Re:Is McAfee's siteadvisor.com a scam?
by giardini on Sunday April 03, 2011 @09:40AM
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exDM69 says
"Btw, I've never had a virus scanner or a firewall software installed. Not even on Windows, and not even on the worst Windows XP times around 5 years ago. A simple NAT has kept all the hacking attempts at bay."
How do you know that, if you never scanned for a virus or for spyware? How do you monitor network traffic?
Most Windows system I have examined (Behind NATs, behind corporate firewalls, both with and without A/V and spyware detectors) had spyware or a virus. If the user thought there was a problem, there was almost always some malware involved.
"Btw, I've never had a virus scanner or a firewall software installed. Not even on Windows, and not even on the worst Windows XP times around 5 years ago. A simple NAT has kept all the hacking attempts at bay."
How do you know that, if you never scanned for a virus or for spyware? How do you monitor network traffic?
Most Windows system I have examined (Behind NATs, behind corporate firewalls, both with and without A/V and spyware detectors) had spyware or a virus. If the user thought there was a problem, there was almost always some malware involved.