What are the chances of getting damaging software put on my computer, note that I use Norton AntiVirus & Firewall. I check for updates for virus definitions, etc every day from the Norton website and its always up to date. Is there anything else I can do to increase my PC's security?
2006-11-10 06:35:39 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
My antivirus tells me this: that it was a portscan attack on my computer by another computer? What can I do? This is making me paranoid!!! Is there a hacker in my PC?
2006-11-10 06:47:22 · update #1
norton just looks for spyware, viruses and trojans...not all harmful software - if it's not in the database norton won't do anything.
there's nothing to stop me writing a single line of code to wipe your hard drive in the form of a *.exe, *.bat, *.com, *.vbs etc etc file and sending it to you - norton won't warn you that your computer is about to be killed.
norton might be a big name in the antivirus industry but see just how many people on this site say that norton didn't pick up a virus on their computer until they did a full system scan, what exactly does it do while it's running in the background if it's not looking for viruses? who knows.
EDIT: portscanning is just someone running software to scan random computers for weaknesses, pretty much every computer on the internet is portscanned daily - as long as you've a firewall setup and you keep windows updated via the microsoft website you've nothing to worry about. portscanning is the computer equivalent of walking down the road and trying car doors to find one that's open.
2006-11-10 06:40:36 · answer #1 · answered by piquet 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i havent had a problem with viruses in years literally and i run no antivirus app at all ... its 99% knowing what NOT to do like opening strange emails and going to certain sites or opening downloaded software from a site that isnt verified by many users saying its ok .... an antispyware app is way more important ... using firefox or some other non-standard browser helps alot to ..
2006-11-10 06:39:51 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can give a few links that offer free virus and spyware removers...!You may be having a virus or spyware installed on your PC. Norton, AVG , Avast are free antivirus software. Ad-aware, Ewido are free spyware removers. You can download free softwares at
http://fixit.in/antivirus.html and http://fixit.in/spywareremover.html
2006-11-11 11:20:15 · answer #3 · answered by RAS 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no thats all good updates for antivirus and firewall keep your computer safe
2006-11-10 06:37:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes but yahoo wont let me air my views on norton sorry
2006-11-10 06:39:42 · answer #5 · answered by bsmith13421 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋