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Can your cab connect to the internet?
scofthe7seas:
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--- Quote from: scofthe7seas on July 08, 2011, 11:19:27 am ---I am going to plug it directly into the cable modem, no router.
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So, how did it go?
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Scanning the drive with the corporate antivirus right now.
Though I have to concede that I couldn't find a copy of XP older than SP1 :/
markronz:
I generally put a wireless card in my cabs, but I set it so that it does not automatically connect to wifi. So it will only connect to wifi when I want it to. For remote connection sessions where I modify or tweak my cab. I don't have my PC up to date, and no AV running. So far this has worked for me. Not sure if merely having a network card installing, even though its not connected, is using up resources or not, but I suspect not very much. This works pretty well for me so far.
scofthe7seas:
So, the results are in. Honestly, I kind of wish they didn't turn out this way because I feel kind of dick -ish. There were no viruses on the hard drive. It was scanned with a current update of Mcafee corporate edition (in my tech room at work.) If anybody wants, I can try a different antivirus scan if you don't trust Mcafee (honestly, I don't think it's amazing.) I'll just get a 30 day trial of whatever.
Mind you, I'm not implying or ever have implied that it is impossible to get viruses this way. All I was saying was that in the time we live right now, after these attacks have happened in the past, ISPs and Microsoft have taken more responsibility to defend against them. I also firmly believe that IP sniffing viruses would quickly be snuffed out because they are easily detectable these days.
I have always kept my windows up to date (not the experiment PC), so this probably has a hand in why I haven't gotten viruses. But I have been online many times in the past with no anti-virus software and I've never had a problem. My brother gets them despite the antivirus software I give him, but he's always poking around on the internet following google links.
In conclusion, if you put your PC on the internet, at least update it!
Sjaak:
That is good to know. I guess ISP's are filtering the nasty ones out or maybe they just died out.
On occasion I have to connect directly to the internet (with virusscanner and windows firewall), but I feel a bit safer now.
leapinlew:
--- Quote from: scofthe7seas on July 13, 2011, 12:05:12 am ---So, the results are in. Honestly, I kind of wish they didn't turn out this way because I feel kind of dick -ish. There were no viruses on the hard drive.
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The problem is you didn't leave it on long enough. :lol
--- Quote from: scofthe7seas on July 13, 2011, 12:05:12 am ---Mind you, I'm not implying or ever have implied that it is impossible to get viruses this way.
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Actually, you said
--- Quote from: scofthe7seas on July 13, 2011, 12:05:12 am ---Well, it's not like the internet is just a cesspool, waiting to rampantly infest PCs upon connection. I mean, sure, if you use your cabinet to browse around you have a chance, but just connecting to the internet without doing anything isn't going to get you a virus.
I've gotten some viruses in my time, don't misunderstand, but it was from digging around on the internet looking at stuff I shouldn't be. I just don't think virus attacks are a huge problem for individuals.
I'm not saying it's impossble, just saying in my years I have never seen it. I wouldn't worry about it in the slightest.
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The point I was making was that a Mame machine could be infected simply by being on a network with other machines. Your point was that the Mame machine couldn't be infected unless it was user initiated. The vulnerabilities in windows and applications is such that I do not want the added maintenance of connecting my arcade machines to the network.
In the end we agree, a Mame cabinet needs to be protected and updated the same as any other computer that would get on the internet. That means windows updates, application updates, antivirus, antispyware, etc. I use Intel Atom boards and they don't have enough horsepower to pull off all that crap, not to mention that TinyXP won't pass a Microsoft WGA test. It's not worth it.