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Re: how can anyone get viruses ever

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qpasaweona is not online. qpasaweona
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24 Mar 2015 04:22 PM
it's very easy to not get any

i use no antivirus and i constantly download torrents
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qhostette is not online. qhostette
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24 Mar 2015 04:23 PM
why would u
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catman8321 is not online. catman8321
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24 Mar 2015 04:24 PM

I've heard that people infect websites like Skype with viruses when you download the OFFICIAL software.

I am pretty sure there is a new article about it somewhere brb

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qpasaweona is not online. qpasaweona
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24 Mar 2015 04:24 PM
"why would u
,,,,,,,,,wHY"

why what

"I've heard that people infect websites like Skype with viruses when you download the OFFICIAL software."

that's not how it works
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Astrain1 is not online. Astrain1
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24 Mar 2015 04:27 PM
the NaNovirus has it's ways


jeb get me the seperatrons | i have good grammer
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RowanMcJak1 is not online. RowanMcJak1
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24 Mar 2015 04:28 PM
i've never gotten a virus, as far as i can remember. i think i found a trojan horse on my computer once, but that was a shared computer.
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catman8321 is not online. catman8321
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24 Mar 2015 04:30 PM

Ok I heard wrong, it wasn't in the exact file but from inside. Here is an article: http://www(.)nicoleonthenet(.)com/12760/skype-malware

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NotAshley is not online. NotAshley
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24 Mar 2015 04:31 PM
"that's not how it works"

actually you'd be surprised

malicious users will often find ways to get into legitimate websites and install "shells" which are backdoors that allow them to access the website again later

sometimes, these malicious users will install (and even spread) code that will silently download and run software on the systems of people with vulnerable browsers who use the website or download files

this is usually in medium sized company websites, not huge corporations like Skype

it's not common, but not unheard of either
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qpasaweona is not online. qpasaweona
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24 Mar 2015 04:31 PM
good thing i don't use bloatware like skype
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catman8321 is not online. catman8321
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24 Mar 2015 04:32 PM

@OP

It can also be in emails from your friends as well ;]

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meldo is not online. meldo
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24 Mar 2015 04:33 PM
it's easy to get them

it's also easy to get rid of them

so
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qpasaweona is not online. qpasaweona
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24 Mar 2015 04:34 PM
"It can also be in emails from your friends as well ;]"

all emails sent to me are encrypted

if they aren't encrypted then i verify all info in the email

also, no one emails files anymore
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iiNerdii is not online. iiNerdii
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24 Mar 2015 04:35 PM
i thought this was about biological viruses

where have i gone wrong

bwahaha
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Rathalos24 is not online. Rathalos24
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24 Mar 2015 04:35 PM
livin' life on the edge, no ragrets
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catman8321 is not online. catman8321
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24 Mar 2015 04:35 PM

"also, no one emails files anymore"
Schools and jobs still do

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qpasaweona is not online. qpasaweona
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24 Mar 2015 04:37 PM
"Schools and jobs still do"

my school has never emailed me any files

my job has never emailed me any files

my translation job sends me all encrypted files
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NotAshley is not online. NotAshley
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24 Mar 2015 04:37 PM
the point OP is that there's lots of ways people can get infected, let me list some from the top of my head

1) straight up shameless malicious websites (malicious downloads, browser exploits)
2) freshly crypted malware bundled in torrented software (i.e a big chunk of "cracks")
3) another person on your network exploiting LAN file sharing
4) MITM attacks (traffic redirected to fake sites from inside your network)
5) crapware bundled with legitimate software to make more money
6) any kind of social engineering that a lot of people fall for
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qpasaweona is not online. qpasaweona
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24 Mar 2015 04:38 PM
how to not get viruses:

have common sense
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NotAshley is not online. NotAshley
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24 Mar 2015 04:40 PM
"have common sense"

people who want to infect people like you take advantage of your over-confidence

some good antivirus software is seriously a good idea
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qpasaweona is not online. qpasaweona
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24 Mar 2015 04:41 PM
"people who want to infect people like you take advantage of your over-confidence"

Except I'm not an idiot

Do you really think I'd use a vulnerable browser, or even do my normal browsing in my regular machine and not a virtual machine?
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catman8321 is not online. catman8321
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24 Mar 2015 04:41 PM
"my school has never emailed me any files"

https://twitter.com/LickerJones/status/580484620115935232/photo/1



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qpasaweona is not online. qpasaweona
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24 Mar 2015 04:43 PM
"https://twitter.com/LickerJones/status/580484620115935232/photo/1"

that's your school, mine uses Google Docs for everything

Which I also do not use, I email them my own files
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NotAshley is not online. NotAshley
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24 Mar 2015 04:43 PM
"Do you really think I'd use a vulnerable browser, or even do my normal browsing in my regular machine and not a virtual machine?"

why the hell would you do regular browsing on a virtual machine

you're making things 10x more difficult than they need to be, just get AVG and malwarebytes and scan every week or two
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qpasaweona is not online. qpasaweona
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24 Mar 2015 04:44 PM
"why the hell would you do regular browsing on a virtual machine"

to minimize browser exploits, duh

"you're making things 10x more difficult than they need to be, just get AVG and malwarebytes and scan every week or two "

I have malwarebytes and I do a scan every sunday at 8 pm
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NotAshley is not online. NotAshley
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24 Mar 2015 04:45 PM
it's funny how you're against using antivirus yet you're paranoid enough to do browsing on a virtual machine that likely cuts your computer's resources in half
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