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fat_basterd21

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Why sp2
« on: September 09, 2006, 12:53:59 PM »
Ok I see all the time how sp2 is so important and how it is a major upgrade. but what exactly is there to it... All I ever noticed was the security part witch I allways turn off. I hate the automatic updates, im completely against all spyware virus software inspite of others better judgment.
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    Re: Why sp2
    « Reply #1 on: September 09, 2006, 03:48:08 PM »
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    im completely against all spyware virus software inspite of others better judgment.
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    Re: Why sp2
    « Reply #2 on: September 09, 2006, 04:35:41 PM »
    I haven't come crying to any1 ever about my computer crashing from viruses. the best virus software only protecs against the known viruses. they slow down your computer like I cant explain. delete software that you dont want deleted and isnt spywhere or virus. constantly popup messages that I cant stand "are you sure" "are you really sure" And thats not even the free ones that will find spywhere after just finishing a clean install... much esier for me to reformat and start over. I've got 1 virus from a website and it changed my start page to msn no matter what I set it to it allways changed back but that was with IE.

    You call me stupid but I see people everyday that screw their computer up worse than any virus by putting all this crap on it, and usually the first time they connect to the internet.

    However Windows security doesnt bother me that much except the automatic updates never seem to stop. everyday theres something new its allways downloading something hogging up the line so much you cant even browse the internet until its done downloading 200mgb file just to start another one...
    If this is all sp2 has to offer I'll pass for now. I have the I.T. download on disk so its not a problem putting it there but if I turn most of the security off is there any reason to put sp2 on...
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    Re: Why sp2
    « Reply #3 on: September 09, 2006, 04:54:20 PM »
    This is Uncle Billy's way of saying"I own you !You Fat_Basterd!

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      Re: Why sp2
      « Reply #4 on: September 09, 2006, 05:52:04 PM »
      Protection against known viruses is better than protection against no viruses. I agree some virus scanners are obnoxious but my virus scanner makes no problem for my computer, and it certainly doesn't invent virues. You are probably refering to bogus online junk you get which makes things up to trick you into buying their rubbish. You need to look out for those.

      Maybe you know some people who screw up their computer by putting crap on it (the bogus scanners rather than a decent one I persume) but I also know someone who couldn't be bothered with virus protection and his computer got totally wrecked. My computer was on the same network but my scanner prevented the attack.

      But up to you to weigh out the pros and cons for yourself I guess.

      Edit: When I say totally wrecked I mean totally wrecked, and took hours to fix. And it was so preventable too.
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        Re: Why sp2
        « Reply #5 on: September 09, 2006, 06:11:33 PM »
        http://www.avast.com/eng/programs.html

        This is a virus scanner I have used for a few years, and put on a lot of people's computers for them. Not once has it caused me a single problem. Even with all stuff on my computer it doesn't find any viruses (except the rare occasion when there actually is a virus - see above) so even with stuff on it no virus, I doubt it would find a virus after a fresh install. You are talking about these programs with names like registry fixer or bug nuker or whatever. I just made those up but they are what they sound like. They detect even the most trivial of problems and report it as some kind of major error to panic people into buying it to "fix" their problems... they are what to avoid. There are a few good programs but unfortunately they are given a bad name by these ones.

        I have SP2 with automatic updates, Sygate firewall and Avast anti-virus and my computer is fine. If "much esier for me to reformat and start over" is your security policy then that's up to you, but I certainly wouldn't want to go through that hassle each time.
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        Re: Why sp2
        « Reply #6 on: September 11, 2006, 08:29:08 AM »
        XP was rushed to market...SP1 was released less than 3 mos. later followed by SP2.

        As stated in the other thread SP2 is a MAJOR upgrade to the OS....

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        I hate the automatic updates, im completely against all spyware virus software inspite of others better judgment.  
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        As far as this goes you are only asking for trouble...

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          Re: Why sp2
          « Reply #7 on: September 11, 2006, 08:39:20 AM »
          so how many times as your computer gone down from infections fat??
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          Re: Why sp2
          « Reply #8 on: September 11, 2006, 02:47:05 PM »
          Never, Proly cuz I do a clean install every 30 days if you catch my drift...
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            Re: Why sp2
            « Reply #9 on: September 11, 2006, 02:48:31 PM »
            so youve been lucky then
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            Re: Why sp2
            « Reply #10 on: September 11, 2006, 02:58:18 PM »
            yea I guess... just kidding about the 30 day reinstall...LOL... I wonder how many people actually do this...


            You guys better not be hacking my stuff to teach me a lesson...
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              Re: Why sp2
              « Reply #11 on: September 11, 2006, 03:04:09 PM »
              The current estimate for infection time of an unprotected computer connected to the internet is just a few minutes.
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              Re: Why sp2
              « Reply #12 on: September 11, 2006, 03:12:06 PM »
              So I should have sp2 and this avast and would that be sufficient?
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                Re: Why sp2
                « Reply #13 on: September 11, 2006, 03:23:24 PM »
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                yea I guess... just kidding about the 30 day reinstall...LOL... I wonder how many people actually do this...


                You guys better not be hacking my stuff to teach me a lesson...


                sir that would be unethical and evil... who would do such a thing [smiley=evil.gif] [smiley=rolleyes.gif]


                and a firewall
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                Re: Why sp2
                « Reply #14 on: September 11, 2006, 03:27:44 PM »
                A legal Windows CD is incredibly helpful as well, if you get my drift.  ;)
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