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16Skittles wrote:

Luke121 wrote:

16Skittles wrote:

-1.

-1 to your post, and a subsequent +1 to Ecliptic's post to make up.

There is no valid reason why I should need to drop $2,000 dollars to have a computer without viruses.
I will troll the Mac trolls now.
Install Linux on whatever computer you have and save thousands of dollars.

I'm not a Mac troll.

16Skittles wrote:

Ecliptic wrote:

16Skittles wrote:

There is no valid reason why I should need to drop $2,000 dollars to have a computer without viruses.
I will troll the Mac trolls now.
Install Linux on whatever computer you have and save thousands of dollars.

I'm not a Mac troll.

you wrote:

Mac.

I wrote:

I HATE the Mac trolls. Have a computer problem? Herp Derp spend $2000 on a Mac.

At least try to do something productive to help the guy.

I'm saying I have a Mac so I don't have to worry about the DeviantArt virus. In no way did I tell him to buy a Mac.

Okay.
ZIP IT ABOUT COMPUTER TYPES.
It's OSist.

@topic:
...well cheese. But then again, I haven't been online on dA.

Perfectly fine for me.


You want a website that has viruses, malware, and identity theft? Try Cartoon Network's website.

samid11 wrote:

I have a windows 7 with norton 360.

SAME.

Uh, so back on topic, DeviantART...

I dont have an account.
But ShadowWhisper does 
must notify her.

Seriously. DeviantART needs to clean up the ads.

This won't affect me in the slightest, as I have a Mac!

Psh I use Deviantart all the time. 
...an my computer is broken btw. WHOA WAIT A MINUTE. 

wolvesstar97 wrote:

CylonToast wrote:

This won't affect me in the slightest, as I have a Mac!

We don't care. This has already become a Windows vs Linux vs Macintosh discussion.

samid11 wrote:

Ok, so we all know that websites can have viruses. However, I've noticed CRAZY virus activity on deviantART, a website that most of you have accounts on. Even I have an account. Just minutes ago, I was on DA when my norton 360 scanner detected a HIGH RISK virus trying to crash my computer. It restarted my computer an alerted me of the virus and that the virus was prevented. I looked to see where the virus came from, and there, on the "Source of problem" list was DeviantART. From now on I will only check my DA account over my 3DS internet. Those of you who DON'T have norton 360 and have a DA account, QUIT NOW. PLEASE!!!

It's not just dA, it's pretty much every website with ads. A while back, a lot of dA member were infected with malware and viruses because of a certain malicious ad. The incident wasn't isolated to dA, though, my computer also got infected at one point when I was on another website running the same ad.

There's been a lot of complaints because of it. The really simplest way to deal with the issue is for the dA staff to simply remove the ads, but the staff decided to to put in a system for people to report ads (a system which I find ridiculous since you'll end up reporting the ad only after your computer manages to get struck) because the ads bring in some revenue - at the same time, though, many dA users like myself have resorted to using things like AdBlock to not see the ads, which is a big backfire. dA might as well remove the ads anyway, or they have to more aggressive in their ad screening process if they desperately want the ads to be viewed again for revenue reasons.

GameHutSoftware wrote:

norton freaks out on a lot of innocent things
ignore it

The one that made my computer restart was a HIGH LEVEL VIRUS.

Wickimen wrote:

I don't trust Norton 360
It was the software that ruined two of my friends' computers

How? It came with my windows 7 and it helped me a LOT.

Try using Adblock and a better antivirus program. Maybe AVG?

Norton freaks out if it sees anything that it doesn't recognize. Get a better AV program, like AVG or Avast.

It may have been a real virus, but it is still a good idea to ditch Norton.