???? Where did you read that?



Michael

oh michael. i didnt read that anywhere its true. i just dont know why nobody want to believe me. i experienced it. actuelly i got my pc on a saturday. it was working fine. then i got a notification that i nedd to update my antivirus which i did very correctly. then guess what. sunday morning i got a virus. on monday pc was sent back to the company . they had to reformat my hard disk and to crown it all neither the firwall nor the norton antivirus could protect my very first brand new pc. can u believe that!!!!!!thats why i dnt like norton its really not worth anything.

i guess that a recoprd for infecting ones pc??!! :evil:

Did you use the Internet Explorer and didn't you deactivate ActiveX? It could be one of the reasons for this "fast" infection. An anti-virus programm can't protect you from everything.

If you get a virus by downloading a virus-definiton file, you could probably sue the antivirus-software-company .



Michael

first of all waht is ACTIVEX.
SECONDLY. do u want me to sue norton company????!!.
man i think its high time to run a bulldozer somewhere out there.!!!!!!1

Oh-oh. ActiveX is a technology invented by Microsoft and makes it possible to run code on your computer. You need this for the Windows Update - for the rest, which means the 'Internet Zone' it should absolutely be deactivated. The easiest thing to do though would be for you to use an alternate browser such as Firefox.

No I don't, I was making fun - more or less. I don't think the virus came with the virus update of your scanner. But I also think that symantec products are mostly garbage.


Michael

[I]my dear micheal. i wasnt updating my scanner but my antivirus. how do i activate or deactivate activex. i am currently using win 98

another thing i always have this symantec live update icon every time i connect to the internet. u knoe ever since my misadventure with liveupdates. i developped a phobia of updating things. even my media player. antivirus , mocromedia dreamweaver are oold versions. i even feel scared to download something from the net. its really a bad time for my sweet little big new computer i have.

hope that you understand me..its not always funny to be infected with viruses specially when you are doing things right

With 'scanner' i meant 'anti-virus-scanning-software'.


Deactivate ActiveX (my OS isn't in english but you should find it):

Go Start->Settings->Control Panel->Internet Options->Security.

Here's a tutorial how to configure your IE:

http://www.pcanswers.co.uk/tutorials...bsectionid=740

(there must be lot's of others, just use google.)


That's bad, because it's one of the main things to do in order to have a stable and safe OS.



Michael

The easiest way to get to your ActiveX settings is to Open Internet Explorer, click on the Tools tab, click on Internet Options, click on the Security tab, and then click on the Custom Level button. You will see several options for different settings.

This is how I have my ActiveX settings; you can use this as a guide to set your own (If you Enable all the options, you are leaving your system open to unwanted intrusions.):
Download signed ActiveX controls -- Prompt
Download unsigned ActiveX controls -- Disable
Initialize and script ActiveX controls not marked as safe -- Disable
Run ActiveX controls and plug-ins -- Enable
Script ActiveX controls marked safe for scripting -- Enable

The more of these you have Disabled, the safer you system is, but there will be sites that you can't access. Prompting is the next best thing, but constantly clicking OK can be tedious and you usually don't know whether it should be allowed or not. The described combination works best for me, but not be best for you -- it is just shown as a reference.

On a different note, HijackThis is a program that shows what's running on your system, good and bad. It can help determine where problems lie. There is more info on it in this thread:
http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread5690.html

And... I just realized that this thread has diverted from it's original poster. Anastacia, if you (or anyone else) has any other questions or problems, please start a new thread. This thread should be reserved for answers to the original post.

Are you sure you didn't download the update which actually detected the virus you had?
In any case, I once took a pc out to a client, set it up, dialed up the internet to download zonealarm cos I hadn't got the disk and had the blaster virus berfore I'd got from the tiscali homepage to Zonelabs... so yes viruses can hit you fast...
I usually reccomend AVG and Zonelabs. (just to return to the topic) :cheesy: