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    I added extra ram to my desktop. It was 4GB ram and is now 8 GB ram. I did hear somewhere that having a lot of ram would stop any virus from bad roms. Is this a 100%. Certain .

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    Quote Originally Posted by romsaregood View Post
    I added extra ram to my desktop. It was 4GB ram and is now 8 GB ram. I did hear somewhere that having a lot of ram would stop any virus from bad roms. Is this a 100%. Certain .
    Has absolutely nothing to do with stopping viruses.

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    As Zaladane said, RAM has nothing to do with stopping viruses. Anti-virus and Firewalls help stop viruses.

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