Antivirus ?

[mrmoonlight]

Hi now i am on line with my Amiga 1200 do i need any protection as in Antivirus protection or a Firewall ,and do i need to Defrag my harddrive ,i am using ibrowser and Gmail for my Email ,althou i have just recieved my Roadshow download when i work out how to get it all installed and working.best wishes Brian.:laughing:

[golem]

Hi now i am on line with my Amiga 1200 do i need any protection as in Antivirus protection or a Firewall ,and do i need to Defrag my harddrive ,i am using ibrowser and Gmail for my Email ,althou i have just recieved my Roadshow download when i work out how to get it all installed and working.best wishes Brian.:laughing:

You can rely on protection via obscurity using an Amiga online so you don't really need AV. I think most Amiga viruses are bootblock on Floppies so unless you use them or really old ADFs there is very little risk. I bought Roadshow too. I am impressed and I believe there is a firewall included if you are feeling paranoid. I suppose running Samba and windows shares may be a risk without one. Not sure about defragging I think there are tools.

[Ral-Clan]

I would definitely install Virus-Z from aminet and immediately run a file check on your hard drive.  I went for many years, thinking that no-one would bother writing a virus for Amigas anymore, etc.

Recently I was setting up an A500 and noticed things acting wierd.  Installed Virus-Z and ran a scan.  It found the Ebola virus attached to a hundreds of the files on this newly set up computer (it got infected through some piece of software I installed and replicated itself).

Then I ran Virus-Z on my WinUAE setup that is several years old, and there, too was the Ebola virus.

This is an old virus from the 1990s, but it is still harmful.

I would install an anti-virus program especially if you plan to trade software with other Amigans or download .adf software from the internet.

[paul1981]

Check out the link below, and yes, definitely do a virus check on everything you download. I've had virus's from things I've downloaded from aminet, so it's wise to check all downloads.

http://www.amiga.org/gallery/index.php?n=3713

[mrmoonlight]

Check out the link below, and yes, definitely do a virus check on everything you download. I've had virus's from things I've downloaded from aminet, so it's wise to check all downloads.
 
http://www.amiga.org/gallery/index.php?n=3713

Well i thought there may be a risk but now i am worried ,i will go read up on some antivirus programes ,thanks very much ,Brian

[mrmoonlight]

I would definitely install Virus-Z from aminet and immediately run a file check on your hard drive. I went for many years, thinking that no-one would bother writing a virus for Amigas anymore, etc.
 
Recently I was setting up an A500 and noticed things acting wierd. Installed Virus-Z and ran a scan. It found the Ebola virus attached to a hundreds of the files on this newly set up computer (it got infected through some piece of software I installed and replicated itself).
 
Then I ran Virus-Z on my WinUAE setup that is several years old, and there, too was the Ebola virus.
 
This is an old virus from the 1990s, but it is still harmful.
 
I would install an anti-virus program especially if you plan to trade software with other Amigans or download .adf software from the internet.

Thank you ,i had better go download some antivirus software ,best wishes Brian.

[mrmoonlight]

You can rely on protection via obscurity using an Amiga online so you don't really need AV. I think most Amiga viruses are bootblock on Floppies so unless you use them or really old ADFs there is very little risk. I bought Roadshow too. I am impressed and I believe there is a firewall included if you are feeling paranoid. I suppose running Samba and windows shares may be a risk without one. Not sure about defragging I think there are tools.

 
Thank you i think to be on the safe side i had better go download some but thank you .Brian