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Originally Posted by heyyo
yeh its taking ages to sort out, the viruses keep coming back..ive got a dvd writer so i can get everything onto about two dvdrs 
i paid 160 for my first cd rw - it was 12 speed plextor, the best and fastest at the time. lol
a quick question, do you think i should use an alternative browser to I.E, as this is where the viruses came from, it was automatically downloading these viruses etc...i think i might use opera |
From what you say, your PC has so many viruses on it, that I think it's unreasonable for you to put the entire blame on IE. You could argue the blame lies with the virus writers. Realistically the blame lays at the door of the computer owner who in this day and age now learns the hard way that
a computer must have current antivirus and firewall protection, and be fully patched on all updates released by both M$ and any other software vendor whose products are being run.
If you didn't have proper protection the viruses can come from web browsing, email, files you open from a disk on another infected PC, etc. If you don't have effective firewalls and antivirus, some viruses open ports (holes) into which other viruses will propogate accross the internet, simply by the viruys on other PCs scanning for the open ports. To that end, once you have your AVG up to date, disconect your PC from the internet, while you run all the scans, then ensure your firewall has all ports closed before reconnecting.