bwhsh8r Posted December 27, 2006 Share Posted December 27, 2006 well, got a new laptop for christmas allright? windows mce, upgrade to vista coming via mail... day later, lots and lots of viruses, now i am wiping the harddrive, less than one day!!!!!!!!!! thank you microsoft for a great os, and another one coming soon rofl.... well thats my story... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36917-reinstalling-windows-after-1-day/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzuka Posted December 27, 2006 Share Posted December 27, 2006 Isn't this why we made OS X86? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36917-reinstalling-windows-after-1-day/#findComment-262537 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bptba93 Posted December 27, 2006 Share Posted December 27, 2006 this is my second day with my hp. No viruses at all. What were you looking at???? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36917-reinstalling-windows-after-1-day/#findComment-262562 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nylock10 Posted December 27, 2006 Share Posted December 27, 2006 Yeah who the heck gets that so quickly lol?? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36917-reinstalling-windows-after-1-day/#findComment-262568 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwhsh8r Posted December 27, 2006 Author Share Posted December 27, 2006 me aka mr. warez, but i got it off of (no not porn) gamecopyworld.... age of empires III no cd crack is what i needed and i got on the site with (gasp, ie, that was the first dumb move i made....) and got all this {censored}... so this time i remembered to install firefox im a high risk user, but that was the only place i went that was at all risky.... oh well, all fixed now (just gotta install all my progs again now.... ) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36917-reinstalling-windows-after-1-day/#findComment-262844 Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe75 Posted December 27, 2006 Share Posted December 27, 2006 (edited) Install AVG Free http://free.grisoft.com/doc/5390/lng/us/tpl/v5 Edited December 27, 2006 by joe75 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36917-reinstalling-windows-after-1-day/#findComment-262856 Share on other sites More sharing options...
br0adband Posted January 1, 2007 Share Posted January 1, 2007 So you blame the OS for your rampant stupidity? Or the stupidity of the people that spend their days writing exploits and hacks for an operating system because they have nothing better to do with their time? Oh, that's just soooo smart... and the question was "Are Apple Users Stupid?" I wonder... I wonder... bb Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36917-reinstalling-windows-after-1-day/#findComment-266295 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ignorantcow Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 How is he a guru!? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36917-reinstalling-windows-after-1-day/#findComment-268940 Share on other sites More sharing options...
br0adband Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 How is he a guru!? 'Cause I'm special... bb ps If you meant that other Guru in this thread, well, he's special... <hint, hint> Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36917-reinstalling-windows-after-1-day/#findComment-269084 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ignorantcow Posted January 6, 2007 Share Posted January 6, 2007 The other guru, bb. Yes, special indeed. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36917-reinstalling-windows-after-1-day/#findComment-269349 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prawker Posted January 6, 2007 Share Posted January 6, 2007 if he was dumb enough to use IE for a site like that and he has a guru tag, then we should all have a guru tag, i have not gotten a virus on windows for a year (Mainly because i have been on OS X a lot lol) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36917-reinstalling-windows-after-1-day/#findComment-269636 Share on other sites More sharing options...
frenchie Posted January 13, 2007 Share Posted January 13, 2007 Ugh these types of reports drive me nuts. You obviously didn't update Windows and you were running IE without any antivirus, spyware, or even a firewall. No one here is to blame but yourself. Billy in redmond doesn't care at all :-P Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36917-reinstalling-windows-after-1-day/#findComment-275084 Share on other sites More sharing options...
solaar Posted January 13, 2007 Share Posted January 13, 2007 (edited) WHAT!! You wiped your HD only a whole day after buying a machine with Windows on it? Edited January 13, 2007 by solaar Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36917-reinstalling-windows-after-1-day/#findComment-275157 Share on other sites More sharing options...
br0adband Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 WHAT!! You wiped your HD only a whole day after buying a machine with Windows on it? Aside from the sarcasm, I recently picked up a kickass Core 2 Duo laptop for a great price. Got it home, unpacked it, plugged it in, made sure it worked, and 5 mins later XP SP2 was installing. Within the hour it was all set up and rockin' much better than any OEM install could ever dream of... bb Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36917-reinstalling-windows-after-1-day/#findComment-275468 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metrogirl Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 Yep, I usually pull the drivers off any new XP machine then reload with a (genuine) VLK installation. Sometimes don't even boot the original OS, just mount the disk or get real up-to-date drivers off the net. Wrt cracks, I use Kerio and Sandboxie (highly recommended) when running anything suspicious. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36917-reinstalling-windows-after-1-day/#findComment-275695 Share on other sites More sharing options...
solaar Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 The last laptop I bought which was sporting the inevitable XP OEM underwent the following treatment: * unpack * plug into the mains * POST and open the BIOS to see if the main components are recognised * put a Mandriva or Ubuntu CD in (don't exactly remember which one) and restart * format entire HD to ext3 and install * sit back and watch the install while having a nice cuppa Virus? what virus? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36917-reinstalling-windows-after-1-day/#findComment-275799 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conan Obrien Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 my windows story: installed vista used for 10 minuets opened media center closed media center got a BSOD had to reinstall Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36917-reinstalling-windows-after-1-day/#findComment-278439 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolBits Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 Yeah Windows isnt OSX... it gets sick after few minutes on net on default install and without antivirus&stuff... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36917-reinstalling-windows-after-1-day/#findComment-278474 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metrogirl Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 Well, I'll confess to using XP more than I use OSX, mainly because of my work. I do have a work-owned G5 for a lot of stuff and I own a G4 Powerbook, but XP is my bread-and-butter system and the only way I can access work applications (there's no work VPN client for the Mac and a lot of the stuff is Windows-only). I have a carefully-honed process for installing XP which basically turns off a lot of the fancy bits and hand-holding. I use Kerio Personal Firewall, SAV (though you have to configure it carefully), and I do a lot of stuff from the command line because I feel comfortable with that. Usually I can keep an installation in good shape for up to a year before reinstalling everything. I hate bloated apps that take 30 seconds or more to load and I won't go near Media Center. I have a dedicated hardware firewall on my inbound internet connection and have yet to see a virus or malware on my systems, so it is possible to keep clean. But I don't surf porn sites and I use a dedicated ancient laptop for going to places like astalavista, just in case. I'm not praising Windows unconditionally; frankly as delivered it sucks big time. But if you train it to do what you want, keep it grounded and take some of its more dangerous toys away, it's not a bad OS at all. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36917-reinstalling-windows-after-1-day/#findComment-278775 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KJY9 Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 I guess the only thing this thread proves is how truly ignorant Macs users are, and nothing more. I'll bet you'd sleep with 1,000 different women without a condom as well, wouldn't you? ROFLOL Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36917-reinstalling-windows-after-1-day/#findComment-280212 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cxrazy Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 I guess the only thing this thread proves is how truly ignorant Macs users are, and nothing more.I'll bet you'd sleep with 1,000 different women without a condom as well, wouldn't you? ROFLOL I dont see how thats revelant.... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36917-reinstalling-windows-after-1-day/#findComment-281732 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numberzz Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 I guess the only thing this thread proves is how truly ignorant Macs users are, and nothing more.I'll bet you'd sleep with 1,000 different women without a condom as well, wouldn't you? ROFLOL I agree it's irrelevant. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36917-reinstalling-windows-after-1-day/#findComment-282013 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metrogirl Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 I guess the only thing this thread proves is how truly ignorant Macs users are, and nothing more.I'll bet you'd sleep with 1,000 different women without a condom as well, wouldn't you? ROFLOL I'm a Mac user and I don't think I'm ignorant ... and for the record, I have no desire to sleep with even one woman (and where would I put the condom?) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36917-reinstalling-windows-after-1-day/#findComment-283291 Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 I'm a Mac user and I don't think I'm ignorant ... and for the record, I have no desire to sleep with even one woman (and where would I put the condom?) Yeah, me too Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36917-reinstalling-windows-after-1-day/#findComment-283314 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metrogirl Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 Totally - but before someone offers suggestions as to where Macgirl and I should (separately) put the condoms - Donald Duck is staying at the Hilton when he meets a very nice lady duck. By the time the bar closes, he knows he's in luck because the lady duck agrees to go to his room with him. "But I don't have a condom," says Donald (in his incomprehensible duck-speak) "Ask the receptionist for one," says the lady duck. "They probably have some, this must happen all the time." Donald goes to reception and asks if they have a condom. "Certainly, Sir," says the man on reception as he hands over a packet. "Shall I put it on your bill?" "What do you think I am, a $@* pervert???" --------------------------------------------------------------------- (For those who don't speak fluent English - a duck's Bill = Beak) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36917-reinstalling-windows-after-1-day/#findComment-283325 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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