hi everyone i have only used this site for about a week and got a real nasty virus . i am not sure if it came from one of the games or by one of the adverts which i do my best to avoid clickin on. it completeley took over my laptop i couldnt do a system restore it wiped out my broadband connection and completeley froze me out of my laptop. ihad to take it to a computer man who completeley wiped out mY computer to restore it. the name of the virus was a security tool virus that would not give me back my computer unless you entered you credit card it was fake . sorry for the long post PLEASE HELP I REALLY WANNA USE THIS SITE BUT AM TERRIFIED OF IT HAPPING AGAIN HAS ANYONE GOT ANY TIPS YA KNOW LIKE SAFETY WHATS THE SAFEST BROWSER AND SECURITY / i had mcafee and it did crap all to stop it THANKS
hmm..well i have AVG free. u should try downlaoding it: http://free.avg.com/ww-en/download-avg-anti-virus-free umm..u have to keep downloading it every month since new viruses comes out and stuff. hope it helps
you mean update it : The virus may have been one of the ads or from another site, my laptop hasn't died just yet...
Use Firefox and keep it up to date. Install the NoScript addons for it. Use a good free Anti-Virus like AVG, Avast, etc. Schedule it to run a scan at least once a week, during some idle time. Let it finish the scan even if it does take a couple hours (large harddrive = more files = longer scan). Use a good free anti-spy/malware like Spybot Search and Destroy. It's teatimer will monitor processes for any potentially dangerous files. It may use resources, but if you have a powerful enough computer it won't affect much. I also keep Malwarebyte's Anti-Malware and CCleaner for weekly checks and cleanups. I also run Zone Alarm's free firewall software.
if you're using windows XP 32bit I would recommend sygate firewall over zonealarm (zonealarm is pretty nasty on resources). Sygate may be downloaded here: http://www.oldversion.com/download_Sygate_Personal_Firewall_5.6.2808.html When you start your computer up it will ask you to register every time, just click 'register later'. The company was bought out and disolved by one of their competitors so it is unfortunately not possible to register. Mcafee is not a good antivirus.
Yeah, I'm not really a fan of that advice, because with adblocker on romulation we get no money to pay for the bills. =/
Well, use firefox with noscript(if you don't mind upseting seph use adblock plus) and a good anti virus (eg not Norton or McAfee). Or if you don;t want any virus and don't want to pay disconect from the internet, NEVER use foreign memory stick/cd/ect
It be a RAM whore. And some of its processes are completely unnecessary. Isn't there a little tickbox where you can Disable Popups under Settings? I unticked it, I figured I'd try help.
Pop ups suck, no doubt about that. I'd never actually force them on users, so yeah, you can disable them.
Ah right... I did have this problem, I had McAfee a while back and it was miserable. Slowed the PC down to a standstill at times. Alright, does it still contribute to funding for the website being up though? If it does then I'll leave it so pop-ups can come up.
Pop ups are the ads that pay best since they obviously draw attention. Thankfully, not everyone disables them so they do provide about 15-20% of the total income.
Right well taking that into account I'll leave it unticked to contribute, not a lot I know, but every little helps. *Fanfare plays* Ahh Tesco's...
