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I do searches for "free" all the time and don't have viruses. Actually, it's a protection thing rather than actually having a virus. It's like putting the word "sex" in so your kids can't pull up porn sites. I would find that VERY aggrivating (preventing 'free', not the porn bit hehehe). You probably have your virus protection set at maximum. I don't have that -- have NEVER had a virus (knock on wood)....I just don't open e-mails when I don't recognize the sender and I don't go into sites that are "suspect"....
Meanwhile -- while testing this, I found the neatest pattern for a bargello............. :mrgreen: |
Originally Posted by trueimage
The word 'free' is an automatic virus and spyware invitation. Never do a search for anything free!
As long as you have antivirus AND spyware protection, you will be fine. Its VERY, VERY, VERY important to use both of these programs, and there are a LOT more spyware problems lately than actual viruses. Just because you are doing searches for "free" things has nothing to do with whether you will catch a virus or not. Some sites are known as being worse than others , such as facebook, myspace, etc. But, that still doesn't mean that you will catch one just because you use it. Our antivirus programs err on the side of caution. I use "free" downloads from "free' sites every single day. And have for years. In the last 5 years, my antivirus (AVG, by the way,one of the best there is) has "caught" 4 viruses before they came in. Thats it, in 5 years. And all of those were from Facebook, myspace, or an IM program my boys were running. Now, one last thing. Almost ALL porn sites have viruses, LOL! Not that you were using them, LOL, just thought I'd throw that in there, LOL! |
Originally Posted by madamekelly
I was 'surfing' last night and made a discovery that I hope I can help you all avoid. I was google-ing, and yahoo searching for quilt images. All I typed under images was the words "free quilt patterns". I saw hundreds of patterns. I was drawn to the Bargellos since I want to try one. If I had been on an IBM, I would have fried my computer! EVERY Bargello I clicked on, came up with an automatic 'Apple' warning of it being an 'attack site! Thank the angels above, I bought a Mac. Please be careful and DO NOT click on any Bargellos! (An 'Apple' warning means that the site has been detected to have virus', worms, trojans, etc.) I want to stress that EVERY Bargello image said this, I checked for you. Play safe on the 'net. -Kelly
Quilter's unite! Think about it, each one of those are from a totally different site. All of them are not going to have a virus. I just did a search for "free bargello" and got over 5 million sites. Do you see what I'm saying? Thats at least 5 million different blogs, websites, stores, etc. ALL of them couldn't have a virus. |
Originally Posted by stefanib123
Originally Posted by madamekelly
I was 'surfing' last night and made a discovery that I hope I can help you all avoid. I was google-ing, and yahoo searching for quilt images. All I typed under images was the words "free quilt patterns". I saw hundreds of patterns. I was drawn to the Bargellos since I want to try one. If I had been on an IBM, I would have fried my computer! EVERY Bargello I clicked on, came up with an automatic 'Apple' warning of it being an 'attack site! Thank the angels above, I bought a Mac. Please be careful and DO NOT click on any Bargellos! (An 'Apple' warning means that the site has been detected to have virus', worms, trojans, etc.) I want to stress that EVERY Bargello image said this, I checked for you. Play safe on the 'net. -Kelly
Quilter's unite! Think about it, each one of those are from a totally different site. All of them are not going to have a virus. I just did a search for "free bargello" and got over 5 million sites. Do you see what I'm saying? Thats at least 5 million different blogs, websites, stores, etc. ALL of them couldn't have a virus. |
Originally Posted by stefanib123
Originally Posted by trueimage
The word 'free' is an automatic virus and spyware invitation. Never do a search for anything free!
As long as you have antivirus AND spyware protection, you will be fine. Its VERY, VERY, VERY important to use both of these programs, and there are a LOT more spyware problems lately than actual viruses. Just because you are doing searches for "free" things has nothing to do with whether you will catch a virus or not. Some sites are known as being worse than others , such as facebook, myspace, etc. But, that still doesn't mean that you will catch one just because you use it. Our antivirus programs err on the side of caution. I use "free" downloads from "free' sites every single day. And have for years. In the last 5 years, my antivirus (AVG, by the way,one of the best there is) has "caught" 4 viruses before they came in. Thats it, in 5 years. And all of those were from Facebook, myspace, or an IM program my boys were running. Now, one last thing. Almost ALL porn sites have viruses, LOL! Not that you were using them, LOL, just thought I'd throw that in there, LOL! |
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