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76,000 viruses.... how likely?
Aloone_Jonez:
--- Quote from: mobrien_12 ---The implication is to continue to use Windows with more security.
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Which is the next best thing to changing to an alternative, come on don't bitch he at least did mention switching to a non-M$ browser. :rolleyes:
piratePenguin:
--- Quote from: ReggieMicheals ---Backup your data, reformat, and reinstall. Afterwards make a limited user account, install spybot and an antivirus of your choice, then install Mozilla Firefox or Opera.
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If he copies his data back onto the new installation, then he might fuck up the new installation too.
The infected files no doubt won't affect a GNU/Linux install ;) I recommend ubuntu if you wanna go that route.
If you're sticking with windows, definetly DO NOT use Internet Explorer to browse the web - use one of the brilliant alternatives Firefox or Opera (or both).
And like Reggie said, setup and use a limited user account for your daily tasks - if you went the GNU/Linux way this would be piss easy because it has sane, secure defaults unlike Windows.
mobrien_12:
--- Quote from: Aloone_Jonez ---Which is the next best thing to changing to an alternative, come on don't bitch he at least did mention switching to a non-M$ browser. :rolleyes:
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I'm not bitching. You only quoted half my post. The important part was in the second half.
If you are going to go the the trouble of wiping your hard disk and reinstalling everything, why not make your system a dual boot with Linux?
The Linux install is trivial compared to the pain and time of a Windows install.
Aloone_Jonez:
--- Quote from: mobrien_12 ---The Linux install is trivial compared to the pain and time of a Windows install.
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I wish people would stop comparing how easy/hard it is to install Windows/Linux, the truth is it varies a lot, it mainly depends on your hardware.
piratePenguin:
The Windows installer doesn't take into account what's already on the MBR - it just overwrites it with it's own shitty bootloader. I don't know of anything more painful to noobies.
And with Windows you usually have to get and install the manufacturer's driver to alot of hardware because the drivers that come with it are plain shit. GNU/Linux distros that try to be noob-friendly usually contain all the free drivers and the hardware just works. Then when you go to update the software the drivers are updated too - unlike in Windows when if you wanna update a loada software you gotta jump between a loada websites and individually install everything, and reboot.
Only thing is some fuckhead-manufacturers either don't release drivers/software for GNU/Linux or when they do, they release them under a shitty license that forbids distributors to distribute them, so the user has to manually install them and these usually take longer than in Windows.
Blah.
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