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Same here .. My computer was attacked just the other evening, but thank goodness I have Norton and they stopped it dead in it’s tracks. It was an “Executable file download”. I don't understand how people still manage to download things that harm their computers.. It's almost 2010!

I haven't used an anti-virus since probably 2002 and I haven't gotten a single virus. I used to do spyware searches when I still used InternetExploder (IE) but when Phoenix/FireBird/FireFox came out.. there was no need to use it anymore thanks to nightly FF builds
I still scan every now and then to see whats going on but I never find anything fishy.
If I were a gambler, I'd bet that 90% of "viruses"/other malicious files/scripts that find their way onto peoples' computers were put there by the users who download stuff they aren't supposed to. The other 10% is the rare (but hard-hitting) 0day OS/Browser/Flash/Interpreter exploit that usually gets patched seconds after its found.

Really man, just a tip.. Stay away from fishy things. All there is to it! My teeth should be gone for all the times I've gritted them against each other when some kid or older person comes in the shop with a computer full of viruses because they clicked ads or downloaded (pirated) software.

I saw a job ad a while back for some sort of music business that pays people to upload music and other files to p2p networks that have keyloggers and virii in them.. :p

Well .. I am happy with IE and Norton anti-virus. They have never let me down.

And .. your comment tells me that you assume that I was trying to download something I shouldn’t be .. and that’s why I got attacked. H E L L O !!! I have Time Warner’s Road Runner - that’s why I was attacked. I know Time Warner has it’s own anti-virus - but I don’t use it - I use Norton.

And .. for what it’s worth .. my son has his own business upgrading computers .. and he has trained me well. I rarely download anything .. and I particularly don’t download stuff that’s illegal in the first place, or when I don’t know where the download is coming from. Friends send me stuff to download all the time - and it’s very seldom that I do.

So .. I have no desire to switch to FireFox.