Computer protection

[fildenclaus]

Unfortunately porn is some times accompanied by viruses, malwares, worms, and all that crap. Today, after visiting several sites (most through MFO), I got two warnings from Avira AntiVir concerning some kind of crazy malware which I'd never heard of, and I don't even download stuff.

I wanted to hear from you guys what kind of protection you use when it comes to porn, like anti virus, anti spyware and all that stuff to keep your machine always ready for more.

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[SiCo]

Just 2 things.

a) a condom (over the processor not the fan)

b) buy a Mac.

 

[J_Mags]

Dude, don't go to shady places. Freeones, a few of the popular "tube sites", official sites...if you stick to these, you'll be fine 99% of the time. For the other 1%, just keep a good anti-virus handy.

Additionally, if you have Firefox, get Script-blocker. Only what you want to run will be able to. Huzzah!

 

[HELLRAISER]

I use firefox with the free shockwave media player installed. I also use free firefox addons: AdBlock, NoScript, and McAfee SiteAdvisor

 

[Lonilover]

just a good virusscanner mate, original one would be best, also combined with a spyware protection, or a separate programm with spyware scan. anyhow those two things are best to be protected.

 

[fildenclaus]

If I had money to buy a Mac, I'd rather get a real woman.

I use Firefox, access porn using Private Browsing most times, with Web Of Trust, AdBlock Plus and NoScript and I use Avira AntiVirus (free version). I don't go to any shady sites, I only have something around six sites I access almost daily besides MyFreeOnes. I think some links provided by MFO are not so safe, I've seen WOT getting orange or red for many of them.

 

[capricorn]

If you're using Windows XP or newer, the best protection I know of is creating 2 accounts, one account that is an administrator account and you use that account only when you need to install software, and other account as a "restriced user" (or normal user, i'm not sure what's it called in control panel) which you use the rest of the time. That + some common sense when browsing the net and using the computer in general and after more than 2 years without any antivirus software of any kind I only got a couple of trojans.

 

[Loogan]

I use firefox with no-script for browsing, and have installed avast anti-virus. no probs at all, and avast is a freebie.

 

[Namreg]

do not ever waste money on an apple product. their PCs are the same as normal ones, except they can't play games, are overpriced, compatible with nothing, and come in metrosexual-looking boxes.

 

[Will E Worm]

worms

What did I do? :dunno:

 

[~~whimsy~~]

I use Firefox. Norton Antivirus. Spybot Search & Destroy. Spyware Blaster. MalwareBytes. McAfee SiteAdvisor.

Use those and you will be fine :hatsoff:

 

[Namreg]

ah, and common sense. it's free but very useful.

 

[~~whimsy~~]

Yes. Commonsense should be naturally known, if not, forcibly learned!

Beyond that, know when to click it and when to leave it :hatsoff:
Don't get greedy!

 

[itcouldbeme]

Use a 64bit os... I click on everything even override the warnings from google and rarely have a problem. Also, a malwarebytes full scan while booted in safe mode will clean up just about anything you can throw at it... :crash:

 

[himperv203]

No script and mecafe should do the trick.

 

[HELLRAISER]

I also recommend a free firefox addon called KeyScrambler which encrypts whatever you are typing

 

[Wil85]

From what i know and experienced there is no computer or anti-virus/say/mal etc that will block everything.

Though if you want to be as safe as possible... get a mac with some sort of anti virus protection... thats the closest anyone can really get with out going overboard. Although the creators of these virus etc are catching on to the popularity of macs and are writing stuff for them too... so all in all... nothing is safe when it comes to the internet.

 

[anomaly]

Use Mozilla Firefox, Avast desktop pro for security and I have a mac........get one if you can.

 

[flabo]

Another good option is to use AVG for anitvirus (it is free) along with Google Chrome - which will prevent sites with malware from loading (with the option to still go there at your own risk).

 

[shayd]

b) buy a Mac.

Eh, Macs are actually more vulnerable to malware, its just no one has exploited it on a massive scale yet. A bunch of hackers a few months ago got root access on a Mac in under 3 minutes, and it took about 10 to get into a PC. It's all in how you use it, bottom line, which speaks to using common sense over most other methods.

Use a 64bit os... I click on everything even override the warnings from google and rarely have a problem. Also, a malwarebytes full scan while booted in safe mode will clean up just about anything you can throw at it... :crash:

Using a 64 bit version of any OS doesn't make it any more immune to malware. The 64 really only refers to the rate at which data is passed and processed by your hardware.