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  1. Apr 21st, 2010, 01:56 PM #1
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    [tongue in cheek]Windows IS a Virus![/tongue in cheek]

    For years the joke has been that Windows is a virus... now here's definitive proof: http://tinyurl.com/2fzwvuw

    Discuss.

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    Re: [tongue in cheek]Windows IS a Virus![/tongue in cheek]

    Thankfully I use Avast
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    Re: [tongue in cheek]Windows IS a Virus![/tongue in cheek]

    I use a combination of MSE and Anti-Malware Bytes.
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    Re: [tongue in cheek]Windows IS a Virus![/tongue in cheek]

    Thankfully I don't use any operating systems.
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    Re: [tongue in cheek]Windows IS a Virus![/tongue in cheek]

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    Re: [tongue in cheek]Windows IS a Virus![/tongue in cheek]

    What I don't get is -- how does one could recover?

    If the McAfee update caused the PC to reboot, how
    would one manually overcome that? It seems like you'd
    never have access to the computer -- an endless loop.
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    Re: [tongue in cheek]Windows IS a Virus![/tongue in cheek]

    Quote Originally Posted by Spoo View Post
    What I don't get is -- how does one could recover?

    If the McAfee update caused the PC to reboot, how
    would one manually overcome that? It seems like you'd
    never have access to the computer -- an endless loop.
    safe mode...

    Also, this is just one more reason not to use McCrappy AntiVirus software.
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    Re: [tongue in cheek]Windows IS a Virus![/tongue in cheek]

    Nice. Anti-virus software has now produced an autoimmune disease.
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    Re: [tongue in cheek]Windows IS a Virus![/tongue in cheek]

    techgnome are you doing ok. I noticed it said [tongue in cheek] twice. You aren't in any kind of distress are you from your tongue being stuck in your cheek.
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  12. Apr 21st, 2010, 06:13 PM #10
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    Re: [tongue in cheek]Windows IS a Virus![/tongue in cheek]

    I'm fine... clearly you're not... the first one opens the tag... the second one closes it... and that's how it was from the start. Perhapse you are seeing things (or not seeing things) due to your tongue being stuck in your cheek.

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    Re: [tongue in cheek]Windows IS a Virus![/tongue in cheek]

    There are worse places to stick it....





    ... like a jar of Thai red curry paste.

    What were YOU thinking I meant?
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    Re: [tongue in cheek]Windows IS a Virus![/tongue in cheek]

    A bowl full of fresh Wassabi....

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    Re: [tongue in cheek]Windows IS a Virus![/tongue in cheek]

    Perhapse you are seeing things (or not seeing things) due to your tongue being stuck in your cheek.
    Nope, his tongue's lodged firmly in his eyeball.
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    Re: [tongue in cheek]Windows IS a Virus![/tongue in cheek]

    That's pretty neat... I thought Mendhack was the only one that could do that.

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    Re: [tongue in cheek]Windows IS a Virus![/tongue in cheek]

    UMMMMMM Wassabi....
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    Re: [tongue in cheek]Windows IS a Virus![/tongue in cheek]

    Quote Originally Posted by FunkyDexter View Post
    Nope, his tongue's lodged firmly in his eyeball.
    He's going to have no problems with getting a date on Friday nights then
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