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or what if the virus writer finds a way to cover the tracks of the fact a change has happened. A file goes from clean to infected but with no record of a change. (not possible in theory if you are hooking the file system but you can never be 100% sure)
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It's been a l-o-n-g time since I had a virus (somewhat attritutible to nod), but as I remember, it would scan any file I 'touched' (even when I opened a directory, as I recall) and let me know if there was an infection.

Not sure about progs I didn't touch, such as those run at startup etc, but it does recommend periodic full scans - probably run when you're not planning on using the compyuter for a while.

Nod is one of a handfull of programs I feel deserving of a cash outlay, rather than relying on a free service.

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I've not had a Virus in years. In fact, ever since I made Linux my main operating system, I've never had a virus... ;)
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Dare wrote: So after checking your fixed drives, it relies on checking only for changes. IE, downloads, installs, updates and etc?
No. Its a shield as anything else, monitoring files-on-access and things like http and pop3, not disturbing other protocols (don't remember if it has a p2p guard too, though. At work atm, here its norton).
The difference is how good it is at catching things, and how fast/resource friendly it is :)
Nod is one of a handfull of programs I feel deserving of a cash outlay, rather than relying on a free service.
Absolutely. Also one of the things I decided to pay for :)


@foz: how can you know you don't have a virus? You could have a keylogger installed without knowing it. Even on linux :P

A file goes from clean to infected but with no record of a change
As said, Nod is not a changed-only tool :)
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way off the track from 64 bit but anyway.

AVG ranks pretty poorly really :(

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I've used Avast for years ..... no big problems with it :)

Give it a try http://www.avast.com/eng/awards.html

and it's FREE 8)
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i used AVAST,NORTON, AVG but i always have problems
So when i start used Nod32, anything since 3 years.
i think it's the best
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I've only had a virus once. It survived multiple formats and ate every .exe file on my computer.
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How offtopic is this forum, I'm wondering.
Whenever you look something up, you end up wasting hours and hours due to the fact that 90% is offtopic inside serious threads...
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superadnim wrote:How offtopic is this forum, I'm wondering.
Whenever you look something up, you end up wasting hours and hours due to the fact that 90% is offtopic inside serious threads...
WHY CAN'T WE BE OFFTOPIC IN THE OFFTOPIC NOW???

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superadnim wrote:How offtopic is this forum, I'm wondering.
Whenever you look something up, you end up wasting hours and hours due to the fact that 90% is offtopic inside serious threads...
Better than the sarcastic putdowns that masquerade as answers at times. :)
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Dare wrote:
superadnim wrote:How offtopic is this forum, I'm wondering.
Whenever you look something up, you end up wasting hours and hours due to the fact that 90% is offtopic inside serious threads...
Better than the sarcastic putdowns that masquerade as answers at times. :)
yeah. Dare i'd like to complain. Where are the girls..? Stuck in the mail???????

come on man i'm getting all anxious!!!!!!!!
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Blooming snail mail!

And I didn't register the parcel either ...

* also worried *
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:cry: :cry: :cry:

I'll just do with a brazilian girl until then :)

http://images.google.dk/images?hl=da&cl ... a=N&tab=wi

I think i'll be moving soon ahah
or not that soon. But once when i get older and such i would like to live
in a more exotic country
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