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redwolfe_98
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reply to Win7

Re: Not so dificult to secure a PC

if you are in the habit of installing pirated software and supposed "cracks" and "keygens" i would say that your computer is not secure and that it is not secure because of the things that you are doing..

i think the most important thing for securing a computer is using "firefox" with the "noscript" addon..

Win7

join:2012-10-13
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Is not a habit, just to test the endurability of my combination.

And I can confirm that is holding good.

Win7



norwegian
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join:2005-02-15
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You can confirm the pirated software has the same hash keys as the correct programs? The keygens aren't using obscure code?

I just wonder how you know your computer is fine - because nothing is detected by scanners?

Also have you posted here under previous member accounts?
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The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing - Edmund Burke


TheMG
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join:2007-09-04
Canada
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reply to Win7

said by Win7:

I've been trying hard to get somehow infected;I used keygens,cracked software,P2P,watching porn, but not a single infection in months (years with XP)

You're obviously not trying hard enough.

Only a small percentage of keygens, cracked software, and P2P downloads are actually malware infected. Generally speaking, if you stick to popular downloads on well known sites, chances of acquiring malware are not anywhere near as high as you might think, actually relatively low.

As for porn sites being a good place to get malware, not really.

It's when you wander off to obscure/fishy websites and downloads that things start happening. Oh, and downloading/running fishy email attachments from spam, running outdated browser with outdated java and flash, etc.

said by Win7:

And I can confirm that is holding good.

Can you really?

Some malware is designed to stay hidden and undetected, silently sending your personal information away over the internet, or making your computer a zombie as part of a botnet.

It is those I'd be more worried about, than the blatantly obvious malwares which are usually nothing more than an inconvenience.

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