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tinyE: OH WAIT I REMEMBER!!!! XD

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

Remember a few months, maybe a year ago, Sachys had this fixation with sausages going on? Whenever he could, he threw the word in there. Someone could as what time it was and he'd answer "time for sausages!"
<snip>
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foxworks: Indeed. Sachys and sausage was going for months. ;-)
I actually started being active on the forums right around the time Sachys was on his sausage fetish/obsession. So it left me with an impression that this forum was more about sausages than games!
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foxworks: Indeed. Sachys and sausage was going for months. ;-)
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chadjenofsky: I actually started being active on the forums right around the time Sachys was on his sausage fetish/obsession. So it left me with an impression that this forum was more about sausages than games!
must have been before my time

i mostly saw him fling poo
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drealmer7: (snip way to long post)
Seriously, if _tinyE_ of all people offends you to the point that you derail other threads for slinging mud at him for month-old stuff, then I can only suggest to leave the Internet, for your own sake. 99% of places and people will just rile you up.

TinyE is probably one of the funniest people here, especially _because_ he is a good-natured guy who wants to have fun _together_ with the people he talks to, and not some troll who derives pleasure from degrading others.

Does every single one of his jokes work? Nah, impossible, jokes inherently aren't "safe" in that way, otherwise they'd be boring.

But if you misunderstood one joke, and then cultivated that into a personal grudge that you now fling into random threads, then the Internet really might not be the place for you, sorry to say.

The most weird thing about this is that you _insist_ on not being thin-skinned when everything in your posts in this thread _yells_ that you are - including a five-paragraph diatribe about stuff that any non-thin-skinned person would have buried long ago ...
Post edited July 05, 2015 by Psyringe
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darthspudius: I have very rarely seen tinyE being offensive. Usually it's thin skinned individuals taking offence to something not particularly offensive.
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drealmer7: Sorry to derail the thread, but I feel inclined to address these things and the thread is basically done with the OPs topics. Obviously neither of you saw my firsts posts on this forum and the ensuing shit between TinyE and I. Lucky you! I had never even been a lurker, I simply was bored one day and really wanting to talk about Arcanum with someone/anyone and so made my way to the forums in which I viewed some general topics of discussion because I figured I'd poke around. I entered some random thread that looked appealing and what do I see? TinyE making some (what I saw to be) ignorant and racist comment. He's frequently the first/one of the first to say something in a thread and it is frequently stupid/asinine/trollish/taunting, and as a newcomer, that was my first impression of these forums. How do you honestly feel about him being people's first impressions on these forums? I think it's rather awful. And if anyone is remotely like me (and I'm quite sure there are), he drove them away from the forums, didn't make them feel as welcomed as (I think) the general community would like, or at least made them question their involvement and likely reduced any back-and-forth they might have participated in with others. I can't be the only one this happened to, and in fact, I know I am not.

To elaborate more on the furthering issues of it all. Just as I do with anyone who says something I take issue with, I tried to address it with him, I even took it to PM quite readily, which he blocked and took it all back to the thread where it originated, lying about what I said in PM, trying to make me look like the asshole and generally derailing it and being quite a huge ass to me telling me to "back off, he's a regular and EVERYONE knows he means no harm and if I were a regular I'd know too and shit on me for not knowing and for not being a regular and how stupid I am for having my views etc., etc., etc.,"- pretty much all the things someone I consider to be an asshole would say to a stranger who doesn't know them who confronted them about something they said, pretty much excusing their own behavior by saying "other people think I'm okay, you suck for not also thinking I am" rather than talking like a mature adult about our differing views.

I guarantee you, there are people who hold my view of him, I understand you are okay with his behavior, please understand that I am not. This doesn't make me "thin-skinned", and I'm not easily offended AT ALL, what is most offensive is how, when I found something offensive and tried to address it in a calm and thought-filled way simply trying to work out our differences, we weren't able to make one step in any positive direction because he was a defensive asshole and it quickly became a shit-flinging fest which I quickly abandoned.

It was some time before I came back to the forums and I had to give myself a pep-talk of "don't engage with the stupids." I understand not all feel that way. Understand others do feel that way and reflect upon it, please.

I've been awake for nights on end barely getting any sleep because I'm nursing a sick ferret and so my thoughts aren't well organized and I didn't proof-read and I have to go tend him now so I am going to just leave it like this and you can all have it as is, forgive if I'm not as tactful or whatever as I could have been. I'm really done talking about all this crap and don't care to have back and forth about it, if there is something pressing you feel the need to address with me, send me a message and we'll work on it there.
tl;dr
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drealmer7: Good to know, thanks! I definitely am not tech-savvy enough any more to know much about this. All I know is that I run it after I visit web pages and have only ever had but 2 viruses detected by MSE and never actually got any viruses in about 15 years and my computer runs smooooothly. Thanks for all the input! As usual, you are a fountain of information and it is great to see!
 
What's important to know is that no antivirus is able to detect and eradicate all threats.  If MSE has removed two viruses on your computer, it doesn't mean that you only had two viruses, it means that MSE could only detect two.  Sometimes, changing your antivirus leads to a big surprise!

Many viruses will never slow down your system.  Most go unnoticed, and some [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rootkit]rootkits can turn your computer into a "" without any impact on your performances.  Only a [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heuristic_analysis]heuristic analysis with a good antivirus will tell you the truth.

If you want a good comparison of antiviruses, take a look at <span class="bold">AV-Comparatives</span>.  I've attached an overview of the current antiviruses.
 
 
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chadjenofsky: Thank you for that list, Slaugh! Is the Kaspersky free for non-Kaspersky users?
 
Yes. TDSSKiller is free to use and does not require Kaspersky Antivirus, Kaspersky Internet Security, Kaspersky Pure or Kaspersky Total Protection. It's a standalone application.

Here are some useful applications that might interest you, and they are all free to use.  Be careful, as some of them can harm Windows if not used properly.  The standalone scanners, the monitoring tools and the file recovery utility are safe to use.
 
 
Stand-alone scanners:

 ▪  ESET Rogue Application Remover
 ▪  ESET Online Virus Scanner
 
 
Rootkits removal helpers:

 ▪  RootkitRevealer
 ▪  GMER
 ▪  RKill
 ▪  [url=http://public.avast.com/~gmerek/aswMBR.htm]aswMBR[/url]
 
 
System activity monitoring:

 ▪  Process Explorer
 ▪  Process Monitor
 
 
Network and security repair:

 ▪  Farbar Service Scanner
 ▪  Farbar MiniToolbox
 ▪  Dial-a-fix   (Windows XP only)
 
 
File recovery:

 ▪  Recuva
 
Attachments:
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_Slaugh_: Stand-alone scanners:
Rootkits removal helpers:
System activity monitoring:
Network and security repair:
File recovery:
You know you're a hard-core PC user when you have more virus detection and protection tools than games on your shelf. I assume you've amassed this collection due to PC-challenged close friends and relatives and not for your own system, right?
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drealmer7: I've been awake for nights on end barely getting any sleep because I'm nursing a sick ferret
<bites tongue>

[url=Seriously, it changes the whole timbre of your post when that's a masturbation reference. I swear to god I read Shakespeare in that. XD ][/url]
Post edited July 06, 2015 by OneFiercePuppy
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chadjenofsky: Other tools of use:

Avira Rescue CD is updated frequently with antivirus definitions, so no need to have to download definitions from the infected computer. This one froze up on me the last time I used it, unfortunately.

Norton's Bootable Recovery Tool for when system becomes locked and unbootable or infected with ransomware.
I've used Kaspersky Rescue CD for the same purpose. It boots from a CD to a Linux environment (in order to make sure there are no virus in the memory), downloads the latest virus definitions (as long as you are connected to internet), and scans the Windows partitions. I'm unsure if Kaspersky is maintaining and supporting that Rescue CD anymore, though.

Do the Avira and Norton equivalents also download the latest virus definitions, or do they expect you to re-burn a new CD-RW each time with the latest definitions?
OK, here's something I like to do.

a) make recovery boot CD with all the AV stuff you can find and put on there;
b) add in the SysInternals tools;
c) make a USB bootable version if the computer you have to rescue can use it;
d) boot up, virus scan clean and hope it will reboot.

When you have viruses that like to replicate themselves (i.e. spawn up new processes after you kill them), a fresh clean boot from different media (not the same OS) is the best way to ensure you chances of them not surviving.

If you're fortunate enough to use Process Explorer to find the wee beastie and its location, you can hone in on it and remove it right smartly. Use autoruns from the same suite of tools to find out what automatically runs when you boot up, log in, etc. and remove anything suspicious.

Be true to your computer and it will be good to you. :)
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_Slaugh_: [snip]
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JDelekto: You know you're a hard-core PC user when you have more virus detection and protection tools than games on your shelf. I assume you've amassed this collection due to PC-challenged close friends and relatives and not for your own system, right?
Yes and no...  I was the co-owner of a computer store from 1995 to 2013, and also the head technician.  Over the years, I've specialized myself in malware removal.  So far, I've removed thousands of viruses and malwares without formatting a single hard drive.  Formatting a hard drive to remove a virus is unprofessional, and will not get rid of some MBR rootkits. 

For major malwares, most antiviruses are useless, and you must rely on specialized tools.  Most of the time, I disinfect the computers outside Windows, with the help of a custom build of WinPE.  This way, the viruses and malwares are mostly inactive, and because the OS is stored on a CD, it cannot be infected.

The worst malware I had to eradicate was a rootkit that infected both the BIOS and the MBR.  It used a vulnerability of Award BIOS, and both parts of the rootkit were protecting each other.  I managed to remove it by installing the hard drive in another computer that used a different BIOS, to disinfect the MBR, and by flashing the BIOS of the infected computer with the hard drive disconnected.  A nightmare, but a real challange at the same time!
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_Slaugh_: The worst malware I had to eradicate was a rootkit that infected both the BIOS and the MBR. It used a vulnerability of Award BIOS, and both parts of the rootkit were protecting each other. I managed to remove it by installing the hard drive in another computer that used a different BIOS, to disinfect the MBR, and by flashing the BIOS of the infected computer with the hard drive disconnected. A nightmare, but a real challange at the same time!
I've never had to deal with a BIOS virus (hey that kind of rhymes) but I know they are out there. BTW, I'm was kind of a co-owner of a PC until I gave my wife her own and had to wipe it clean (without reformatting) from time to time.

Does this dialogue sound familiar?

"What did you download and install?" "Nothing, I swear" "What Web site did you visit?" "None" "This just happened on its own?" "I guess".
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JDelekto: Does this dialogue sound familiar?

"What did you download and install?" "Nothing, I swear" "What Web site did you visit?" "None" "This just happened on its own?" "I guess".
Yes, many times!  :-)

- Did you visit any obscure websites?
- No
- Then why did I found a thousand of cookies pointing to porn sites?
- Err...
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_Slaugh_: Yes, many times!  :-)

- Did you visit any obscure websites?
- No
- Then why did I found a thousand of cookies pointing to porn sites?
- Err...
if they have children they will usually blame their son
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_Slaugh_: Yes, many times! :-)

- Did you visit any obscure websites?
- No
- Then why did I found a thousand of cookies pointing to porn sites?
- Err...
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snowkatt: if they have children they will usually blame their son
I only had daughters... and as much as you think they're sugar, spice and everything nice, they could pollute a computer more than a sailor on shore leave.
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JDelekto: I only had daughters... and as much as you think they're sugar, spice and everything nice, they could pollute a computer more than a sailor on shore leave.
and where did i say that ?

i said if "they"have children they will usually blame their son