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Ok, so, my roomate is set that you do not need any time of anti-virus, and you do not need a firewall either.
I have tried to explain to him that because of people that think like this, that this causes a lot or problems.
I have lost more then 100 gigs of files to a virus, and he is on my lan. I have told him, install antivirus, and he says "no, do you get a virus?" I told him no, and before I could finish my sentence, he says "there you go, I don't need it". I tried to explain to him that norton catches everything in the process, and that I have been using it for years, along with a good firewall.
He belives that because of this one guy at a lan party said that you do not need it, that no one needs it.
I am just trying to explain to him that yes, everyone needs it. I have been to lan party's where norton has saved my ass, and, I have walked up to people and said, "hey man, this directory on your box has this file with this virus" and they turn and say, how do you know? And I explain to them I run an anti-virus program.
I have also been to lans where we have had no network cuz of some johnny typhoid guy, and I have heard of HUGE 200+ lans where people would not run anti-virus and they all hosed eachother.
This kid won't listen to me. I sure wish there was an internet police or something so people who carelessly use the internet can be chaged with spreading a virus. He often times uses p2p apps also...so...yeah...
I have tried to explain to him that because of people that think like this, that this causes a lot or problems.
I have lost more then 100 gigs of files to a virus, and he is on my lan. I have told him, install antivirus, and he says "no, do you get a virus?" I told him no, and before I could finish my sentence, he says "there you go, I don't need it". I tried to explain to him that norton catches everything in the process, and that I have been using it for years, along with a good firewall.
He belives that because of this one guy at a lan party said that you do not need it, that no one needs it.
I am just trying to explain to him that yes, everyone needs it. I have been to lan party's where norton has saved my ass, and, I have walked up to people and said, "hey man, this directory on your box has this file with this virus" and they turn and say, how do you know? And I explain to them I run an anti-virus program.
I have also been to lans where we have had no network cuz of some johnny typhoid guy, and I have heard of HUGE 200+ lans where people would not run anti-virus and they all hosed eachother.
This kid won't listen to me. I sure wish there was an internet police or something so people who carelessly use the internet can be chaged with spreading a virus. He often times uses p2p apps also...so...yeah...