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Offline Clive

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3 types of "viruses" demystified
« on: April 06, 2010, 19:12 »
Do you know the difference between a virus and a worm?  What about a Trojan horse?  Sophos blogger Chet Wisniewski explains the difference between different types of malware.

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Re: 3 types of "viruses" demystified
« Reply #1 on: April 06, 2010, 19:20 »
A trojan horse is a big wooden thing, a worm is a pink squiggly thing and a virus is what I've caught when I have a cold. ;D
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Re: 3 types of "viruses" demystified
« Reply #2 on: April 06, 2010, 20:51 »
 :woo:  There speaks a man who has installed a good AV on his computers!   8-)
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Re: 3 types of "viruses" demystified
« Reply #3 on: April 06, 2010, 21:34 »
That makes three of us!  ;)
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Re: 3 types of "viruses" demystified
« Reply #4 on: April 06, 2010, 23:14 »
All F-Secures? 
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Re: 3 types of "viruses" demystified
« Reply #5 on: April 06, 2010, 23:37 »
No, Rik hasn't been converted yet.  ;)
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Re: 3 types of "viruses" demystified
« Reply #6 on: April 07, 2010, 01:03 »
Not me either i use online armour
backed up by A-Squared and malware bytes
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Re: 3 types of "viruses" demystified
« Reply #7 on: April 07, 2010, 09:43 »
Don't talk to Rod about Online Armour.  ;)
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