Comments on: Are there any Free Web-Based Virus Scanners?

By: Are There any Free Web-Based Virus Scanners? can you download youtube : lowpricedmonumental

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 21:06:09 +0000

[...] http://live.pirillo.com – What is more stupid… running your face alongside a cheese grater, or running Limewire? I argue that it’s far healthier to run your face on the cheese grater. What can you do if you don’t run an anti-virus on your desktop? Is there any other way to protect yourself? More information: http://chris.pirillo.com/2008/06/09/a…; [...]

By: JBP915

JBP915 — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:01:10 +0000

And this is another reason not to use Lime, and Bit torrent . You said it right Chris. Just plain S T U P I D.

Good web base scanner , used it on a friends laptop.

By: sbushfan11

sbushfan11 — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 07:33:02 +0000

I’ve been using Nod32 for over two years. From time to time I’ll scan using trend micro’s house call on their site. For spyware scanning I use Ad-Aware and Spybot. I don’t use p2p networks, and I am cautious about what attachments I open. This has kept me alive and kicking for a long time without having to reinstall the system. Thanks for the info about VirusTotal.com.

By: E2001

E2001 — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 19:19:42 +0000

As to P2P programs being “dangerous”; they’re only as dangerous as the people who use them. Most of the people spreading viruses on those networks don’t even know they’re doing it. And nearly all of said malware originates from “Crackz & Serialz” sites anyhow.

That being said; you can avoid most malware threats by avoiding Warez (P2P) & Porn altogether. If you don’t play on those playgrounds, but you still manage to contract a virus; then I would suspect hubby of cheating! :-)

By: Vincent

Vincent — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:28:03 +0000

I have a mac so I don’t need to wory about viruses much

By: JMan3451

JMan3451 — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:34:55 +0000

Peer Guardian ftw
lol

i’ve never heard of such a thing before now
when i saw the title i thought chris was gonna talk bout programs that u downloaded like avast

this is a great find thanks!

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YouTube - Are There any Free Web-Based Virus Scanners? — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 07:31:24 +0000

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By: cananito

cananito — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 23:57:02 +0000

That’s pretty nice site. Too bad it’s just for one file, they should let you add like lot’s of them at a time, I was about to say free full computer scan with all the anti-virus, but I’m guessing that would take ages plus lot’s of traffic xD

By: Haxale

Haxale — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:42:57 +0000

I like Trend Micro HouseCall (housecall.trendmicro.com)

By: Nick Rector or Rectorna

Nick Rector or Rectorna — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:46:29 +0000

Chris,

Downloading and using lime is just about as dumb as trying to raise money to buy something by letting people shoot you for a dollar. I personally use symantec for all of my viral needs. But over all thanks for showing us this program I will defiantly start to use it.

By: Diana

Diana — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 11:50:54 +0000

I run limewire and share (non-copyrighted) music on aGmIRCc, a mIRC offshoot, and have never found either to be buggy, though I run several spyware and adware seekers and anti-virus programs. I’ve never found a thing. Am I just begging for infection? My chatroom buddies would disagree.

By: Tom Aneurin Davies

Tom Aneurin Davies — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 11:15:49 +0000

I’d prefer the limewire because you can wipe virtually all evidence of your stupidity if you want to. Avg free is a bit naff mate I use symantec client security.

By: Czar

Czar — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 10:17:48 +0000

Another good online scanner is http://www.virusscan.jotti.org

By: Outsanity

Outsanity — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 06:46:34 +0000

i actually heard of VirusTotal on a filesharing site. it’s a great site for everyone to use and worth bookmarking.

By: Brad

Brad — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 06:28:38 +0000

I get asked a lot about false positives and missed files from natively-run systems. One of my favorite ways to avoid this is by running Housecall from TrendMicro. It’s free, and does a pretty admirable job of scanning systems. The fact that it’s not running natively helps out with not missing dangerous files.