nitropuppy Posted October 14, 2006 at 11:13 PM Report Share Posted October 14, 2006 at 11:13 PM How is the situation with computer viruses within the chinese internet system? Just wondering about anit-virus software to purchase. Will something like "`Norton" work in China? The reason I ask is that while on several chinese sites my computer was attacked. Norton 2006 protected my computer. Also, I am aware of a virus that spreads via through messenger software. eg; MSN messenger. Any computer wizs out there with advise? Much appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liuzhou Posted October 15, 2006 at 01:43 AM Report Share Posted October 15, 2006 at 01:43 AM Yes, Norton works in China. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nephridium Posted October 15, 2006 at 05:30 AM Report Share Posted October 15, 2006 at 05:30 AM It's a good idea to use Firefox as default web browser instead of the Internet Explorer. It also comes with a convenient popup blocker that works most of the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrianlondon Posted October 15, 2006 at 06:29 AM Report Share Posted October 15, 2006 at 06:29 AM A bunch of my Indonesian friends today got an MSN virus. I'm not sure how it started, but one person's computer got the virus (or trojan; I work in IT but never really bothered learning the correct terminology for this kind of stuff, having never had a virus ever) and it then used his MSN to send a message to all his contacts. Something like "look at this site!" followed by a dodgy URL. Now all his friends have the virus. They're all currently very busy booting into safe mode and running the latest version of Norton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitropuppy Posted October 15, 2006 at 07:06 AM Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2006 at 07:06 AM I just became aware of the MSN virus a few days ago. It's an insidious thing.That's why I asked the question. My gals computer in China just got slammed with it. Now it's a 4000 RMB. paperwieght. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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