Guest Dan Posted August 29, 2008 Posted August 29, 2008 I am using Windows XP Pro SP3 and use AVG 8.0 as my sole Antivirus and Antispyware protection. I scan once a week and update everyday. I have been using this product for a few years (since AVG 6) and not once (okay, maybe once or twice in three years) has it found a virus or spyware, other than tracking cookies. I don't use the internet very often except to visit "mainly" the links in my Favorites list. I also do several Google searches, but also use AVG's Link Checker to navigate to safe pages only. Is it normal to be 100% virus and spyware free, or is AVG letting viruses and spyware through without seeing it? Or maybe I am simply fortunate to not have run into any malware as such? (I have visited some "questionable" sites before and even then, had no threats found!) I don't ever get pop ups or a slow computer environment (characteristic of spyware) and my home page has never changed. I don't think any unauthorized programs are doing something they shouldn't, based on normal computer activity. Does it sound like my computer is clean? Is AVG a good product, or am I unknowingly infected by threats? Or is it too hard to say? Or am I asking too many questions!
Guest Daave Posted August 29, 2008 Posted August 29, 2008 Re: Is this normal? "Dan" <Dan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:FDBAF2E1-E720-4C46-ADBB-A0234B199837@microsoft.com... > Is it normal to be 100% virus and spyware free It's normal for people who practice safe hex.
Guest Dan Posted August 29, 2008 Posted August 29, 2008 Re: Is this normal? Ha ha! Okay, so what's unsafe practice? "Daave" wrote: > "Dan" <Dan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:FDBAF2E1-E720-4C46-ADBB-A0234B199837@microsoft.com... > > > Is it normal to be 100% virus and spyware free > > It's normal for people who practice safe hex. > > >
Guest Kayman Posted August 29, 2008 Posted August 29, 2008 Re: Is this normal? On Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:58:00 -0700, Dan wrote: > Ha ha! Okay, so what's unsafe practice? > Routinely practice Safe-Hex. http://www.claymania.com/safe-hex.html
Guest HeyBub Posted August 29, 2008 Posted August 29, 2008 Re: Is this normal? Dan wrote: > Ha ha! Okay, so what's unsafe practice? > > "Daave" wrote: > >> "Dan" <Dan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:FDBAF2E1-E720-4C46-ADBB-A0234B199837@microsoft.com... >> >>> Is it normal to be 100% virus and spyware free >> >> It's normal for people who practice safe hex. Virtually every instance of viruses and spyware are caused by letting someone else use the computer.
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