Avira is another freebie which I use. Never got any diseases and I even downloaded Todds screensaver...LOL
Avira is another freebie which I use. Never got any diseases and I even downloaded Todds screensaver...LOL
And one day I will be retiring off your bank details I have *LMAO*Quote:
Originally Posted by Nisshead
There's a reason why the free ones are free..............ponder this question for a moment.... would you purchase a Tigerz11 product, if not why not?
Same goes with using free antivirus programs ;)
What you tapin at!!!!!????
Care to explain the reason.Quote:
Originally Posted by Clunk
My understanding is when you get a free anti virus it is just that, ant virus, Trojan and worm protection.
Then you have a paid version which will often have web protection, cloud protection, kid content protection and then you have premium services where you get email phishing protection, pc booster, file encrypter and all the other junk.
So the basic antivirus is identical to the paid versions without the junk you don't want.
Has worked for me for years anyway.
.........on the move
Hey Clunk - I get what you are saying but have to agree with Nisshead on this - AVG is a rock-solid A/V without the bells and whistles. Think of it like Tigerz giving away a good quality basic product but then selling a premium version (ok - not the best analogy - but you know what I mean). What the software vendors do is entice you in with a basic, working, quality product but then you want this feature or that feature. The main thing with A/V is that your virus definition files are updated as soon as new threats/exploits/viruses are identified. The difference between the good vendors of A/V is just that - and the difference can be minutes.....
Jas
Food for thought, i operate a computer everyday at home and i do not have an anti virus installed. anti virus is peace of mind for people who are unsure of what they are up to on computers IMHO. I've never had a virus on my computer and when I did it was completely my fault. At the end of the day viruses are completely avoidable and can't get onto your computer without your say so. As I said before, AVG is a great free program and its the one i would recommend but It's not absolutely nessecary to have. Most times the best security on your computer is to have a simple password and taking time to read what you are clicking on if you are unsure of what it is.
Cheers
Nic
Tappin
Hi Nic - that's a pretty dangerous way to operate in my opinion. You must be very cautious in what you view - for example - it would be quite trivial for me to plant some malicious code in a picture on this very forum and when you view it causing your computer to do anything ranging from deleting all your data, planting a trojan which emails spam, etc.....Quote:
Originally Posted by rusty_nail
You don't just need to click on links or reply to man-in-the-middle style exploits.... There are several ways you can get a virus or be compromised. Not saying it doesn't work for you mate - but I think it is pretty dangerous to not have some form of AV - unless you run a Mac (as I do - and no I don't have AV software installed!).
Jas
I guess your right, most sites I visit are regarded as safe, but when I do stray from the path I have never had a problem, like I said its not for everyone but it suits me. At the end of the day a virus needs to me executed to do its thing, as long as I don't execute those files there is no problem, I've been doing it for several years and haven't had a problem. There are viruses for mac, but the reason the majority of viruses don't affect mac users is cos they are written for windows based environments, not "cos it's mac she'll b right". I'm not trying to offend by saying this jas but to say I am taking a big risk by not having AV and for you to say you don't need it cos you have a mac is pretty hypocritical.
Tappin
Hey mate - that was tongue in cheek... :) And you're right on a virus needing to be executed - however the simple act of clicking on an image can cause a virus to be installed. I guess my point is I wouldn't recommend it to anyone though.
Jas
I believe the P4x4 site got malware through a picture which caused hundreds of infections.
The reason I use AV plus other security is I disclose lots of personal info over the internet and I would rather be safe then sorry. And it being free is a bonus :)
Yep yep dw I wasn't offended either, just statin my reasoning. I fully get what u say with it needing to be clicked on... BUT someone would have to do a pretty good job to make something look genuine enough to be tricked by it. Most of the time windows defender(free with w7/8)will pick up anything malicious if ur hdds are indexed. I have 13tbs of data to protect so trust me I'm pretty dam careful and anal with my computer use.
Tappin
Well those sites I would recommend avoiding rusty;-)Quote:
Originally Posted by rusty_nail
FanTapstic!
Filthy bugga!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by taslucas
Tappin
If you're gonna go there at least get virus protection hahaha
FanTapstic!
Not the only protection you'd need! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by taslucas
Jas
Back on track, my mate is a bit of a whizz at computers and he never uses anti virus. Just firewalls his computer real well and backs up on separate HDDs. He cleans, re installs and refreshes his computer every few months so gets rid of anything then
FanTapstic!
Forget it I just read Non forum question, soI deleted my Question
Oky dokey...lol
My Belkin wireless is starting to play up and has intermittent connections all the time.
I have a standard Bigpond 2Wire modem hooked up with the Belkin Wireless.
I just found a brand new Bigpond modem in my shed with a wireless adapter built inside. I recently got a static IP set up from Bigpond so my question is...
Do I simply install the driver that came with this Bigpond modem/wireless device thinngy, reconnect all of my wireless devices and everything will work hunky dorey or is it more advanced than that???
I simply cannot be bothered calling Bigpond and listening to someone who has no idea and cannot be understood properly...lol
I'm just a bit paranoid about installing the drivers which might stuff up my original settings???
Plug it all in and let Win 7 do its magic......should work ok without the call centre staff.Quote:
Originally Posted by AB
I've still got xp at home..lol....I plugged it all in but no joy without installing the driver. Modem lights were all good though dsl Ethernet and Internet etcQuote:
Originally Posted by NP99
I just don't want to ruin my current settings that's all.
Sorry mate......I'm now out of my PC depth :)
Drivers don't hold your settings
Install the the driver, You will need to configure your new modem with the old settings for it 2 work though
How do you know its the belkin that that had the problem?
Thanks mate, Kris just rung me and basically told me the same thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by NissanGQ4.2
Internet on the PC is super fast with the ethernet cord plug in, just the wireless cuts in and out on Ipad, phone and Tbox, etc....
I might give the wireless a hard reset too and see what happens....See you all next week...LMAO
Thats just wireless for you AB, wireless s!cks the big one
I leave my lappy plugged in wired as it is quicker than running on the wireless modem.
I love wifi, I can get on the forum when I'm on the crapper!
Hey Andy, just remembered if you want to find out addresses of devices on your network then type arp -a into command prompt
this will show ip addressess and assosiated mac addresses. Your wireless router will have a mac address sticker on it
Ive just had ADSL2+ connected to home (yes thats right, we can get that in tas!!) i am running the latest telstra wireless modem and it works beautifully. Super fast and has not dropped out once yet. Run 2 laptops (and both our phones and the Wii if we want). Thats like 50 messenger pigeons a minute kind of speed!!Quote:
Originally Posted by NissanGQ4.2
Thanks Telstra, my internet is still dynamic...lol...Thanks mate.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nisshead
Looks like with bigpond if your username is username@ststic.bigpond.com then you have a static address. If its just username@bigpond.com then your dynamic
http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/230555
enough sh!t going on around here *L*Quote:
Originally Posted by Winnie
I think I just fixed it by accident...lol
I just reset everything and It's changed to static. I also just realised that the Belkin wireless is also a router so I have a router behind a router....I just disabled the router on the Belkin and wireless working an absolute treat!!!!!
I also hard reset the wireless too kris...lol
You're on air so can't be all bad...lol OK, now for your www.speedtest.net resultsQuote:
Originally Posted by AB
Belkin make absolute junk too. You wanna good modem/ router? Billion are the best. I use a Belkin router down the front of my house, one of those N1 Visions, just as a wireless repeater and four port router, as my house is long the signal from the main router is weak down the front, and I find the config of Belkin products is near impossible to understand, slow wireless too.
Good thing about my Billion ADSL2 modem is I can overclock it. Out of the box i was getting a download sync speed of 9700mbps, tweaking the SNR value I managed to squeeze it out to 12600mbps! Soon though I will have a 50mbit connection so that will be snails pace...
Just a side note, and I haven't read back too far but if its wireless strength your after aldi are selling range extenders next week for 79 bucks not bad for the money
Tappin
Lol, yeah I saw them. Wonder what the range is though...
It's still hanging a bit, a lot better than it was but far from acceptable...
hi mate,Quote:
Originally Posted by AB
sorry i didnt get onto this last night but i was at a party. and im sorry if some things have already been explained BUT sounds like your describing a mix of two problems here your saying your internet is hanging but think its your wireless? is your internet hanging, or is the wifi dropping out? im sure you know these things but:
if telstra have given you a static IP adress that has nothing to do with your local network. arp -a only shows you your local IP adress, thats the IP of the computer. however that IP is just the IP within your local network(so from the modem down). the static IP telstra have given you is the modems IP adress on the telstra network. my computers IP on the NSWDET is 10.17.221.232, this is dynamically assigned be the DHCP(thing that hands out IP adresses). however the departments Ip on the WWW is 153.107.33.155 and that im fairly certain is static(it doesnt matter but i hope you get my point).
SO! you also mentioned that you may have needed to install a driver for you modem, do you think that because the modem came with a CD? usually the CD contains a utility which gives you a simple interface to talk to the modem, however you dont need it! to access your modem goto command prompt and enter ipconfig, a whole heap of info will come up but what your looking for is the default gateway. this is the adress of your modem on your local network(LAN) typically it will be 192.168.0.1 or 192.168.1.1, but i think telstra routers are set to use the 10.0.0.1 IP range.
bear with me, ill get to it in a sec, just helping you understand.
IF your problem is with the wireless, you will be able to fix the problem by doing the following:
to check if your modem is configured properly goto your internet browser, and in the adress bar(where you would put nissanpatrol.com.au usually =P) type the default gateway adress in(remember 192.168.0.1 or what ever it is). from there you can change things like the wifi connection type, from G to N, or the channel if your router is only a G type router. also check your device has the correct user creds on the connection page.
BUT if wifi is not your issue you may want to expore some other possibilities:
1. do you have a line filter on your modem? if yes is it faulty? if no definately get one!
2. plug your house phone into the wall directly, is there static on the line? if so telstra need to investigate faulty wiring to your house.
apart from that i would be happy to go through other more complicated troubleshooting methods on the phone with you if you like. shoot me a PM with your number and ill give you a call and sort it out for you.
bluestacks is just a utility that assists the bluetooth to run.Quote:
Originally Posted by Clunk
Thanks for your help mate, I'll read through this again tonight when I get home and let you know....Quote:
Originally Posted by rusty_nail
Its the wireless that is causing issues. PC plugged directly in to the modem is trouble free!!!