23:06:00 GMT 11
it is odd that you haven't been infected with a virus, but it doesn't mean it can't happen. Its best to have an up to date virus checker installed
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Post by Rift on Oct 6, 2005 1:20:26 GMT 11
prolly...
beisdes, i been meaning to format this thing for 6 months now.. i keep ptting it off.. :S
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Post by shadowoutcast on Oct 6, 2005 10:24:37 GMT 11
I can't see how you don't have a virus. When I set up my Laptop to the internet to get AVG, I scaned and found 32 hits, now I have none. For spyware/adware I have Microsoft AntiSpyware (BETA1) installed and it block everything else.
NOTE: yes it is M$ but it saves my regerstry from coruption which is what happened with Ad Aware by Lavasoft
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Post by Dark One on Oct 6, 2005 22:26:06 GMT 11
use Lavasoft Adaware as well. It goes well with MS Antispyware. Both tend to find and delete things that the other can't
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Post by shadowoutcast on Oct 6, 2005 23:25:05 GMT 11
last time I used Lavasoft Adware it deleted half my registry. Had to reinstall XP pro on my laptop
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Post by Dark One on Oct 7, 2005 0:43:27 GMT 11
thats odd. I've never had any problems with it
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Post by Rift on Oct 9, 2005 2:13:08 GMT 11
i had a virus on my laptop for 4 years (tru story!)
but the virus had an error so it never worked lol
i got teh error every startup.. i just figured it was windows. found out 4 years later it was a virus hehehe
to this day i still dunno what it actually did
u guys want me to instal a scanner and prove there is no viruses on this?
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Post by shadowoutcast on Oct 9, 2005 10:12:56 GMT 11
no where just suggesting that you keep in mind that attacks from Virus and Worms happen almost every second and that out of our experience it is best to have up to date software able to remove problems if they occor. You don't have to prove anything.
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Post by Rift on Oct 20, 2005 23:20:41 GMT 11
friend gave me norton, may as well keep that runnin, aint gonna take up much space.. dammit i need a forat.. wy cant they make 400gig DVD's for backin up stuff |
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Post by Dark One on Oct 21, 2005 0:00:03 GMT 11
buy a cheap external firewire harddrive. That should solve the backing up problem
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Post by shadowoutcast on Oct 24, 2005 13:18:19 GMT 11
hmmm norton's it's ok although it is a great example of corporate money hunger. It been noted to have a 85% detection success rate which AVG free version betters with 97% detection rate. so... free.grisoft.com if you are interested <- for being a tech support person |
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Post by Min on Oct 24, 2005 14:03:30 GMT 11
I use AVG with great success too. Best thing is it's freeware I find that Norton constantly interferes with other programs. A lot of the time, Autodesk products will fail to run properly and the cause will be Norton stopping critical things getting through, and no way to stop it doing it. |
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Post by ~Dani~ on Oct 25, 2005 13:59:32 GMT 11
I would like to say I love the internet, but at home my mum chose the bad internet deal  We have limited downloads, and when you use all the downloads up (as I do because i download heaps of music) the internet then runs slow!! I'm sorry everyone, buts its too painfull for me to post on obernet when our internet is running slow. It just takes too long to load everything!! But at the start of every month I get my fast internet back, so I will hopefully be back posting again normally next month. Everyone who doesn't appreciate unlimited downloads should!! |
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Post by Ness on Oct 25, 2005 21:11:57 GMT 11
i'll say!!!!! limited downloads is a pain in the royal behind! i dont download music any more because of it...
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Post by Dark One on Oct 26, 2005 3:36:08 GMT 11
AVG is the best free checker out there! I always recommend it to people.
I'm using Sophos to protect my systme at the moment (perks of the job)
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Post by shadowoutcast on Oct 26, 2005 7:35:30 GMT 11
[wisper] I have a 10Gb download limit[/wisper] All: Now aren't you just special. Well it not my fault... find information present it yourself |
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) - we have the same connection speed at work *sobs* if only I could find a way to hack into it. Although I might get fired 
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We have limited downloads, and when you use all the downloads up (as I do because i download heaps of music) the internet then runs slow!! I'm sorry everyone, buts its too painfull for me to post on obernet when our internet is running slow. It just takes too long to load everything!! But at the start of every month I get my fast internet back, so I will hopefully be back posting again normally next month. Everyone who doesn't appreciate unlimited downloads should!!
