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#1 2010-09-14 14:29:10

matchsticks
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Registered: 2009-10-21
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Does downloading Scratch harm ur computor?

i have a friend who downloaded scratch and a couple days after, was infected with a virus, she took it to a technician and found scratch in her hard-drive, it was causing the virus, is scratch safe to download??

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#2 2010-09-14 14:34:27

Billybob-Mario
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Re: Does downloading Scratch harm ur computor?

Scratch is safe to download.

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#3 2010-09-14 14:41:48

johnnydean1
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Registered: 2010-02-12
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Re: Does downloading Scratch harm ur computor?

I assure you Scratch is 100% safe, not certain that this should be a advanced topic though and grammer

matchsticks wrote:

harm ur computor

drives me mad!

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#4 2010-09-14 14:46:52

ScratchReallyROCKS
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Registered: 2009-04-22
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Re: Does downloading Scratch harm ur computor?

Scratch is made by MIT, why would they put a virus in it?

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#5 2010-09-14 15:10:18

bbbeb
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Registered: 2009-06-11
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Re: Does downloading Scratch harm ur computor?

It is cause the EXE was infected BY a virus.
It is

100%

Safe to download.

Back in my day.... there were no laws that censored the internet... now, there are.... nah.

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#6 2010-09-14 15:26:58

LS97
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Registered: 2009-06-14
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Re: Does downloading Scratch harm ur computor?

I can assure you, thousands of people would have a virus by now if this was true.
Scratch does not contain a virus in itself. It could be possibly infected by one, though.

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#7 2010-09-14 15:27:27

JeanTheFox
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Registered: 2010-06-14
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Re: Does downloading Scratch harm ur computor?

If you download it off this site, it's okay.

I can't guarantee downloading it from another site, though  hmm

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#8 2010-09-14 17:29:22

Harakou
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Re: Does downloading Scratch harm ur computor?

Scratch is completely safe as long as you get it from the official download location.  smile

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#9 2010-09-14 17:42:51

coolstuff
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Registered: 2008-03-06
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Re: Does downloading Scratch harm ur computor?

I can say with 100% certainty that Scratch is completely safe...

If you're not convinced:

Scratch is made by MIT, and the students are doing it so they get good marks. The professor would fail the student if there were a virus embedded in the program, and then the student would have just wasted a couple thousand dollars tuition.

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#10 2010-09-14 20:31:30

cpumaster930
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Registered: 2009-02-23
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Re: Does downloading Scratch harm ur computor?

I'm pretty sure Scratch is safe to download, I've never had a problem with it.

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#11 2010-09-14 21:14:05

cheddargirl
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Registered: 2008-09-15
Posts: 1000+

Re: Does downloading Scratch harm ur computor?

matchsticks wrote:

i have a friend who downloaded scratch and a couple days after, was infected with a virus, she took it to a technician and found scratch in her hard-drive, it was causing the virus, is scratch safe to download??

Scratch is certainly safe to download when obtained from the official download page.

As for an explanation about why your friend's version of Scratch was showing up as the cause of the virus: viruses can easily attach themselves to other programs, and it is likely that the virus was from elsewhere and attached itself to Scratch. So remember to keep your anti-virus and anti-malware programs up to date.  smile

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#12 2010-09-14 21:36:00

bbbeb
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Re: Does downloading Scratch harm ur computor?

cheddargirl wrote:

matchsticks wrote:

i have a friend who downloaded scratch and a couple days after, was infected with a virus, she took it to a technician and found scratch in her hard-drive, it was causing the virus, is scratch safe to download??

Scratch is certainly safe to download when obtained from the official download page.

As for an explanation about why your friend's version of Scratch was showing up as the cause of the virus: viruses can easily attach themselves to other programs, and it is likely that the virus was from elsewhere and attached itself to Scratch. So remember to keep your anti-virus and anti-malware programs up to date.  smile

Yes, and dont forget Anti-Spyware!  big_smile

Back in my day.... there were no laws that censored the internet... now, there are.... nah.

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#13 2010-09-15 16:52:13

developdood
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Registered: 2009-04-16
Posts: 63

Re: Does downloading Scratch harm ur computor?

Don't listen to any people who claim they know what was wrong with the computer, they probably just made something up because they didn't know, this is sometimes the case or maybe they just made a mistake in the testing and somehow thought that Scratch was a virus

Have a look at some of my games. I made a cool physics game called "Physics Marble Cannon" which is really cool. I let anyone remix any of my projects without permission or credit necessary.

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#14 2010-09-16 16:52:46

zorket
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Registered: 2010-05-25
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Re: Does downloading Scratch harm ur computor?

If you download a really good project that's only one script it can freeze the computer

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#15 2010-09-23 20:15:54

TheKingMrL
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Registered: 2009-06-06
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Re: Does downloading Scratch harm ur computor?

avidonna was infected by a virus in scratch! i think scratch is not 100% safe at all...

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#16 2010-09-23 20:21:49

ScratchReallyROCKS
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Re: Does downloading Scratch harm ur computor?

TheKingMrL wrote:

avidonna was infected by a virus in scratch! i think scratch is not 100% safe at all...

Yes. Scratch is 101% safe. It doesn't contain a virus, but viruses can attach to it so that when you open it the virus will be released. That doesn't mean it is downloaded with a virus. And just remember this: Scratch was made by MIT! It is COMPLETELY safe.

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#17 2010-09-23 21:22:18

gamemaker8
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Registered: 2008-09-27
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Re: Does downloading Scratch harm ur computor?

ive downloaded scratch on 4 different computers, and ive never had a problem with it.

i love sayin LOL!!!

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#18 2010-09-24 15:16:58

cheddargirl
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Registered: 2008-09-15
Posts: 1000+

Re: Does downloading Scratch harm ur computor?

ScratchReallyROCKS wrote:

TheKingMrL wrote:

avidonna was infected by a virus in scratch! i think scratch is not 100% safe at all...

Yes. Scratch is 101% safe. It doesn't contain a virus, but viruses can attach to it so that when you open it the virus will be released. That doesn't mean it is downloaded with a virus. And just remember this: Scratch was made by MIT! It is COMPLETELY safe.

Hence why we should keep our anti-virus and anti-malware programs up-to-date to make sure any malicious code doesn't attach itself to Scratch (or any other legit program we have on our computer for that matter)  wink

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#19 2010-09-24 16:41:38

Jazman111
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Registered: 2010-02-27
Posts: 54

Re: Does downloading Scratch harm ur computor?

TheKingMrL wrote:

avidonna was infected by a virus in scratch! i think scratch is not 100% safe at all...

If it wasn't, my computer and my SCHOOL'S computer and my memory stick would've been dead by now. (Yes I have Scratch on my 8GB Lexar USB Memory Stick... xD)

My school used Scratch and they don't have a problem. You just need a better antivirus. Try using Avast, works wonders on me.

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