31 October 2021, 13:34 | #1 |
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viruses ?
Hi everyone,
I installed winuae on my work laptop (I had Classic Workbench installed instead of wb3.1) I then played some games, then suddently windows asked for a reboot and disabled the antivirus (kaspersky) maybe it's a coincidence but IT prefered to scratch my computer and remaster it just in case so, are there virus on amiga ? could the emulator influence windows behaviour ? I used a cracked version of amiga forever (yeah I know, my bad) so maybe the kickstart roms I added to WHDload contain malware since I did not know anything about the amiga I prefered not to invest any money at first (I am gonna order the official version of Amiga Forever just in case) thanks for your input Phil |
31 October 2021, 14:47 | #2 |
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Better go to Hyperion website to find a dealer to by a recent copy of the AmigaOS & ROMs (3.1.4 or 3.2) and then use WinUAE.
If you want the old ROMs (1.3 - 3.1) and don't have an old Amiga under your hands, yes, Amiga Forever is the way to go to get them legally. But again, I would recommend you to prefer the use of WinUAE over the emulator bundled in Amiga Forever. For the other point of your post, since the amiga emulator is a Windows program, it can of course, like any other Windows application, be infected by a virus. So mind your sources Last edited by malko; 01 November 2021 at 12:37. Reason: typo |
31 October 2021, 14:49 | #3 |
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Probably the keygen that made the virus warning
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31 October 2021, 15:20 | #4 |
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roms only contain amiga cpu opcodes...so I found it hard to believe that even an amiga virus could interfere with windows
...and I did not enable the network in my config anyway I'll get a legit Amiga Forever package (yet still using WinUAE of course) |
01 November 2021, 07:56 | #5 |
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But... There's... Literally the best Amiga emulator (and one of the most comprehensive, compatible and feature-rich emulators all around) is FREE. Thanks to Toni and his amazing efforts and work throughout the years. Use WinUAE. Stay safe. |
01 November 2021, 12:10 | #6 |
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Amiga viruses normally can't interfere with windows. For this to happen, they must be specifically designed for this and there has to be a backdoor in the emulator to allow native code execution.
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03 November 2021, 17:31 | #7 |
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yes there are Virus's on amiga's.. I would suggest VirusZ and make sure you have it updated..
the same as there are virus's on Linux, Apple, and PC's.. I would get an offline antivirus and boot from a flashdrive to make sure there are none on the PC.. I too have the keygen for amiga forever.. not that i have used amigaforever.. i use winuae and the rom i took from my amiga1200 before i binned it.. basically i broke it using a ide card catweasel.. and connected a cdrom drive.. so of course when i moved the amiga with the attached cdrom, the drive fell of as i was moving it.. and pulled the cable and the amiga never booted again.. binned. A virus could have got through even with kaspersky running.. i've noticed recently via my emails there seem to be a lot of PDF's attachments and yes those can be infected.. which is why i never downloaded them.. didnt know the sender and it seemed to be the same type.. Wouldnt blame the keygen unless it was from a different group.. mine is by CRD filesize 269,312bytes or CRUDE via the latest version *******.*****.********.*.**.*.*.*.****.******-*** Last edited by Ian; 05 November 2021 at 10:19. |
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