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Kilroy
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Re: 5 excuses for doing nothing about computer security!

I like number 5 better.
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EXCUSE 5. I only browse to safe sites.
Like Yahoo, Facebook or NBC.com. All those people who think porn sites are how you get infected really need to learn the facts that their "safe sites" aren't all that safe.

DownTheShore
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I was on another forum today where the moderator had posted information about changes to the template, specifically how the advertisements had been relocated and various things about them. I didn't even know that there WERE advertisements on that site because my software strips all of them out. So I would guess the primary site itself would have to be poisoned in that instance, in order to get infected by visiting it (or, of course, any links provided by other posters).

huntermcdole
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said by Kilroy:

I like number 5 better.

I know a tech guy that uses that excuse for not having a firewall or anti-virus. He calls me paranoid since I have both. Now he believes normal users should have AV but he will never get a virus from browsing himself.
Kearnstd
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said by Kilroy:

I like number 5 better.

quote:
EXCUSE 5. I only browse to safe sites.
Like Yahoo, Facebook or NBC.com. All those people who think porn sites are how you get infected really need to learn the facts that their "safe sites" aren't all that safe.

The way I see it is that if someone allows ads to show on their computer from any website they are leaving themselves open to attack.

Advertising is right now one of the best entry points for infection... And Webmasters wonder why smart users block.

Davesnothere
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said by Kearnstd:

The way I see it is that if someone allows ads to show on their computer from any website, they are leaving themselves open to attack.

Advertising is right now one of the best entry points for infection... And Webmasters wonder why smart users block [ads].

 
That hasn't been my MAIN reason for blocking ads thus far, but it's surely a bonus benefit !

sivran
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It's been my main reason for blocking ads for years. That's probably also the reason I haven't had an infection in forever. Warez and porn are small time compared to malvertisement for infection vectors.

Davesnothere
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I only began to block them this year, so I reckon that I've been lucky in regard to that sort of danger.

Inside of AdBlockPlus, I have noticed that you can examine all of the owners of 3rd party content on a website or page, can see their URLs, and can ADD more things to be blocked.

Due to that capability, I would say that ABP seems to be a very powerful tool, even more so than the author claims.