Stinger 0 Posted March 2, 2003 Share Posted March 2, 2003 I dload stuff from Kazaa and Imesh, and every day I get a virus sometimes 2. I keep them on my external HDD in a folder. Now you all probably think I am a lunatic. But I keep them to test out virus programs. i.e. I got a McAfee virus scanning prgrm right and I wanna make sure I am being protected and its isnt just crap, so I scan the folder and all to make sure it can see all the viruses and it is good. Well I just opened one of them on accident and my display adapters started getting corrupted then my puter ######down, I was able to boot from last known good config and i am fine now no probs, but I want to make it so that I cant get into that folder with out typing in a password or something just to make sure I dont open the stuff on accident again. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Crimson 0 Posted March 2, 2003 Share Posted March 2, 2003 Would you end up typing in the password yourself? I think I see a never ending circle here. Delete that folder full of viruses. Norton and McAffee arent some b.s. software. They do their job quite nicely. Just make sure to update your virus deffinitions and you'll be good to go. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stinger 0 Posted March 2, 2003 Author Share Posted March 2, 2003 (edited) Would you end up typing in the password yourself? I think I see a never ending circle here. Delete that folder full of viruses. Norton and McAffee arent some b.s. software. They do their job quite nicely. Just make sure to update your virus deffinitions and you'll be good to go. Thats not completly true,I have seen McAffee miss viruses b4 many times. But then the free Grisoft AVG get them. So I dont trust most of them. And yeah I would type in the password. Edited March 2, 2003 by Stinger Quote Link to post Share on other sites
swartsz 7 Posted March 3, 2003 Share Posted March 3, 2003 there is a other way to test your virus scanner without using real viruses. that is to make a test file which all virus scanners will regonize as a virus Open Notepad and type: X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H* save as test.com, make sure you type this without spaces or returns Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rocky 1,224 Posted March 3, 2003 Share Posted March 3, 2003 to make sure I dont open the stuff on accident again. Delete them then. Do the right thing and delete them on sight. Keep them, and you only risk problems, as you have found. Virius' are not toys to be played with, to test your AV. Keep you AV uptodate and let it do whatever it suggests. That's my advice. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
the.ronin 5 Posted March 3, 2003 Share Posted March 3, 2003 (edited) I dload stuff from Kazaa and Imesh, and every day I get a virus sometimes 2. i do too (to get backups of programs i already bought ) but i rarely get viruses. i use a firewall and check with multiple virus/spyware detection programs as well as one specifically for trojans. no problems (yet?). have never used imesh but i might recommend kazaa *lite* Edited March 3, 2003 by the.ronin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stinger 0 Posted March 3, 2003 Author Share Posted March 3, 2003 (edited) I have Imesh Lite and Kazaa Lite. But I dont and never will trust AV scanners completly. A fully up to date McAffee AV prgrm was unable to detect the Hantaner virus I got while the free one did. What if that virus was a lot more dangerous than it was...I cant trust them. there is a other way to test your virus scanner without using real viruses. that is to make a test file which all virus scanners will regonize as a virus Open Notepad and type: X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H* save as test.com, make sure you type this without spaces or returns For real? Ill check on another pc first. Delete them then. Do the right thing and delete them on sight. Keep them, and you only risk problems, as you have found. Unless I can find a solution which I may have... Virius' are not toys to be played with, to test your AV. Keep you AV uptodate and let it do whatever it suggests. I'm responsible enough IMHO, I dont go toying with them, they are not treated as "toys" and I'm not retarded about their potential damage. But they only pose a threat to me and my network and since I'm not worried nobody else should be. I think I will use ABI Coder and just encrypt all the files then decrpyt when I desire. That will require a password and wil lbe safe. Edited March 3, 2003 by Stinger Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Raptor9 0 Posted March 3, 2003 Share Posted March 3, 2003 A fully up to date McAffee AV prgrm was unable to detect the Hantaner virus I got while the free one did. What if that virus was a lot more dangerous than it was...I cant trust them. Have you tried Norton? It's the best darn anti-virus program I've ever had. Never let me down. I had McAfee on my old computer and it causes more problems then it fixed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stinger 0 Posted March 3, 2003 Author Share Posted March 3, 2003 I have McAfee Pro, NAV and all of Nortons products, AVG (Grisoft). Then 4 firewalls, McAfees POS, Norton PF, ZA Pro, and tiny firewall, and if you call Windows XP's firewall a firewall then that one too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hero2zer0 0 Posted March 4, 2003 Share Posted March 4, 2003 (edited) one firewall is enough, if u try to install more than one ur comp will go crazy they all use same ports so its mot a good idea...ive tried to do a firewall using mirc but i had some probs with my allready installed firewall.... Edited March 4, 2003 by hero2zer0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stinger 0 Posted March 4, 2003 Author Share Posted March 4, 2003 one firewall is enough, if u try to install more than one ur comp will go crazy they all use same ports so its mot a good idea...ive tried to do a firewall using mirc but i had some probs with my allready installed firewall.... Nah actually thats not true. Different firewalls use different methods many times to prevent hacks. They all work differently and have not caused any damage or made my system go crazy. I've been running multiple firewalls for 2 years now and there hasnt been a single problem. And the guy at our my work runs multiple firewalls on the computers and server and he has much more knowledge about it then the 2 of us. So I would bet that if I followed his methods I would be just fine. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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