I never had a virus with Windows 7 either, but IF I got one (and that could very possibly happen) it would be a pain to have to reformat a home theater PC. Happy with my Ubuntu media center, and someday I’ll get a Mac Mini to replace it.
Yeah you can always repair it, but you have no way of knowing if the virus was really removed. I install my OS on a separate partition or HD so I can delete it and start over real quick if I need too.
No, not even repair, just install it normally, but just don’t do the reformat. It will rename your windows folder windows.old and put its new folder there.
Yes…i help fix computers for a home business man and yes that program rocks…also try out CCleaner if you need more data space and Superantispyware…Avast has to be the best Antivirus product you can get for free…man i can clean almost any computer with that stuff…
Conrad-That’s normally why you attempt to not download those files…stick to reliable sites and you’ll be ok…
I am first and foremost a Windows user, which is why I voted for it, but I’m growing to love Linux the more I use it. The Linux OS I’m using on one of my Desktop’s is Kubuntu (the one I’m using to post this message) And I have an ancient laptop running Lubuntu, both variants of the Ubuntu OS. But why am beginning to love Linux more? Well, after having had to reformat my Windows computer 3 times from viruses (And before you ask, yes I’ve had like 3 different antivirus programs on to protect from them but it still happens.), as well as having multiple hardware issues and crashing software at random moments, I’ve been getting kinda mad at it. Outside of 1 hardware issue that was resolved quickly thanks to the Linux community, I haven’t had any issues with Linux. Best part is, I didn’t even pay for it.
You’re having good luck, GNU/Linux, I found has no hardware support, and the community are ignorant self righteous [expletives]. I personally don’t see the ppoint, because as I said I haven’t reformatted in three to four years, simply reinstalling windows when I need to, maybe once a year. I have had very few viruses and the ones I have had MBAM exterminated efficiently.
Ubuntu is one of the simpler distros, try installing Gentoo, having to compile everything from source.