Hey, I had just downloaded the FS2004  AI installer (part 2) from page 1 of the FS2004 misc page. A file contained in the A313AFLv2.zip contains the W32/Parite.B virus. I have Panda anti-virus which detected and disinfected it on my computer, but someone is loading some of the files with viruses, so be careful. I have notified the webmaster, and be sure you have an up-to-date antivirus before you download anything.

I belive I may have gotten a virus from the same file a while back. I downloaded a bunch of files that day and that one was one of them. Then about a half hour later norton reported that exact same virus.

I wasn't saying that it was necessarily that file.. it's just quite a coincidence that both of us seemed to have been affected by what seemed to me the same file. I can't say for sure that that was the cause but it was the first file that Norton detected a virus on. And it was a virus. It spread and infected over 200 files in my computer. It also disabled my Norton antivirus which was a pain to fix. This was quite a while ago.. at least a month I'm thinking. That day I went on a rampage and downloaded probably at least a hundred addons from different websites. So I couldn't say for sure that that was the cause. I never said anything about it because I figured this website was clean of viruses.

I'm not blaming simviation about it. I'm just really tired and rambling. 

So that's why I had to reformat my hard drive last weekend... 

Jared

Reformatting is fun!

If a young girl walks around - say along venice beach, LA - looking a bit drunk, at 3.00 am - dressed in a seriously short skirt, chewing gum & moving to the beat coming through her walkman... what's going to happen to her?  ... (if she met me she'd be OK - but she wouldn't meet me because I wouldn't be there ..  8) )

ANYONE using the net without an up to date anti virus is seriously asking for trouble. YOU WILL GET INFECTED - not may - will. 

Period.
Get protected - not wreckted (as someone might say.. )

Well, I have never personally tried PC-Cillin, so I don't know how much support they provide if any. That is the key. You can update all you want, but if you get infected anyway, what will you do? Norton and McAfee both charge you for contacting their support if you need help getting rid of a virus. I don't know about PC-Cillin. I was just at their website looking around, and found they have an e-mail address to contact them for virus support, but they don't mention one way or the other whether they charge. Another thing to consider is the frequency of their updates. Both Norton and McAfee update their virus definitions once a week. That's not good enough for me. My college A+/N+ instructor told us one day about Panda, and that's how I found out about them. They have updates every single day (19 today, 6 yesterday, 13 the day before, etc). That means Norton and McAfee users are unprotected against new viruses for a week. It just depends, do you feel lucky?

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Not true actually : Here is a quote from McAfee Settings:

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I have Norton on my 2 other machines & Norton says the same
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There are several other highly credited FREE anti virus programs out there - AVG is one well known & highly credited version:
http://www.grisoft.com/

Pete,
     Don't just take my word for it, check it out yourself.
Norton's website at
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/sharedtech.nsf/docid/2002021908382713?OpenD...
tells how they do updates on Wednesdays. I have researched this, you evidently haven't.
   Also, the free AVG comes with NO support whatsoever. It says that on their site. Thus, if your computer crashes after installation, you get a virus, or anything else, YOU ARE ON YOUR OWN. They will not offer ANY assistance to you. So, unless you can fix your system, or are willing to pay someone like me to fix your system, you better think twice before using their products.
  The "four hour" updates you refer to only update their virus engines, GUI, etc, not the definitions themselves. They do that to make you think you're getting a good service out ot them. They lie to you. Norton and McAfee aren't half as good as people think. I will not advise anyone to do something I wouldn't be willing to do myself. I will not entrust my systems to once a week updates. I will not tell anyone else they should either.
   Michaelb 15, once again I ask, DO YOU FEEL LUCKY? If not, you'd better get the best you can find. But don't assume just because you THINK it MIGHT be good just because it's popular that it is good. You can be safe, or you can be foolish. Take your pick.

It depends. Is it updating the virus definitions, or just the engine and interface like Norton and McAfee does? A good rule of thumb, don't expect to get something good for nothing. It's like the free firewall Zonealarm has. It's free, but there are know holes they will not patch unless you buy the pro version.

Hi Hagar,
  In answer to your question, Panda found the virus as soon as I opened the zip file. I hadn't begun running the exe.
  I am currently attending college, majoring in Computer Information Systems. My A+ and N+ instructor is also one of the network administrators at the university. He has switched the college to Panda and dropped Norton. He is the one who told me about Panda when we were studying viruses.
  I hope you don't have any trouble with NAV, but per their website, be prepared to pay out some money if you somehow do get a virus. $39.95 to talk with their tech about it, or $69.95 if you have them help you step-by-step.  Or you have the option of calling their 900 number for $4.95 per minute. Panda does it all for FREE, just like Norton USED to.
That's something else to think about. Why would they want to update their definitions daily? That would mean fewer customers having viruses, meaning fewer calls to their tech support, so they make less money. They can make more by NOT updating regularly. Find details at
http://www.symantec.com/techsupp/contact_phone_virus.html

Just downloaded AVG. Wicked!  Was using loads of program in the first place though. You might like these although can't remember where I got them. LOL

Adaware
Spybot : Search & Distroy
BH Blaster
Hijack this

and another one I cant remember the name of. Although before my...experiance I had none of these. My...experiance was the (has anyone heard of this?) LOP virus. VERY dangerous. Although like you are saying I didnt get it through a file I downloaded.