Exiledwolf Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 Uh, just felt like putting this out there. So me and my aunt were discussing on whose fault gave her computer a virus, hers or,my flashdrive. I recently downloaded Desmume and fe 12 and then put it into my flashdrive, now before today, I used Desmume like 3 times. Each time, her computer was protected. Yesterday I used it also, but noticed her antivirus was gone. My aunt also used it for FB shenanigans. Can my flashdrive have caused it, our her own doing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aleph Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 It's her fault anyway! autoexec is for virus lovers. If it's even possible, a bug in the driver allowing an execution exploit would be the fault of the manufacturer and/or driver programmer. Just dump all the blame on somebody else~ That said, downloading viruses is kind of moronic; at least use Firefox and scan the files you steal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exiledwolf Posted July 18, 2012 Author Share Posted July 18, 2012 Yup, checked the flashdrive, and it was clean ( thank goodness) However, Now it's starting to be all her fault and blaming it on me. Apparently, the times I was playing FE12, her antivirus expired, so she mustve went to some bad webpage out something.cause it ain't coming out my end. She still blames me though >:( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eclipse Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 Viruses can spread via flash drive. . .but that's hardly the only way. Other ways to get yourself infected include (but are not limited to): - Opening a dodgy PDF with an outdated Adobe Acrobat (Reader) - Loading a Flash file designed to screw with your compy, and not keeping Flash up to date - Outdated Java (same principle as above) - Clicking on the link that says "You have a million viruses, click here to get rid of them!" - Any of the above with an outdated/stupid anti-virus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exiledwolf Posted July 18, 2012 Author Share Posted July 18, 2012 Really??, outdated programs can give you viruses?? Never knew that. Well, I always never click/open suspicious files or webpages, and I better be extra careful since I start college this year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eclipse Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 (edited) I do weird things like read about how computers get infected. It's possible to craft a PDF file that takes advantage of one of the holes in Acrobat (Reader); the PoC I clicked on opened Calculator. I forgot one other way. . . - "Windows Update? Sounds like a waste of time." Edited July 18, 2012 by eclipse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exiledwolf Posted July 18, 2012 Author Share Posted July 18, 2012 Ok, so outdated materials can get viruses and not updating windows can? Really? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eclipse Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 Hmmm. . .lemme clarify. Let's say that you have a car. Do you think it's more likely to get stolen if you park it in a secured building, and lock the car door and roll up the windows. . .or if you park it with the doors wide open, keys in the ignition, and in a store parking lot? Not keeping stuff up-to-date is akin to leaving your windows open - while nothing bad may happen, the odds of something bad goes up. Actually catching something can be anywhere from leaving your computer online (I saw an attempted drive-by fail on my work computer) to visiting a site whose ads are infected (I think it was Manga One that had this problem, but it's cropped up before) to downloading something dodgy. Source: I do this for a living. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exiledwolf Posted July 19, 2012 Author Share Posted July 19, 2012 I see your point. I really should be more cautious next time. But I did use firefox to workload the files though and they we considered to be "free from viruses" But yes, I don't download stuff if it had any additions I need to do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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