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Can your cab connect to the internet?
scofthe7seas:
--- Quote from: HarumaN on July 06, 2011, 02:36:45 pm ---
--- Quote from: gabe on July 06, 2011, 02:24:32 pm ---While I can follow the logic, I find it interesting that so many people seem to think that the only way to keep a computer virus free is to keep it off of the internet.
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The only guaranteed way...
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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 don't really know why a cabinet would need to be on the internet though?
fallacy:
I like to play Dungeon fighter online on my MAME cab
I reminds me of my favorite 2D beat them up “Streets of Rage” Plus it’s online and you can gear your self and group with other people, it’s the best of both worlds.
leapinlew:
--- Quote from: gabe on July 06, 2011, 02:24:32 pm ---While I can follow the logic, I find it interesting that so many people seem to think that the only way to keep a computer virus free is to keep it off of the internet.
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For me it's either disconnect the mame machine, or have an extra beefy machine and keep it updated.
If you've never had a microsoft update crash your machine, or a bad AV definition pack cause your machine to slow down to a crawl, you may not understand it. It's a trade off. I have plenty of machines that I have to keep up with virus definitions, service packs, application patches, etc, I don't want to create more work for myself by having to update arcade machines and troubleshoot them when there is a problem.
5 of my machines are using Windows XP, no service packs (or SP1, I can't remember).
leapinlew:
--- Quote from: scofthe7seas on July 06, 2011, 02:42:40 pm ---Well, it's not like the internet is just a cesspool, waiting to rampantly infest PCs upon connection.
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A lot of the nasty worms connect to your machine and don't need the user or computer to do anything but be connected.
scofthe7seas:
--- Quote from: leapinlew on July 06, 2011, 02:54:58 pm ---
A lot of the nasty worms connect to your machine and don't need the user or computer to do anything but be connected.
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I've heard another tech say this, but I've never seen any such thing. Any major ISP should have a firewall to prevent this from happening solely by connecting to their service. If they didn't, they'd be liable for a phat lawsuit.
Though I do agree with not connecting for slow-down / update nagging. Like I said, mine isn't connected.
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