.org back up

**Silence Hunter** · 05-17-2009, 16:01

For me even the instant noodles works well, because my flatmates (unfortunately) are all IT students so it creates a competition between them for my offer, thus decreasing my expenses lol. That's probably the only good thing I can say about them. No offence to any IT students here, I just got a really horrible sample..

**Cute Wolf** · 05-17-2009, 18:47

IT students are really the best antivirus, antihacker, and tweaker possible..... Thanks for any IT students in the org!!!

**iounas** · 05-17-2009, 21:06

Originally Posted by Cute Wolf

IT students are really the best antivirus, antihacker, and tweaker possible..... Thanks for any IT students in the org!!!

lol, I am one.. so I dont use any av software..
If you know anything about computers and internet/trusted sources and have a bunch of antivirus software occupying your ram and stealing your cpu cycles then the 'terrorists' have already won.

**HunGeneral** · 05-17-2009, 22:10

Strange... I used IE when I visited the Org. when it got down - after I read on TWC what had happened I got worried so made a scan on my laptop with nod32 and after dowloading with Windowsdefender - both found nothing.

Today I downloaded Ad- Aware and all it found were dozens of cookies (which I erased), but nothing serious

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I hope I'm clean of it now - looks like I should use Firefox more often...

**Atraphoenix** · 05-18-2009, 14:27

do not abandon foxy

IE is quite vulnerable...
kasper used lots of ram before but last versions are less ram users.

**Drewski** · 05-18-2009, 23:45

Firefox works. Im an IT professional (yes scoff, I did Music and Economics undergrad, then IT PHD)...Hull and Leeds...(don't ask on the change of direction, it wasn't really when you spent 12 hrs a day playing and programming MUDs)...

Anyways IE is imho quite dangerous, and Vista has more security holes than best swiss Ementhal..

EDIT: BUT if I caused alarm, then don't worry, I work with malware most of the working day, what I think of as insecure, is like Fort Knox to most, so well, basically, don't fret

**Aemilius Paulus** · 05-18-2009, 23:51

Originally Posted by Atraphoenix

kasper used lots of ram before but last versions are less ram users.

Yeah, even the current versions are huge memory sinks for low-end computers. I use to have only 1 GB of RAM, and my computer froze after 30 minutes of use for about a week after my first Kaspersky scan. I had to continuously reboot it. Then for a week more, it would freeze for about five-ten seconds at shockingly regular intervals of 1.5 minutes. Incredibly annoying. But then I soon got extra RAM, and now Kaspersky runs just fine with 4 GB of RAM.

But that is the price one must pay for the best virus protection. And I am more than willing to pay it.

**Drewski** · 05-19-2009, 00:03

Originally Posted by Aemilius Paulus

Yeah, even the current versions are huge memory sinks for low-end computers. I use to have only 1 GB of RAM, and my computer froze after 30 minutes of use for about a week after my first Kaspersky scan. I had to continuously reboot it. Then for a week more, it would freeze for about five-ten seconds at shockingly regular intervals of 1.5 minutes. Incredibly annoying. But then I soon got extra RAM, and now Kaspersky runs just fine with 4 GB of RAM.

But that is the price one must pay for the best virus protection. And I am more than willing to pay it.

You using Vista Then?

**Aemilius Paulus** · 05-19-2009, 00:08

Originally Posted by Drewski

You using Vista Then?

Pffft, who do you think I am?? XP for me.

**Drewski** · 05-19-2009, 00:09

Originally Posted by Aemilius Paulus

Pffft, who do you think I am?? XP for me.

Unless you've got 64 bit Xp, it will only actually use 3GB of your 4GB...

Thats all

**Aemilius Paulus** · 05-19-2009, 00:27

Originally Posted by Drewski

Unless you've got 64 bit Xp, it will only actually use 3GB of your 4GB...

Thats all

Look, I know a lot about computers, but thanks for trying to help me out. Yes, I am aware of the limitation of a 32-bit OS. However, my computer utilizes 3.68 GB of RAM, which is enough for me. I am borderline, with just too much for 32-bit and just too little for 64-bit. Well, I could switch to 64-bit, but that requires buying it, and plus a whole lot of trouble, whereas with my ungraded RAM and the upgraded quad core 2.4 gHz processor, my computer runs all the games I play very, very smoothly.

Not bad for my HP a1510n, with original RAM of 1 GB plus a single 2.4 gHz processor.

**Drewski** · 05-19-2009, 00:33

Originally Posted by Aemilius Paulus

Look, I know a lot about computers, but thanks for trying to help me out. Yes, I am aware of the limitation of a 32-bit OS. However, my computer utilizes 3.68 GB of RAM, which is enough for me. I am borderline, with just too much for 32-bit and just too little for 64-bit. Well, I could switch to 64-bit, but that requires buying it, and plus a whole lot of trouble, whereas with my ungraded RAM and the upgraded quad core 2.4 gHz processor, my computer runs all the games I play very, very smoothly.

Not bad for my HP a1510n, with original RAM of 1 GB plus a single 2.4 gHz processor.

Heck, apologies...no offence intended...nice upgrade ;)

Edit: My best friend runs all IT for the ONLY remaining large Steelworks in Sheffield UK, he refuses point blank to buy new comps as they come with Vista....(I was at Uni with him, if you think Im bad, he did Chemistry PHD, I taught him C++, the rest his brilliant mind picked up...that and 12 hrs of MUDs etc.)....

Computer Games won't get you a job...bullshit:)

(Btw Im UK/US, u Florida native? out of interest?)