Message from @Tendril
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well. downloading p2p does accelerate if multiple people are on the botnet
and unless you work with your ISP, it's out of your hands.
Yeah, there's that with p2p.
it works on various mmorpg launchers
yeah there are huge grey areas on the interwebz
but i learned from it
don't download shady download manager
There sure are. I'm sure an obscene amount of shit online is just russian scam pages you shouldn't use.
i think the last time i got a computer disabling virus was 10 years ago
on winXP
i still prefer to run my pc without anti virus
Back when Windows had all its neat little security problems to exploit.
even after this incident
Yeah, AV is a waste of resources.
also the unecessary information gathering pisses me of
"huh you're praying gaem? let me block the anti-cheat and check various files of the game directory to slow down your loading speeds"
Gotta know e v e r y t h i n g about you in order to ~~sell the info to advertising companies~~ provide the highest quality service.
the only anti virus which helped me in some cases was spybot
it's also the only one which kindly asks about donations
and doesn't force popup windows against you
you mean defender?
Uh, are you on Win 10?
yes
Yeah, then Defender.
It used to be MSE but it got built into 10.
That's all you need.
well in the past when i deleted some minor malicious services, spybot helped me more than defender
Unless you know you're infected in which case you download HerdProtect.
microsoft security essentials
and then remove it when you're done.
i can remember
herdprotect?
Mhm
gonna look that up
It's this nifty thing that scans with EVERY anti-malware engine
and I believe it removes? I've not used it in a while.
oh it's an all in one scanner
seems interesting
but it could also delete stuff you don't want it to..
Potentially. That's a risk you run with any AV.