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Running Windows for 3 weeks no viruses and no anti-virus!

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Aloone_Jonez:
Muzzy was right when he said you don't need anti-virus, recently when I installed Windows I decided to do an experiment and not bother to install an antivirus program.

Upon installing I made the following changes to the default system configuration:

All user acounts are limited.
Disabled ActiveX controls and scripts in Internet Explorer.
Installed Firefox.
Ditched Outlook and used Thunderbird.
Disabled the remote access services.
Disabled Windows update and security alert.

Have I missed anything?

I still use Bittorrent but I don't download any executables.

Today I downloaded AVG anti-virus because Google said it detected malware (probabably just an ad but I panicked anyway) I scanned my PC and not one single virus was found!

I didn't install the memory resident scanner because I knew it would slow the system down be it still loaded some services when my machine booted so I did a regedit and disabled them manualy. Now my system runs as fast as before and I can scan any files right clicking on them clicking scan.

It looks like muzzy was right, you don't need any third party software to run Windows safely if you know what you're doing.

WMD:
This isn't really news...my dad (who doesn't even know what he's doing all the time) hasn't had anti-virus installed for a few months.  Nothing has happened.

skyman8081:
Windows is not as bad as what the people here want it to be.

xyle_one:

--- Quote from: skyman8081 ---Windows is not as bad as what the people here want it to be.
--- End quote ---

It really isn't.

I still prefer OSX and Linux over Windows though. Years of using all systems has allowed me to appreciate the elegance of OSX and versatility of a Linux System. Using Windows at work is annoying, even though it does offer some tools that I rather enjoy.

As I type this I am formatting a Windows machine and installing Linux...

Siplus:
I don't know... all of my friends' windows machines blow up (not litterally). After a few times they learned how to re-install it themselves, I showed them how to secure it (all the usual stuff), they stopped using kazaa, they stopped using IE.

Many just use it for gaming exclusively, and you know what? it still fucks up. Windows 2000/xp made me feel hope for the windows platform, but that no longer exists. I'll have to see what happens with vista, but I'm not holding my breath

(working in Staples, I'll probably get a legit lisence of windows vista professional when it is released... I *might* test it out... we'll see)

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