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Dear Friends,
I was wondering if SRCDS actually increases your computers vulnerability to getting viruses and spyware. This has been a BIG issue for me because I have already gotten two viruses from SRCDS. Is there a way to counter this?
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srcds has NOTHING to do with spyware or viruses unless you get things like maps and such from unknown and sketchy websites.
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Just don't browse too much pron, warez and hacker sites and you should be fine, if you handle e-mail with care too.
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Everytime I get the files for the server, I always get virus that turns off my damn firewall and anti-virus..
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How do you know it's a virus if your firewall and anti-virus are being turned off?
Also Virus' don't turn off stuff.
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Well, is it supposed to turn off by itself or something then? Norton gets turned off and I cant turn on the firewall either. Also, when I visit sites that contain anti-virus stuff, it automatically closes.
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That's just weird, never seen that before...
maybe you should try reinstall it because that shouldn't happen at all.
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Thanks @ Drocona. I am just confirming that it shouldn't because I want to do it for the THIRD time without worry on my new PC. Try to help me on my other topic if you have time. The Two Questions one.
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