https://game.giveawayoftheday.com/gardenball/ en Sun, 10 Jun 2012 22:21:23 +0000 hourly 1 FeedWriter https://game.giveawayoftheday.com/gardenball/#comment-299355 Sun, 10 Jun 2012 18:21:23 -0400 https://game.giveawayoftheday.com/gardenball/#comment-299355 https://game.giveawayoftheday.com/gardenball/#comment-298853 Sat, 09 Jun 2012 21:34:42 -0400 https://game.giveawayoftheday.com/gardenball/#comment-298853 https://game.giveawayoftheday.com/gardenball/#comment-298828 Sat, 09 Jun 2012 20:50:43 -0400 https://game.giveawayoftheday.com/gardenball/#comment-298828 https://game.giveawayoftheday.com/gardenball/#comment-298782 Sat, 09 Jun 2012 18:20:41 -0400 https://game.giveawayoftheday.com/gardenball/#comment-298782 https://game.giveawayoftheday.com/gardenball/#comment-298712 Sat, 09 Jun 2012 15:15:46 -0400 https://game.giveawayoftheday.com/gardenball/#comment-298712 https://game.giveawayoftheday.com/gardenball/#comment-298700 1001001110001……01101001000111101110001… As you can see, the pavid virus bit pattern is included in the Whack-a-Rabbit bit sequence. Sequence oriented anti-virus programs will see that pattern and warn you that there is a virus in the Whack-a-Rabbit code. We already know and have been assured over and over that GOTD and GGOTD scan their offerings 6 ways from Sunday to make sure that NO GIVEAWAY HAS A VIRUS OR TROJAN OR OTHER NASTY. Therefore we know that the alert that Whack-a-Rabbit has a problem is likely to be a false positive. Furthermore since very few other people have that problem, the alert of a virus present in the giveaway is most likely false. Another way to tell that the report is likely a false positive is the fact that most of the people reporting a problem are using the same anti-virus. Finally, upon running Whack-a-Rabbit nothing strange happens to our computers thus serving as absolute proof that there is no virus present. The moral of my story is that before you claim that a virus is present, make sure that there really is a virus present. In the many giveaways presented over the 4 or 5 years I have been coming to GOTD, I have yet to see a report of a virus being present in a giveaway actually be true. So please don’t report a virus being present in a giveaway because as I have shown you, signature based antivirus programs can lie to you. If you are that concerned that a virus might be present in the giveaway, run the giveaway in a sandbox program such as Sandboxie. Then, if there really is a virus or trojan or whatever present it won’t damage your system. Whatever you do though, please stop reporting that a virus is present in a giveaway when in fact there really isn’t one. Doing so frightens away a large number of people, which can jeopardize the success of GOTD and GGOTD and thus result in the loss of giveaways and in poorer quality giveaways. .........................Moderator Comment.......................... Thanks pavid, you've made the point in a very succinct and erudite way. This is going into the FAQ's section. :)]]> Sat, 09 Jun 2012 14:23:19 -0400 https://game.giveawayoftheday.com/gardenball/#comment-298700 https://game.giveawayoftheday.com/gardenball/#comment-298699 Sat, 09 Jun 2012 14:21:38 -0400 https://game.giveawayoftheday.com/gardenball/#comment-298699 https://game.giveawayoftheday.com/gardenball/#comment-298672 Sat, 09 Jun 2012 13:32:53 -0400 https://game.giveawayoftheday.com/gardenball/#comment-298672 https://game.giveawayoftheday.com/gardenball/#comment-298663 Sat, 09 Jun 2012 13:09:32 -0400 https://game.giveawayoftheday.com/gardenball/#comment-298663 https://game.giveawayoftheday.com/gardenball/#comment-298608 Sat, 09 Jun 2012 11:03:07 -0400 https://game.giveawayoftheday.com/gardenball/#comment-298608