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#259876 stevebat Fri, 27th Jul '12 1:31:17 PM

Step one: Malware Bytes Anti Malware
Step Two: Avast

Apocalypse: Dirge Of Swans.

#259877 The Freeman Fri, 27th Jul '12 1:32:20 PM from Hialeah,FL.

Pretty much.

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#259878 Perpetual Lurker Fri, 27th Jul '12 1:32:47 PM

Step one: Be smart on the internet and don't click on/download random, shady things.

Step two: No need for a step two unless you somehow are on the receiving end of a targeted attack.

#259879 Ace Of Scarabs Fri, 27th Jul '12 1:32:49 PM from Singapore

Just use Microsoft Security Essentials, it's free license and you can throttle the CPU usage for scans to prevent performance from going down the drain.

Also what lurker said, plus don't run admin/superuser all the time unless you know what you're doing.

edited 27th Jul '12 1:33:43 PM by AceOfScarabs

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#259880 Sixthhokage 1 Fri, 27th Jul '12 1:33:09 PM from The Garden of My Mind

And/or learn how to run your machine in a safer way that you won't get malware

Pretty much ninja'd by Lurker

edited 27th Jul '12 1:33:33 PM by Sixthhokage1

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#259881 stevebat Fri, 27th Jul '12 1:35:08 PM

I have not had a major virus in a few years now. I run firefox and a couple useful addons to protect myself (Not to mention I recognize a bad site when I see it)

Apocalypse: Dirge Of Swans.

#259882 Diurnal Brocolli Fri, 27th Jul '12 1:35:45 PM from Meganekko University

Maybe one of us should PM ATC to see if he's all right?

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Save the forests, eat more beavers. ~Lock

#259883 Ace Of Scarabs Fri, 27th Jul '12 1:36:08 PM from Singapore

@Lurker: he's wilfully browsing the web while admitting his rig is heavily infected. That's grounds for banhammering on account of infection vector quarantine.

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#259884 Turtlebutter Fri, 27th Jul '12 1:36:17 PM from A Marshy Pond

I tend to stick with Nvidia cards as Ive had the best track record with them. Im not super fanboyish about it though, just had problems with an AMD card many moons ago and switched to Nvidia and never looked back.

The card I have is about 4 years old and still doing pretty good, I just want MOAR!

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#259885 crowlover Fri, 27th Jul '12 1:36:41 PM from Name & Address Withheld

I don't think we'd get a coherent response back...

edited 27th Jul '12 1:36:55 PM by crowlover

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#259886 wazkatango Fri, 27th Jul '12 1:37:15 PM from Louisville, Kentucky

Funnily enough, even though I'm very smart about what sites I visit, nothing can prepare you for a perfectly legitimate site getting infected, and passing it on to you. I can think of at least four different sites that have been infected that I visit on occasion.

"I know that I know nothing noble and good." - Socrates

#259887 Ace Of Scarabs Fri, 27th Jul '12 1:38:40 PM from Singapore

@turtle: well then try the Geforce GTS-640, keep in mind it's a double-decker graphics card that needs extra space for its sizeable heatsink.

@Was: I find Google Chrome and Trend Micro's Titanium Internet Security and even Firefox to some degree now possess the power to blacklist heavily infected danger sites. Also as a veteran of 4chan I have a powerful Admiral Ackbar radar.

Jack of all Trades has turned out to be an interesting fic regardless of the mature content that I will only refer to as narcissism.

edited 27th Jul '12 1:40:37 PM by AceOfScarabs

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#259888 Turtlebutter Fri, 27th Jul '12 1:39:15 PM from A Marshy Pond

I got one of those fake virus warnings from T Vtropes one time. It concerned me greatly.

I have about a $250 budget give or take for a new video card at the moment, and I have to check and see how much clearance I have inside of my case. Its a full size case so It should be alright but I suppose it depends on how the slots are arranged. I havent been in there for a while (I really should open it up to clean it.. ) and I cant remember how it looks exactly.

I know one video card barely fit because of the humungous fan on it.

edited 27th Jul '12 1:41:17 PM by Turtlebutter

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#259889 Japanese Teeth Fri, 27th Jul '12 1:41:00 PM from Meinong's jungle

Yeah, I've gotten viruses from legit sites before. Fortunately I back up all my stuff on a regular basis, so it usually isn't too big of a deal to just wipe the computer.

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#259890 Sixthhokage 1 Fri, 27th Jul '12 1:41:09 PM from The Garden of My Mind

There's a reason I detest online ads

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#259891 wazkatango Fri, 27th Jul '12 1:42:09 PM from Louisville, Kentucky

I run Adblock whenever I can

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#259892 Ace Of Scarabs Fri, 27th Jul '12 1:42:33 PM from Singapore

@Turtle: ah, scareware antivirus ads. Ignore them, some are malware Trojan horses. Also the gts-640 uses 1 pcie-x16 slot and needs two expansion spaces on a tower case because it needs the second slot space for a ventilation grille. Shouldn't cost more than about S$149-169.

I'm wondering if any pony ever dragon faxed Twi the stereotypical Nigerian prince email

edited 27th Jul '12 1:45:20 PM by AceOfScarabs

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#259893 Sixthhokage 1 Fri, 27th Jul '12 1:43:14 PM from The Garden of My Mind

@Waz

Me too, probably going overkill on my filter subscriptions :P

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#259894 Japanese Teeth Fri, 27th Jul '12 1:44:21 PM from Meinong's jungle

Twi would probably respond, but only to critique his grammar.

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#259895 Badwolfwho Fri, 27th Jul '12 1:46:08 PM from Stardust Road

I think Twilight might take it seriously.

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#259896 Ace Of Scarabs Fri, 27th Jul '12 1:48:19 PM from Singapore

All this talk has made me imagine spam mail for tail extensions and stuff like that for ponies

I can imagine Twi asking Celestia if she knows the Prince mentioned in this letter she got recently

Also yes I use Adblock plus on my desktop but only because of the horrible cpu-munching flash ad banners some other websites abuse. The Google banners here are mostly endurable, and I don't run adblock on my tablet.

edited 27th Jul '12 1:49:11 PM by AceOfScarabs

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#259897 Carciofus Fri, 27th Jul '12 1:49:04 PM from Canterlot

Japanese Teeth:

In other news, I've had this stuck in my head all day. I for some reason I feel the urge to write a story where this account is actually the myth of the first Sonic Rainboom.

I love Rainbow (the group, not the pony

)! But isn't that song a bit bleak for something like the first sonic rainboom?

I'd rather think of something like Rainbow in the Dark:

This sort of fits with the whole "Luna bringing eternal darkness" thing too, I think...

edited 27th Jul '12 1:49:23 PM by Carciofus

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#259898 Japanese Teeth Fri, 27th Jul '12 1:52:12 PM from Meinong's jungle

Indeed. I was kind of surprised that it took someone until the second anthology to make a PMV out of that song. But yeah, I wasn't looking for inspiration or anything; I was just listening to the song and then ponies appeared.

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#259899 Ace Of Scarabs Fri, 27th Jul '12 1:58:55 PM from Singapore

I can picture it now, Twi writing to Celestia to see if she knows this "Nigerian prince" who's offering her money

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#259900 crowlover Fri, 27th Jul '12 2:00:07 PM from Name & Address Withheld

Also, because I remembered Carcio never took the quiz.

Who's your favorite pony?
Favorite episode?
What do you think of Pinkie Pie?
Favorite Background Pony?
Would you hug the Great And Powerful Trixie?
Favorite type of wood?

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