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Symantec Claims 80% of all gamers are Infected by malware

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Norton = bloatware (Hostoricly proven)

I 4th or 5th the cookies really don't count.

Hardcore gamers . . . ofcourse most of them have something weird that has been on their system, we are always trying mods and tweaks. From my experience the more hardcore the more likely the system is formated/reinstalled at least twice a year do to new tweak attempts, hardware updates, etc. Chances are of the hardcore people there a third of them had fairly fresh systems.
 

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I have yet to find a tweak that has a malware.....BUT Hardcore gamers usually are HardCore Internet Users who always try to find....Ways to make....Free purchases....And thats how malware mostly get onto ones computer. ;)
 
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I have yet to find a tweak that has a malware.....BUT Hardcore gamers usually are HardCore Internet Users who always try to find....Ways to make....Free purchases....And thats how malware mostly get onto ones computer. ;)

I've had a mod or two show up on a virus scanner before, don't remember what it modified but it wasn't really malware.
 
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