35 replies to this topic

[jimmyfal]

I figure this would be the place to ask. Just curious.
Kind of tired of dealing with rootkits on 7 lately.
I suppose they would wait till release to even try, but maybe there is a beta release preview of some Malware? Hehe

Would actually love to see this crap lessen, I'd rather show people how to do cool stuff with computers than see this kind of crap all day long.

jf

[Hum]

How could that be possible -- isn't Windows 8 perfect ?

[+Xenosion]

I don't see why it would be any different.

[Max Norris]

Unless Windows 8 has a new feature that makes the "average internet idiot" smarter, then no, I don't see it magically stopping malware any time soon. Stick a fool in front of a computer and they'll wind up getting it wrecked no matter which OS they're on.

[HawkMan]

I haven't, but then I have never had a malware infection on 7 or vista either, neither have my relatives or people I know.

at work I fix a rare few vista and 7 computers but mostly XP. But all the Vista and 7 malware I have seen have almost without exception been caused by user stupidity. and I'm not talking the regular average user "I don't know how to use a computer" stupidity, I'm talking the absolute doing the opposite of step by step instructions in small words stupidity.

[billyea]

Microsoft's amazing backwards compatibility track record has ensured that all of your favourite Windows 7 malware will probably work just as well on Windows 8*.


* Unless it relies on exploiting the bootloader.

[bdsams]

How the hell are you getting "rootkits" installed, i haven't run an AV package in 3 years and never get that crap.

[cybertimber2008]

We use McAfee at work and have seen rootkits on our systems.
Flash Ad's and Java attacks mostly. We require both for systems we use (payroll & document management) so there is no getting rid of them for now.

[Anthonyd]

bdsams, on 19 July 2012 - 14:04, said:

How the hell are you getting "rootkits" installed, i haven't run an AV package in 3 years and never get that crap.

How do you know that you aren't affected by a malware then?

[mduren2445]

yeah I have its called the start screen and metro ......

[cork1958]

cybertimber2008, on 19 July 2012 - 14:10, said:

We use McAfee at work and have seen rootkits on our systems.
Flash Ad's and Java attacks mostly. We require both for systems we use (payroll & document management) so there is no getting rid of them for now.

That explains that right there, you use McAfee at work!

Anthonyd, on 19 July 2012 - 14:16, said:

How do you know that you aren't affected by a malware then?

I've often wondered that when some one says that too?

Haven't seen any infections with mulitple programs on my 8 Windows 7 machines, in a long time, or any of the Windows 8 machines I've played on.

[neufuse]

I've never once had a rootkit on any of my systems, where are you guys getting all these things? Besides the obvious offenders like Sony...

[Max Norris]

Anthonyd, on 19 July 2012 - 14:16, said:

How do you know that you aren't affected by a malware then?

You don't need resident antivirus software to check for that sort of thing. All the resident software does is maybe stop it before it gets installed, if it even detects it.. too many people use it as a crutch to compensate for bad safety habits.

[sava700]

Of course Win8 will get infected just like any other system even Win7 as I've cleaned many with Win7 having infections so far and yes I've even gone as far as to on purpose test getting an infection on Win8 RP which reacted the same but did in fact end up being harder to remove from Win7 cause of the lack of support yet from 3rd party cleaners.

At the end of the day the end-user is responsible for what they click on - no AV or anti-malware application will prevent them all.

[PsYcHoKiLLa]

Avast + Malwarebytes = Safe Computer Always

Windows 7 AND Windows 8