-- Posted by Manipulative Acid at 3:56 am on June 25, 2009 AVG has worked for me 98% percent of the time, I got other programs, but I use AVG usually. I'm just wondering how long a computer scan would take considering the used disk space is 46 GB and free space is 175 GB (if that makes any difference) It's been going for 1 hour now. -- Posted by Milky Way kid at 3:58 am on June 25, 2009 Whats your ram? and depends.. AVG uses alot of memory, -- Posted by nzdude at 4:00 am on June 25, 2009 it should be nearly finished. -- Posted by Manipulative Acid at 4:02 am on June 25, 2009 Quote: from Reece Dodsworth at 11:58 am on June 25, 2009 Whats your ram? and depends.. AVG uses alot of memory, RAM? I THINK I have 4 GB RAM, but how does that affect any scanning? I don't really know much about this. -- Posted by Catlin at 4:04 am on June 25, 2009 AVG is horrible, I wrote a thread about how much crap it is. Use avast. -- Posted by Milky Way kid at 4:05 am on June 25, 2009 Quote: from YellowAcid1 at 12:02 pm on June 25, 2009 Quote: from Reece Dodsworth at 11:58 am on June 25, 2009 Whats your ram?   and depends.. AVG uses alot of memory, RAM? I THINK I have 4 GB RAM, but how does that affect any scanning? I don't really know much about this. Ram is Random accessed memory its how much can be processed though it. Sometimes when poeple have 2 or 1 gb ram it can affect how well it runs. Should not take long tbh. i have a 800 gb hard disk space and it takes about 2 hours nearly 3 -- Posted by Mikoto at 4:06 am on June 25, 2009 Dunno, I have a mac so I don't need to do annoying virus scans. :D Usually takes an hour or so on my brother's PC. -- Posted by Manipulative Acid at 4:09 am on June 25, 2009 Quote: from Catlin at 12:04 pm on June 25, 2009 AVG is horrible, I wrote a thread about how much crap it is. Use avast. No, I don't like Avast. AVG isn't bad at all, you just have to update it every second. Well, it's much better than that shit load of Macafee or some other Microsoft shit. -- Posted by Catlin at 4:09 am on June 25, 2009 Quote: from Mikoto at 9:06 pm on June 25, 2009 Dunno, I have a mac so I don't need to do annoying virus scans. :D Usually takes an hour or so on my brother's PC. Macs get viruses. They also get Spam and Evil Cookies same as PC and the same amount - fact, k?thxbui -- Posted by Catlin at 4:11 am on June 25, 2009 Quote: from YellowAcid1 at 9:09 pm on June 25, 2009 Quote: from Catlin at 12:04 pm on June 25, 2009 AVG is horrible, I wrote a thread about how much crap it is. Use avast.   No, I don't like Avast. AVG isn't bad at all, you just have to update it every second. Well, it's much better than that shit load of Macafee or some other Microsoft shit. Errr no, I have a CERT IV in Systems Administration. McAfree has a proven track record in Scanning and Pick-up rates, AVG failed at the bottom of PCMagzine and other tests in pick up ratio.   http://www.comodo.com/ for the win for free. -- Posted by Manipulative Acid at 4:11 am on June 25, 2009 Quote: from Catlin at 12:09 pm on June 25, 2009 Quote: from Mikoto at 9:06 pm on June 25, 2009 Dunno, I have a mac so I don't need to do annoying virus scans. :D    Usually takes an hour or so on my brother's PC. Macs get viruses. They also get Spam and Evil Cookies same as PC and the same amount - fact, k?thxbui OMG haha lol. They CAN get it, but it's like a 2000-1 ratio. Normal Microsoft shit computers get viruses ALL THE TIME, but Macs and the like hardly ever get viruses, thats one of the best things about Macs. -- Posted by Milky Way kid at 4:13 am on June 25, 2009 Quote: from Catlin at 12:09 pm on June 25, 2009 Quote: from Mikoto at 9:06 pm on June 25, 2009 Dunno, I have a mac so I don't need to do annoying virus scans. :D    Usually takes an hour or so on my brother's PC. Macs get viruses. They also get Spam and Evil Cookies same as PC and the same amount - fact, k?thxbui Macs can get virus but not many because its compatibility -- Posted by Catlin at 4:14 am on June 25, 2009 Quote: from YellowAcid1 at 9:11 pm on June 25, 2009 Quote: from Catlin at 12:09 pm on June 25, 2009 Quote: from Mikoto at 9:06 pm on June 25, 2009 Dunno, I have a mac so I don't need to do annoying virus scans. :D     Usually takes an hour or so on my brother's PC. Macs get viruses. They also get Spam and Evil Cookies same as PC and the same amount - fact, k?thxbui   OMG haha lol.   They CAN get it, but it's like a 2000-1 ratio. Normal Microsoft shit computers get viruses ALL THE TIME, but Macs and the like hardly ever get viruses, thats one of the best things about Macs.   500 sites blew Apple's ratio out the window including major companies. Virus include: Spam, Spybots, Hidden Cookies, Key Loggers, Trackers and what I just listed, they don't fall under that bullshit ratio. Mac PCs use a Linux Code and Linux OSes get Viruses. -- Posted by Manipulative Acid at 4:18 am on June 25, 2009 Catlin, do you really believe EVERYTHING you read on some random site? Have you proven it for yourself? I personally don't have any degree on anything yet, but my dad does. He's got an engineering computer informatics degree thing (not sure what it's called) and he works with computers all the time. He's proven AVG can do it's work, and that Macs are very reliable dealing with Viruses and stuff. -- Posted by Mikoto at 4:19 am on June 25, 2009 Quote: from Catlin at 12:09 pm on June 25, 2009 Quote: from Mikoto at 9:06 pm on June 25, 2009 Dunno, I have a mac so I don't need to do annoying virus scans. :D    Usually takes an hour or so on my brother's PC. Macs get viruses. They also get Spam and Evil Cookies same as PC and the same amount - fact, k?thxbui Nah, they don't. I've had my mac for 3 years and never had a virus, never crashed, nothing wrong with it. :) There's one virus someone made, but you actually have to download the program, open it, type in your password and let it run. Anyone stupid enough to do that deserves to have a virus. -- Posted by Catlin at 4:23 am on June 25, 2009 I did my own Benchmark tests on AVG, so did the company I worked for at one stage. Its proven that other software is better including AOL's crap. I believe top sources including government knows what they are talking about. The new Mac PC operation systems are based on Linux and Linux is based on Windows, even source codes match in places. Your saying there is one virus which isn't remotely possible, as there is more then just plain old viruses out there. Even your iPhones can get Key loggers, tracers, Spam Cookies and so forth. Nothing is fool proof and every OS has a back-door. -- Posted by Manipulative Acid at 4:27 am on June 25, 2009 Quote: from Catlin at 12:23 pm on June 25, 2009 I did my own Benchmark tests on AVG, so did the company I worked for at one stage. Its proven that other software is better including AOL's crap. I believe top sources including government knows what they are talking about. The new Mac PC operation systems are based on Linux and Linux is based on Windows, even source codes match in places. Your saying there is one virus which isn't remotely possible, as there is more then just plain old viruses out there. Even your iPhones can get Key loggers, tracers, Spam Cookies and so forth. Nothing is fool proof and every OS has a back-door. True, but even you have to say that Macs get much less viruses than Microsoft computers. I suppose it's because not many people have Macs compared to the people who have Microsoft computers. -- Posted by Catlin at 4:30 am on June 25, 2009 Windows is the dominate in the markets, one of the reasons there are less. I'm on Windows Vista, had a computer for 6 years now and have never crashed, had a virus or problem. I managed to short circuit it once because a phone jack was messed up, but it would of done the same to a Mac PC so it just goes to show. I don't even run Anti Virus Programs nor a firewall. I scan my computer using a Online program every month and no problems yet. -- Posted by NEGATIVE0 at 5:06 am on June 27, 2009 nod 32, thx. -- Posted by marshmellowman at 5:11 am on July 9, 2009 Quote: from Catlin at 12:23 pm on June 25, 2009 I did my own Benchmark tests on AVG, so did the company I worked for at one stage. Its proven that other software is better including AOL's crap. I believe top sources including government knows what they are talking about. The new Mac PC operation systems are based on Linux and Linux is based on Windows, even source codes match in places. Your saying there is one virus which isn't remotely possible, as there is more then just plain old viruses out there. Even your iPhones can get Key loggers, tracers, Spam Cookies and so forth. Nothing is fool proof and every OS has a back-door. lol Linux is based on Windows? You've got to be kidding me mate. And OS X is based on Unix, not Linux. Source codes match in places? Are you fucking joking? For one, MS source-code is proprietary so I'd like to know how you even managed to get a hold of it. 'Spam cookies' aren't viruses, and no, iPhones may theoretically be susceptible to viruses, but none have been made for it, and transmitting one would be pretty hard. Please at least know what you're talking about if you're going to make all these 'accusations' and bold claims. -- Posted by Catlin at 6:56 am on July 9, 2009 Quote: from marshmellowman at 10:11 pm on July 9, 2009 Quote: from Catlin at 12:23 pm on June 25, 2009 I did my own Benchmark tests on AVG, so did the company I worked for at one stage. Its proven that other software is better including AOL's crap.    I believe top sources including government knows what they are talking about. The new Mac PC operation systems are based on Linux and Linux is based on Windows, even source codes match in places.    Your saying there is one virus which isn't remotely possible, as there is more then just plain old viruses out there. Even your iPhones can get Key loggers, tracers, Spam Cookies and so forth.    Nothing is fool proof and every OS has a back-door. lol Linux is based on Windows? You've got to be kidding me mate. And OS X is based on Unix, not Linux. Source codes match in places? Are you fucking joking? For one, MS source-code is proprietary so I'd like to know how you even managed to get a hold of it. 'Spam cookies' aren't viruses, and no, iPhones may theoretically be susceptible to viruses, but none have been made for it, and transmitting one would be pretty hard. Please at least know what you're talking about if you're going to make all these 'accusations' and bold claims. lol. Unix is a type of Linux. Linux is the overall name. Ever wonder why Linux looks similar to windows? Because the source code in places matches. I studied this as part of a course so  I could get Cisco Qualified as a Systems Administrator. Linux is not directly from Windows, but source codes match in some places. You kidding me? I was watching Attack of the Show last year and they were talking about the first iPhone Virus. Transmitting be difficult? iPhones roam on the 2G or 3G network and connect to the Web = Quite Easy to download a virus without knowing it. Spam Cookies, Trojans Trackers, Key Loggers and so forth are considered Viruses. Common Knowledge. They teach kids that in Computer Class in Grade 5. Try again. -- Posted by marshmellowman at 7:27 am on July 9, 2009 No, Unix is different from Linux. Linux evolved from Unix but you can't consider Unix a flavour or distribution of Linux as say you could Gentoo, Mandrake, Fedora, etc. Linux isn't the overall name, if we're going by overall names you might as well say 'Operating System' it would be far more accurate description. In fact OS X Leopard meets the Open Unix Certification requirements and can officially be thought of as a Unix distro, like Sun OS for example. It is therefore stupid and incorrect to say Unix is a type of Linux, because any person with a infinitesimal amount of technical knowledge will laugh in your face if you said that OS X was a type of Linux. Why it looks similar? Seriously? Are you just joking now? The windowing environment that a Linux distro may use bears no relevance to Windows because of the coding. KDE and GNOME may look similar because that's how they were designed, it has absolutely NOTHING to do with the coding behind it. Moreover you could easily change what windowing system you were using and the underlying Linux kernel would be the same. Seriously, drop the act Catlin. If you're trying to pass of this bullshit, there is absolutely no way you qualified anything remotely to do with technical knowledge, unless you were hit on the head with a brick recently or something. Find me ANYTHING on the Internet that says that they have similar source code and I will take my word back, but no semi-intelligent being with technical knowledge would ever say something as stupid as that. Oh gee, AOTS, that's pretty hard core evidence right there lol. I've nothing against it, but ATOS is really dismal these days, you could see when all the decent presenters from the screen savers left that the show will turn to shit. Aside from that, please find me the online article, or a clip on youtube, otherwise I call bullshit. For one, Apple have locked down the iPhone OS so much that if somehow you managed to even get a virus on there somehow, it wouldn't be able to execute under root privileges (needed for any sort of damage or transmission) unless you'd given that yourself or jailbroken your device and fucked stuff up. Yeah, so what if iPhones can roam on the Internet, you still can't download files using the web-browser, at least it won't let you save anything but images. Apple designed it well, you're not going to be able to get some remote-exploit on your device, I should know, I follow the news pretty well since I have one. lol, you've just demonstrated your ignorance. For one, key loggers are just pieces of software that log keystrokes, they don't have to be viruses. I suggest you learn the definition of a virus before you make even more of a fool of yourself. Viruses specifically have to be self-replicating software that infects other machines. malware, spyware, etc, are all different, and since a normal keylogger doesn't actually copy itself over the network or spread otherwise, it wouldn't be considered a virus. Spam cookies? wtf? Cookies are cookies, and aren't viruses. Trojans are also different, because unlike viruses they don't self-replicate. Seriously, I don't know whether you have your head stuck up your arse or anything, but seeing as how you don't seem to have any technical knowledge whatsoever, I'd ask you to remove it from there. -- Posted by marshmellowman at 7:27 am on July 9, 2009 And I'd like to ask you to "try again", although to be honest I don't think I'll bother replying if you continue spouting this horse shit. -- Posted by Catlin at 8:01 am on July 9, 2009 Quote: from marshmellowman at 12:27 am on July 10, 2009 No, Unix is different from Linux. Linux evolved from Unix but you can't consider Unix a flavour or distribution of Linux as say you could Gentoo, Mandrake, Fedora, etc. Linux isn't the overall name, if we're going by overall names you might as well say 'Operating System' it would be far more accurate description. In fact OS X Leopard meets the Open Unix Certification requirements and can officially be thought of as a Unix distro, like Sun OS for example. It is therefore stupid and incorrect to say Unix is a type of Linux, because any person with a infinitesimal amount of technical knowledge will laugh in your face if you said that OS X was a type of Linux.   Why it looks similar? Seriously? Are you just joking now? The windowing environment that a Linux distro may use bears no relevance to Windows because of the coding. KDE and GNOME may look similar because that's how they were designed, it has absolutely NOTHING to do with the coding behind it. Moreover you could easily change what windowing system you were using and the underlying Linux kernel would be the same.   Seriously, drop the act Catlin. If you're trying to pass of this bullshit, there is absolutely no way you qualified anything remotely to do with technical knowledge, unless you were hit on the head with a brick recently or something. Find me ANYTHING on the Internet that says that they have similar source code and I will take my word back, but no semi-intelligent being with technical knowledge would ever say something as stupid as that.   Oh gee, AOTS, that's pretty hard core evidence right there lol. I've nothing against it, but ATOS is really dismal these days, you could see when all the decent presenters from the screen savers left that the show will turn to shit. Aside from that, please find me the online article, or a clip on youtube, otherwise I call bullshit. For one, Apple have locked down the iPhone OS so much that if somehow you managed to even get a virus on there somehow, it wouldn't be able to execute under root privileges (needed for any sort of damage or transmission) unless you'd given that yourself or jailbroken your device and fucked stuff up. Yeah, so what if iPhones can roam on the Internet, you still can't download files using the web-browser, at least it won't let you save anything but images. Apple designed it well, you're not going to be able to get some remote-exploit on your device, I should know, I follow the news pretty well since I have one.   lol, you've just demonstrated your ignorance. For one, key loggers are just pieces of software that log keystrokes, they don't have to be viruses. I suggest you learn the definition of a virus before you make even more of a fool of yourself. Viruses specifically have to be self-replicating software that infects other machines. malware, spyware, etc, are all different, and since a normal keylogger doesn't actually copy itself over the network or spread otherwise, it wouldn't be considered a virus. Spam cookies? wtf? Cookies are cookies, and aren't viruses. Trojans are also different, because unlike viruses they don't self-replicate.   Seriously, I don't know whether you have your head stuck up your arse or anything, but seeing as how you don't seem to have any technical knowledge whatsoever, I'd ask you to remove it from there. First no one uses Gentoo, Mandrake. I dont even remember if they are still in dev as thats how much anyone cares about them. On the Linux code, Hierarchical Directory Structure: DOS, Windows, and Linux all store information in files which are organized into directories (also called folders). Directories may contain files and other directories. Although, the commands differ, files and directories can be created, deleted, renamed, copied, moved and listed from the command prompt. Fancy fucking that, they use the same Directory System which means the code would be similar. Not the same, but it would be similar. http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-roadmap1.html Linux is a kernal, unix is a type of OS. Unix is a registered name so Linux cannot be described as a Unix OS however you will here linux described as a Unix like system. One thing to bear in mind is that Linux is NOT an OS it is just the kernal the GNU (recursive acronym for GNU's Not Unix) is what people often confuse as being 'Linux' this is however the command line and tools that interact with the Linux Kernal. Both Minix and Linux taken the idea from Unix not the source, like everything will be handled like a file... AOTS shows are sourced. Thats like auto saying Wikipedia is all fake. Wiki can also be used as a source, as each bit is checked by Community Admins for sources and validity.   On the iPhone Virus shit, http://www.ipodhacks.com/article.php?sid=2482 http://www.pmptoday.com/tag/iphone-virus/ Oh and another 36 thousand links if you want them. The rest of your iPhone shit, I dont care about as I don't roll with Apple. Nothing is virus proof. Fact. Anyone who argues against this statement needs to stop eating a crock of shit. On your last bit, Even Wik SAYS YOU FAIL. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_virus The term "computer virus" is sometimes used as a catch-all phrase to include all types of malware. Malware includes computer viruses, worms, trojan horses, most rootkits, spyware, dishonest adware, crimeware, and other malicious and unwanted software), including true viruses. Viruses are sometimes confused with computer worms and Trojan horses, which are technically different. A worm can exploit security vulnerabilities to spread itself to other computers without needing to be transferred as part of a host, and a Trojan horse is a program that appears harmless but has a hidden agenda. Worms and Trojans, like viruses, may cause harm to either a computer system's hosted data, functional performance, or networking throughput, when they are executed. Some viruses and other malware have symptoms noticeable to the computer user, but many are surreptitious. *Takes out a small violin* *Plays it just for marshmellowman* Its really sad when Wiki says your wrong. Shows how much your wrong. learn the definition next time before making idiot outlandish statements. When you can come back with facts, maybe I'll pay attention. Cheerio. -- Posted by Catlin at 8:05 am on July 9, 2009 Keep personal attacks and comments like that shit, out of this thread. This is about IT AVG, not your outlandish attacks on me. For a mod, I would of thought you knew this, but I guess your like Brent, too stubborn to know personal attacks are not allowed in a debate. -- Posted by marshmellowman at 8:15 am on July 9, 2009 " The term "virus" is also commonly but erroneously used to refer to other types of malware, adware, and spyware programs that do not have the reproductive ability." That's from the same wikipedia article. I'll no longer reply to someone who is clearly technologically illiterate. And I also don't see any personal attacks. -- Posted by Catlin at 8:19 am on July 9, 2009 Quote: from marshmellowman at 1:15 am on July 10, 2009 " The term "virus" is also commonly but erroneously used to refer to other types of malware, adware, and spyware programs that do not have the reproductive ability." That's from the same wikipedia article. I'll no longer reply to someone who is clearly technologically illiterate. And I also don't see any personal attacks. Thats one opionion on it being erroneously. Find me a link or source that the majority thinks it. Seeing as Microsoft Employees and Apple's have used it, they must be idiots I guess. Anyway, that article is a bit messed up as both of our quotes conflict with them. Ironic isn't it? Either someone fucked up on their Wiki Grammar or they are just plain dumb. So I showed you a Apple iPhone virus so thats undisputed, also showed you Linux, I take it you have no rebuttal. You may know a bit about computers and IT, but your lacking. Everyone is,. Cheerio Mate. -- Posted by Catlin at 8:23 am on July 9, 2009 Oh and to add a nice closing statement, "technologically illiterate" Would mean I know nothing about Computers like John McCain, but clearly I do, if I am operating one and have the framed certificates on my walls around me and my in depth resume in the drawer. I am beginning to doubt your knowledge on computer terms and how to use them correctly. /thread -- Posted by Manipulative Acid at 3:21 pm on July 9, 2009 Hey, HEY! This is like the "what's better, Vista or XP argument", everyone has their own views on it, and I don't even know who's more wrong or right here. This started out with MY question to AVG scanning time, now it's elapsed to something to do with Unix and being better with computers than the other person. I am not trying to say any of you are wrong, just bear this in mind: Arguing with some stranger on the internet is retarded.