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    Angry Ball Python Game Destroyed my computer!

    Ok, that ball python breeding game installs malware on your computer. DO NOT PLAY IT. It's the second time it happened to me, and this time I couldn't even log onto the computer to fix it. I had to do a system restore thing, and lost a LOT of pics because of it. I am WAY BUMMED.


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    Re: Ball Python Game Destroyed my computer!

    Thanks for the heads-up.
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    Re: Ball Python Game Destroyed my computer!

    Sorry to hear that.

    2 Rules to always remember, Good anti-virus (NOT free crap) is a must and always keep important stuff backed up.

    Huge thumb drives are cheap now, keep your pictures on them, or burn to a CD/DVD. (back those up over and over, CD/DVD burnables deteriorate with time.

    Portable hard drives are very affordable now, and can hold millions of pictures.

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    Re: Ball Python Game Destroyed my computer!

    wow! sorry to hear that!! we are looking at getting a 250 or 500 gb hard drive....hooks up thru usb port, save pics and music there, keeps the computer working fast, and is separate so you don't lose anything.....

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    Re: Ball Python Game Destroyed my computer!

    Quote Originally Posted by dekaybrown View Post
    Portable hard drives are very affordable now, and can hold millions of pictures.

    I have an external hard drive with everything on it, just incase!!!

    I never installed that game, thank goodness. I run 3 programs to make sure I have nothing like that on my computer.
    I am sorry that it happened to you!!
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    Re: Ball Python Game Destroyed my computer!

    Quote Originally Posted by reptile3 View Post
    I have an external hard drive with everything on it, just incase!!!

    I never installed that game, thank goodness. I run 3 programs to make sure I have nothing like that on my computer.
    I am sorry that it happened to you!!

    I only use one, had the same product for 10 years and NEVER had a virus or spyware get through.

    Well worth the annual subscription fee, since it works.

    Norton & Macafee are garbage, and the free stuff is a joke.

    I'll even bet you I could find files on your drive that all 3 of those programs combined have missed

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    Re: Ball Python Game Destroyed my computer!

    Quote Originally Posted by dekaybrown View Post
    I only use one, had the same product for 10 years and NEVER had a virus or spyware get through.

    Well worth the annual subscription fee, since it works.

    Norton & Macafee are garbage, and the free stuff is a joke.

    I'll even bet you I could find files on your drive that all 3 of those programs combined have missed

    probably!! Will bring my computer in July!!
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    Re: Ball Python Game Destroyed my computer!

    Quote Originally Posted by dekaybrown View Post
    Norton & Macafee are garbage, and the free stuff is a joke.
    Norton has a pretty good track record and the free stuff performs about as well as the ones you have to pay for. Provided of course that you don't download just any free program. Personally, I have two firewalls and AntiVir. Haven't failed me so far.

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    Re: Ball Python Game Destroyed my computer!

    I use 6 hard drives.

    One is only an 80 gig, that has windows and software on it.

    All files are stored anywhere but on that one.

    That way I can wipe the system at any time, no loss.

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    Re: Ball Python Game Destroyed my computer!

    I got a 500 gb external hard drive for like 120 bucks and backed up my entire computor. I got a western digital, after asking several computor savvy friends which ones they thought were the most reliable.
    I do run mcgafee, and have had very few problems. Just one time, i did get hit with the spyware stuff- pop ups coming up by themselves... a free downloaded program spyware- search and destroy took care of it no problem and installed updates to help guard it. No problems since (knock on wood).

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