How many viruses have you had?

Started by Them Bones December 11th, 2010 6:44 AM
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The Greatest Country in the World; America
Seen January 16th, 2011
Posted December 26th, 2010
63 posts
12.5 Years
How many viruses have you had?
I haven't had that many viruses, in fact only 2.

How long has it been since you had one?
2 Years

What antivirus do you use?
Trend Micro, our antivirus, is expired and currently we are using only Windows Defender. It's going fine with only Windows Defender.

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Burbank, CA
Seen February 17th, 2014
Posted April 13th, 2013
3,575 posts
15.9 Years
How many viruses have you had?
I've never had one

How long has it been since you had one?
N/A (see previous question)

What antivirus do you use?
Mostly Microsoft security essentials for my virtual windows machines, ESET for my Boot Camp, and Intego for Mac.
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Age 12
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Albuquerque, NM
Seen October 6th, 2013
Posted November 25th, 2011
304 posts
12.7 Years
How many viruses have you had? 3.

How many viruses have you had? It's been approximately 6 months...

What antivirus do you use? Mainly Trend Micro for my laptop and PC, and none for my mac.

yeah, pretty much.
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15.5 Years
How many viruses have you had?
This computer has been hit with that Conficker virus twice.

How long has it been since you had one?
Since late August.

What antivirus do you use?
Microsoft Security Essentials, but the thing slows my computer to a crawl every time it wants to update.

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Age 26
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14.8 Years
I've had two viruses. One just slowed things down and the other (I blame myself because I used craggle) was a trojen that, when excecuted, took out all sorts of things (task bar, near all other programs, mouse and keyboard use, etc.), but luckly I still have the old power plug. I had to unplug the cp, because It also took out the "turn off computor when power button is pressed" function. I now use malware bytes (pro), and haven't had a problem since I installed it in May.

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Age 28
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Posted August 20th, 2013
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12.7 Years
In the past, when I was really stupid with this stuff, I'd get hit by them a lot. This was several years ago.

Now, I haven't had a single one in like, ages. I personally use WOT for Chrome, NOD32 (it's actually kind of a memory hog, but it's protection makes me feel safe) and Malwarebytes. I scan on a weekly basis, nothing ever comes up.

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Age 33
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Posted February 29th, 2012
322 posts
13 Years
aww man i had plenty of viruses......the one i have now is using my e-mail account to send emails to my whole contact lists to advertise a website to sell viagra and cialis and other crap........its embarrasing......
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Age 27
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Posted April 18th, 2011
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13 Years
Hmm well I have had about 4 viruses on my computer, and I have Mcafee Protection and Malwarebytes Protection, so no harm is ever done! XD

My big brother said his Teacher got a virus on her lappy. A kid got a virus on his USB and everytime you open a laptop the baby cries and cries and cries! So he put it on her laptop! XD
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Sydney, Australia
Seen June 19th, 2011
Posted December 14th, 2010
1,499 posts
17.9 Years
Ive been hit by every kind of malicious software there is. T_T

BUUUUUUUT; It's been a long time since something /i've done/ has caused my computer to meltdown. <(^_^)>

I use MSE with trial version of windows 7 that I just reinstall every month. :D
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Seen January 4th, 2011
Posted December 25th, 2010
811 posts
14.6 Years
How many viruses have you had?
Two on this laptop, one on my old one.

How long has it been since you had one?
A year, give or take...

What antivirus do you use?
McAfee.I'm not entirely fond of it, though. I'm going to try to beat my dad to the punch on antivirus for my new laptop and install SE, but I think he might preinstall McAfee before I get to it. *sigh*
Age 29
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Glitch city
Seen June 11th, 2015
Posted May 9th, 2015
785 posts
13.8 Years
How many viruses have you had?

Way too many across several computers over the years, having actually lost one of the first family PC's to a worm. Most of it is me having to clean up after my family, but eventually I became careless assuming it couldn't happen to me and then, reality check! I got my own personal laptop infected by a rogue antivirus from an infected blog link and after pulling my hair out trying to kill it, I quickly learned to become very cautious about absolutely everything.

How long has it been since you had one?


About a day or two. My sister went to an infected Facebook page and got another rogue on her computer! I think I was able to kill that one, though.

What antivirus do you use?


My favorite one at the moment is Malwarebytes, but I do tend to use multiple programs in case that one can't get it.

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Age 32
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Ridgecrest, Ca
Seen August 13th, 2011
Posted February 4th, 2011
36 posts
12.7 Years
How many viruses have you had? Zero. Working at a computer shop teaches you things. It also makes you see things on other peoples computers... things that can not be unseen...

What antivirus do you use? I used to use Avast! Free. I now use Microsoft Security Essentials. I highly recommend Nod32 though, if you've got the money.

Zet

Age 33
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Brisbane, Australia
Seen September 29th, 2021
Posted May 16th, 2020
7,687 posts
15.7 Years
How many viruses have you had?
in all my time I've used computers? probably well over 100 due to horrible anitivirus programs used over the years.

How long has it been since you had one?
about 9 months now(though if you were to include false positives, maybe 3 or 4 months).

What antivirus do you use?
I used to use NOD32 with a 2016 key, but since it went bad I'm now using MSE which is slowing down the laptop boot speed and it takes forever to scan. But at least I'm well more protected than the people here who use trend micro and mcafee :P
Age 23
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12.9 Years
I have never had one on my Laptop, however our family computer has had one before.
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Age 28
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Posted August 20th, 2013
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12.7 Years
When I was younger, they hit me all the time. Pretty much from me looking for free stuff all the time.

Now, I haven't had one in years. But I still protect myself even though. NOD32 Antivirus 4 and Malwarebytes. :3

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Age 33
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Brisbane, Australia
Seen September 29th, 2021
Posted May 16th, 2020
7,687 posts
15.7 Years
I've had two viruses. Both of them blew up my computer, that's why I got a Mac ~:D
I doubt two viruses could blow up computers, must have been something faulty, also macs can get viruses.
Age 28
Seen April 7th, 2014
Posted April 2nd, 2014
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15.8 Years
How many viruses have you had?
My computer's been attacked by all sorts. Most of them a few years ago, when I was a tad illiterate about them in a way, and you could say I was a little immature. But the situation's improved. I get along with my computer more these days. >>

How long has it been since you had one?
Approximately 1 year, I think.

What antivirus do you use?
AVG, Avast!, McAfee and a couple of others.