Questionguy555
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Is it safe to leave uninfected viruses and such on your computer?
Virus, Trojan, and Spyware Question
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Gemini Spark
The EX version
Yeah, even if the viruses aren't doing anything, they take up space and slow down your computer, so it's best to just get rid of them.
TrueTenguMan
Been working. . .
The worst you can get is a rootkit. Anyway, minor infections should be quarantine while trojans and spyware should be removed soon as possible.
Common sense, anyone? I don't understand why anyone would want to leave malware alone on their system. "Uninfected viruses" doesn't make much sense, either. Viruses don't get infected, they are the infection.
You should know that malware these days isn't focused on simple data destruction or slowing down your computer, but rather running botnets, keyloggers, and otherwise gathering private user information. I sure wouldn't feel comfortable running on a system that has obviously had its security compromised even just once. Once your security has been breached, the game is basically up.
You should know that malware these days isn't focused on simple data destruction or slowing down your computer, but rather running botnets, keyloggers, and otherwise gathering private user information. I sure wouldn't feel comfortable running on a system that has obviously had its security compromised even just once. Once your security has been breached, the game is basically up.
MasterJace
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Depends if said viruses are running or not. I wrote a few viruses a couple years back (for educational purposes, I swear >_>) and they just sat on my computer. I never bothered running them, so they posed no threat.
If you're talking about viruses already in play then no, just get rid of it.
If you're talking about viruses already in play then no, just get rid of it.
JigglyWiggly
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shutdown -s -t isn't a virus :) well that is just a wild guess of what u put in there.MasterJace said:
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