After spending the better part of an hour on Forumwarz I still can't decide if it's just sick or if it's kind of fun. It's a bit like a car wreck on the highway. I know I shouldn't be looking but I can't quite turn away.
It's sick, it's twisted, it's the internet on it's worst level and darn it, it's kind of fun. At least for a little while.
Forumwarz is a parody role-playing game that takes place on the internet - or at least the Forumwarz version of it. Your goal is to complete missions that are given to you through a mock up of GoogleTalk called Sentrillion.
Your first "friend" is ShallowEsophagus who begins giving you missions to pwn various forums by being a troll. Depending on the character type you are assigned at start up, you have tools like drooling on the keyboard or bashing your head on the keyboard that you can use to destroy forum threads and eventually, pwn a forum.
Future missions involve buying illegal software from the Russians, pwning more difficult forums and other internet oddness.
Completing missions gives you cash, called Flezz in game, and items that you can pawn or use in other missions. The game is NOT for those easily offended. It's crass, coarse and there are frequent f-bombs in the fake chat sessions.
This is also a game for a more mature audience as it requires you to shop at the Drugs R Fun store to get various concoctions to improve your playing, engage in certain cyber activities to get more Flezz and just generally use a more adult perspective.
If you can get past that, here are the more enjoyable and time-wasting aspects.
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AntiVir is an anti-virus program I hadn't heard of before. It handles just about everything you can throw at it. Here is the list:
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Bill Minton said 5:37PM on 1-14-2007
You've got to visit my freeware site more often. :)
http://www.missingbytes.net
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Sanchez said 6:02PM on 1-14-2007
Meh, I used AntiVir a couple of years ago, it isn't bad but I found avast and NOD32 to be vastly superior.
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Lloyd the Great said 8:19PM on 1-14-2007
Vastly Superior?!?! C'mon... sounds pretty subjective to me. You got any data to back that up?
I'm all for having an opinion about your favorite software and I'm also all for finding the "gems" within the freeware/open source community. In my experience, AntiVir is one of the better choices available for the average home user.
In addition to providing IT support at work, I also provide a lot of "unofficial" technical assistance for friends and family. I can safely say that I've tried over 12 different antivirus programs... mostly freeware, but also some commercial.
While I personally use ZoneAlarm Security Suite on my home computer, I do use AntiVir on several other computers that I own/maintain. It is easy to install and maintain, has a user-friendly interface, and does what it is supposed to do effectively.
So, while I agree that there are other good free antivirus programs out there (Avast and NOD32 among them), I think it is probably an overstatement to say that they are "vastly superior." Just my two cents...
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Fabian said 8:19PM on 1-14-2007
I found AntiVir to be a very good choice. So far it has protected me and a lot of friends and family. I've tried some other choice and they all have given me some headaches because my "clients" didn't know how to use and update them correctly. AntiVir has given me a good choice and a lot of free time. ;-)
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Ditrich said 11:43PM on 1-14-2007
AntiVir is really a very good choice for the house! Probably, rather trustworthy...
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Aalaap said 11:43PM on 1-14-2007
"One of the features I like the best is the real-time system protection" ..heh you sound like you've never used an anti-virus before! RT protection has been around since DOS days.
Anyway, NOD32 0wnz.
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dirtyone said 11:20AM on 1-15-2007
um just checked out NOD32 they only offer a 30 day trial at least ca will give you a year trial
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ThwartedEfforts said 1:25PM on 1-15-2007
Lloyd the Great: "Vastly Superior?!?! C'mon... sounds pretty subjective to me. You got any data to back that up?"
Yes.
http://www.eset.com/products/compare-NOD32-vs-competition.php
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SoMeOnE-PT said 10:59AM on 1-18-2007
I use it since two years ago and never let me down. I've also installed it in a few computers and keep going.
It may not be the best but it dows the job ...
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