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« Reply #15 on: February 08, 2009, 09:55:37 PM » |
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I was able to restore all my games from AVG's virus vault. The only thing I lost, to my knowledge, was my Noitu Love 2 save file (but it kept my records and unlocked content).
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« Reply #16 on: February 08, 2009, 11:24:12 PM » |
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Ooohh... That explains why AVG suddenly thought my Lovecraft folder was full of viruses. I better tell thewreck before it's too late, he also has years and years of work in MMF projects  |
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« Reply #17 on: February 09, 2009, 03:19:22 AM » |
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The best antivirus is to not run something coming from someone you don't know/trust.
Pretty much this. I went for about 6 months with no AV and windows firewall turned off, and after installing an AV it found nothing. I've come to the conclusion that, with a bit of common sense, virii aren't very easy to get (you just have to know the risks). |
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« Reply #18 on: February 09, 2009, 05:52:17 AM » |
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As of Virus DB 270.10.19/1941, AVG Free doesn't find any virii in Knytt Stories.
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« Reply #19 on: February 09, 2009, 12:45:07 PM » |
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Uh oh, That's terrible. I just put all my MMF 2 folders to exceptions, after reading this.
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« Reply #20 on: February 09, 2009, 06:34:13 PM » |
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Maybe they fixed this. I scanned my Legend of Princess folder and it didn't find anything, not even warnings.
It does suck immensely, though. Everybody should keep backups in not rewriteable media. At least then fucked up antiviruses won't be able to ruin years of work.
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« Reply #21 on: February 10, 2009, 01:13:36 AM » |
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I've tried bringing this shit up with Clickteam but I went ignored for a long time. This shit almost fucked me up hardcore when working on Bonesaw and some other projects from awhile back, but luckily I told AVG to just tell me about shit rather than delete it all.
I've even tried contacting grisoft support or whatever the fuck, going through their whole false-positive submission process, but I've never received a single reply back. It is indeed bullshit.
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« Reply #22 on: February 10, 2009, 05:50:10 AM » |
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Customer service. Gotta love it. I guess that's a lesson to us all. Never leave your anti-virus on automatic. Trust no-one.  |
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« Reply #23 on: February 26, 2009, 10:08:08 AM » |
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Ah, that sounds infuriating  It's bad enough when you lose everything to a crashed hard drive, but this just seems unfair. You should really take this up with the company, if you can. I'm in the "I never use antivirus software" camp. |
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« Reply #24 on: February 26, 2009, 01:15:32 PM » |
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I'm in the no antivirus software on the PC, just run all downloads to whichever machine through a virus scan on my custom router camp and if something manages to get through, save the necessary things and blast the remainder.
Edit: I should mention that normal browsing (http downloads beneath 4MB) and trusted ports (Skype, AIM, MSN, IRC) are mostly exempt and that common sense still applies. (Such as not clicking random links sent over msn.)
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« Reply #25 on: February 26, 2009, 02:01:12 PM » |
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AVG has stopped detecting MMF2 files as virii as far as I've seen (and I managed to restore everything on my comp from the vault). It should be safe now, but yes- the prospective "one program is going to fuck our shit up in the end" continues to suck.
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« Reply #26 on: February 27, 2009, 03:27:52 AM » |
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It does suck immensely, though. Everybody should keep backups in not rewriteable media. At least then fucked up antiviruses won't be able to ruin years of work.
Ack. I just copied all my backup CDs to a big USB stick in order to save some space :/ AVG didn't bite my projects yet ... but still, they should take more care. |
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