Anti Virus Software And Hoster

[billyo]

all my pc's inc. my laptops (8 total ) have Mcafee and i never had problems in any of them, 2 of my laptops has no problem running with Mcafee, i download music from itunes a lot and i have to be online to do it, better safe than sorry

Byant , how do you like your mini laptop, what kind? i bought one too , i got asus eee pc, and i love it, are you running hoster on it, i just use mine for djing..

[bryant]

Originally Posted by billyo

all my pc's inc. my laptops (8 total ) have Mcafee and i never had problems in any of them, 2 of my laptops has no problem running with Mcafee, i download music from itunes a lot and i have to be online to do it, better safe than sorry

Byant , how do you like your mini laptop, what kind? i bought one too , i got asus eee pc, and i love it, are you running hoster on it, i just use mine for djing..

I got the Acer 150 gB HD, yup, have tried Hoster 4.06 along with VDJ5.2.1 and runs fine. Plays videos too.

The words are dam small though, aren't they, especially on VDJ screens.

[billyo]

Originally Posted by bryant

I got the Acer 150 gB HD, yup, have tried Hoster 4.06 along with VDJ5.2.1 and runs fine. Plays videos too.

The words are dam small though, aren't they, especially on VDJ screens.

wished i had gotten the acer, but Bestbuy didnt have them, so i ended up with asus eee pc with 120 gb, thinking about cloning it with a bigger drive, ( 250 gb) so i can load all my itunes music in it,instead of using my ipod.. i'll will just use mine for strictly djing..

[Musicman51]

bryant, my McAfee is running all the time like yours. And man...i cannot find a way to shut it off. Of course i would not go online unprotected, that goes without saying. But my point is, i don't go online. And as i mentioned before, i don't update my OS. And i am not sure if you could get a virus from someones disc, i've never heard of it before. Well i guess i will keep it on my laptop. I just can't see using the extra memory it takes for no reason. But if you guys say keep it, i shall.... Thanks for everyones input. I have learned more on this forum the short time i've been here, then i thought possible. You guys are great, and thank you all for your patience with this old geezer. George

[ddouglass]

Originally Posted by Musicman51

bryant, my McAfee is running all the time like yours. And man...i cannot find a way to shut it off. Of course i would not go online unprotected, that goes without saying. But my point is, i don't go online. And as i mentioned before, i don't update my OS. And i am not sure if you could get a virus from someones disc, i've never heard of it before. Well i guess i will keep it on my laptop. I just can't see using the extra memory it takes for no reason. But if you guys say keep it, i shall.... Thanks for everyones input. I have learned more on this forum the short time i've been here, then i thought possible. You guys are great, and thank you all for your patience with this old geezer. George

Believe me George I have not only seen it but had to fight it and fix those computers many times. I worked as a contractor at an Air Force base for many years as a network technician.
Many virus programs/utilities monitor when files are transferred to floppy disks, flash drives, through internet and even CDs. When this is happening they attach a copy of their self-loading file to the drive/disk. This is a common propagation scheme used by the writers to spread their viruses. Note I did state a copy of their CDG disk files, not the original disk from the producers.
Bryant,
I have a feeling that some of the pop-ups you are talking about come from the Windows Security Center (Red Shield in Tray. To stop these from popping up do the following:
To specify that you are using an antivirus program that Windows does not find:

1. To open the Security Center, click Start, point to Settings, click Control Panel, and then double-click Security Center.
2. In the Security Center, under Virus Protection, click Recommendations.
3. In the Recommendations dialog box, select the I have antivirus software that I'll monitor myself check box, and then click OK.

[bryant]

Originally Posted by ddouglass

Believe me George I have not only seen it but had to fight it and fix those computers many times. I worked as a contractor at an Air Force base for many years as a network technician.
Many virus programs/utilities monitor when files are transferred to floppy disks, flash drives, through internet and even CDs. When this is happening they attach a copy of their self-loading file to the drive/disk. This is a common propagation scheme used by the writers to spread their viruses. Note I did state a copy of their CDG disk files, not the original disk from the producers.
Bryant,
I have a feeling that some of the pop-ups you are talking about come from the Windows Security Center (Red Shield in Tray. To stop these from popping up do the following:

To specify that you are using an antivirus program that Windows does not find:

1. To open the Security Center, click Start, point to Settings, click Control Panel, and then double-click Security Center.
2. In the Security Center, under Virus Protection, click Recommendations.
3. In the Recommendations dialog box, select the I have antivirus software that I'll monitor myself check box, and then click OK.

hey, thanx a lot Dale, that was most of it. I'll follow your suggestion. Thanx again.

[bryant]

Originally Posted by billyo

all my pc's inc. my laptops (8 total ) have Mcafee and i never had problems in any of them, 2 of my laptops has no problem running with Mcafee, i download music from itunes a lot and i have to be online to do it, better safe than sorry

Byant , how do you like your mini laptop, what kind? i bought one too , i got asus eee pc, and i love it, are you running hoster on it, i just use mine for djing..

How do you completely disable Macafee so the popups about updating and "you're not safe", blah, blah, blah, don't come up any more.

[billyo]

Originally Posted by bryant

How do you completely disable Macafee so the popups about updating and "you're not safe", blah, blah, blah, don't come up any more.

i havent seen any pop ups on mine, when running hoster, the only time i see a pop up is when i'm online and i used get this " Update for this program has been updated " i just click on that little box " dont show this msg. again" or something like that..if your talking about that little pop up by the icon it doesnt bother me, i can just click on that (x) box as fast as that pop up does