Viruses in version BMS 4.34 ?! Need help!
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Hello
thank you for your work and the wonderful F-16 simulator.
I have the same pb of “False Positives”.
why don’t use Zip files ? -
back in 2004, Kaspersky and ESET were not too bad. These days, I’d just recommend Windows defender.
Yeah the AV scene is indeed a mess, Windows Defender is baseline at best, Microsoft at least doesnt have to use that channel to exfiltrate files off your PC like Kaspersky
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The best AV software is free, cross-platform and already pre-installed: a few pounds of grey, gooey matter between your ears. You should use it to
o browse safely using an up to date, open source browser with Ublock Origin & noscript;
o don’t open any weird stuff or follow links in emails; “If it’s too good to be true, it’s probably not true” applies more often than not.
o use a free, open source torrent client like “transmission” (available for all major platforms)
o don’t use warez downloaded from shady sites
o do use a safe OS like Linux for your day to day stuff and restict use of windows to gaming if possible.
o use sensible one-time / one - site passwords and store them in a safe place using “password gorilla” or any offline PW manager, protect the DB with a good strong password ; you can then share the passwd db between your devices using “syncthing”, owncloud or whatever.
o If you must, you can scan your windows partition offline from time to time using ClamAV for Linux.
I’ve been online since 1989 (longer if I count the BBS days) and have never run AV software (even on my Amiga)
Total number of infections so far: zero. (naturally I don’t want to jinx it, but you get the idea :))
All the best,
Uwe
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The best AV software is free, cross-platform and already pre-installed: a few pounds of grey, gooey matter between your ears. You should use it to
o browse safely using an up to date, open source browser with Ublock Origin & noscript;
+Ghostery +AdBlockPlus +TrackMeNot +SSLEverywhere … Check
o don’t open any weird stuff or follow links in emails; “If it’s too good to be true, it’s probably not true” applies more often than not.
Check
o use a free, open source torrent client like “transmission” (available for all major platforms)
+Tixati64 (-uTorrent - that dirty bastard to become) Check
o don’t use warez downloaded from shady sites
well, uhm… not CHECK (but with time you get to know what “feels” right)
o do use a safe OS like Linux for your day to day stuff and restict use of windows to gaming if possible.
ugh, not check … but , even better , keep your day to day even in VM with days snapshot(s) - revert of eventual infection is never been easier … don’t even need to talk about system f***ups and/or privacy
o use sensible one-time / one - site passwords and store them in a safe place using “password gorilla” or any offline PW manager, protect the DB with a good strong password ; you can then share the passwd db between your devices using “syncthing”, owncloud or whatever.
+KeePass Check
o If you must, you can scan your windows partition offline from time to time using ClamAV for Linux.
not check , only if infection occurs …and Kaspersky is doing that already on daily basis … but anyway … Good practice … about monthly or less
I’ve been online since 1989 (longer if I count the BBS days) and have never run AV software (even on my Amiga)
hmm you were lucky, and/or smart, … that was exactly the time and the (os)system where the viruses flourished - beginning of vir - antivir wars … next was the ms/dos
Total number of infections so far: zero. (naturally I don’t want to jinx it, but you get the idea :))
well, got few back in the days …
1994/5/6 - “Bobo530” … ****ed up alot of exe’s (anyway games) on dos partition99/2000 - “I love you” - destroyed some (most) my jpegs - interestingly - got dat bitch from friends hard drive when connected , crap…eh, never too careful
2009-11ish?? (or later) - was UNBELIEVABLE LUCKY (and/or smart) - avoided “Ransomware” with a trick - got it exactly from a “shady site” (eh, wasn’t careful) …But! … after running a trojan , I’ve figured something was really odd … open/close of several minimized windows(cmd) and direct download of some disk encryption software (some 5-10Mb’s)… wtf… , luckily it didn’t froze the system/input … or it did close explorer.exe , but I’ve run it through task manager , and got UI back , and then checked registry\run (machine/user) and discovered new shady autorun key - DELETE (exit, wait few secs to save registry from cache) …poweroff machine with the button … re-start again … - Nothing happened … WHOOHOO … then had some cleaning/housekeeping to do … luckily never encountered any problems
All the best,
Uwe
Like a pro. :yo:
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The best AV software is free, cross-platform and already pre-installed: a few pounds of grey, gooey matter between your ears. You should use it to
Total number of infections so far: zero. (naturally I don’t want to jinx it, but you get the idea :))
All the best,
Uwe
That you know of, since you basically don’t check for them
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Heh, good point mate
I’ve done the occasional ClamAV run (as suggested above) from within Linux on the windows partition, but it’s turned out to be a rather pointless exercise as I don’t to anything important online in windows.
All the best,
Uwe
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Thanks for answers!
Yes, many antiviruses have become too paranoid lately. And my antivirus after the update too.