Becareful when clicking links. I visited 2 pages yesterday here and another pipe page and clicked on links on both of them and had something called a browser hijack happen. I dont know what page had the link that caused this amd the only way I cought it was when I went to paypal and got a popup box saying for securty reasons they wanted to verfy the account and wanted info including my card number pin ssn mothers madien name and dl info. I did not put in the info and called paypal and they advised me it was not them and I clicked on a link that hijacked my browser.
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Good advice from everybody so far, keeping your virus scan software definitions religiously up to date, as well as making sure that your browser is current will usualy save your privacy, until it doesn't.
Which is why I do 99% of my web browsing in my iPad, and sometimes a Mac. I used to be a die-hard Windows guy, used to build and repair PC's for well over a decade and a half, but I just got tired of the unending headache & hassle. :x
Which is why I do 99% of my web browsing in my iPad, and sometimes a Mac. I used to be a die-hard Windows guy, used to build and repair PC's for well over a decade and a half, but I just got tired of the unending headache & hassle. :x
The reason I use Firefox, avoids most of the IE problems.
Virus Protection: Kaspersky
Malware: CCleaner, free version, very effective.
Virus Protection: Kaspersky
Malware: CCleaner, free version, very effective.
I actually second that. I use Ubuntu at work just because it's not affected by the things that mess up Windows. I would love to use Ubuntu at home, but the wife won't stand for it. So I use Windows 7 at home. I do use IE9, fully patched system, and MS Security Essentials. That and a good dose of common sense when it comes to surfing the web.
2 points to make-
1. As stated above, try a Linux OS and you will never have to worry about malware/viruses again (i recommend Linux Mint; just as user friendly as Ubuntu but somehow more stable)
2. Try installing an add on called "NoScript" NoScript ; this provides fantastic click-jacking and anti-xss protection for all Mozilla-based browsers; plugins, Java, Javascript, flash, etc...will only be enabled if you permit it for each site you visit. Can recommend this highly
1. As stated above, try a Linux OS and you will never have to worry about malware/viruses again (i recommend Linux Mint; just as user friendly as Ubuntu but somehow more stable)
2. Try installing an add on called "NoScript" NoScript ; this provides fantastic click-jacking and anti-xss protection for all Mozilla-based browsers; plugins, Java, Javascript, flash, etc...will only be enabled if you permit it for each site you visit. Can recommend this highly
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