Virus's Getting worse?

[Mycroft Holmes]

Occasional worm attack from Russia or China that gets blocked right away. Haven't had an infected file in like 8 months at least. And I engage in some 'risky' behavior. Though I'm usually very smart about how I do it and what protection mechanisms I use.

 

[Sanat]

I haven't had antivirus for years, and I've never received any viruses, and I do visit the occasional dangerous site. So no, I haven't noticed an increase in viruses.

Be smart, don't fart. That's my motto, and it's always worked so far.

 

[Pebkio]

I would personally get worried if I don't get tipped off by any trojans or worms once a month. Well, there are bouts when I'm not on, but general browsing SHOULD have you targeted on occasion. So if I'm not seeing any malware, I start fretting that it's just really good at sliding through the cracks and hiding.

 

[Giftfromme]

Has anyone noticed a increase on the amount of virus's being cuaght by your Anti-Virus? In the past 6 months I have delt with 5 annoying ones, and before that it was more like 1 every 6 months... Just wondering if its just me.

Seriously the top sites are chalk full of viruses, stop going to them. I am on the internet 24/7 and I get a virus once every 6 months.

topsites aren't full of viruses I can assure you. Not that I've had the privilege to access one, they're very carefully monitored (you know, the feds and all that) so you're not gonna get a virus on one of those. As it's the place where groups first upload their releases, if a group uploaded a virus they would lose all credibility lol and would never be allowed on another topsite again

 

[Dandark]

I am actually kinda terrible with viruses as I usaully just ignore it and hope it's working.

I just use AVG free and I have never had a virus as far as I know, from what I can tell smart browsing and not giving out your email too much stops most of them.