Re: [nukkad] Virus protection--suggestions for

[Maloy <>]

Recco # 0: Don't use Internet Explorer. Not now, not in the future. 

Recco # 1: Stop that click-itch. You won't die if you don't click that link or 
open that attachment.

Recco # 2: Type. It keeps your fingers healthy. Always go to your web-email / 
bank by typing in the websites.

Recco # 3: Disable all password managers. Remember them. You can avoid 
Alzheimer's. Use mnemonics like the first or last letters of your favorite 
poems, songs or books with special characters to create your passwords.

Recco # 4: Have a healthy dose of paranoia to avoid becoming a victim. Keep 
yourself updated with the latest tricks of fraudsters like spam, phishing, 
social-networking worms, trojans and viruses. Don't go to websites whose 
antecedents you are not sure of. No one in Nigeria is actually going to give 
you a million dollars if you email back to them or log in to verify your 
identity from their links/emails. 

Recco # 5: Have a good anti-virus scheduled for regular updates and scans set 
up on your computer. Use it in conjunction with an anti-spyware product. Set up 
your Firefox/Opera browser to delete cookies on exit. 

AVG Free is one of the best AV out there which doesn't slow down your computer 
like the others. 
AVG Spyware is also very good, but it only has a free trial - so after that 
time the auto-updates need to be done manually.
I don't use a Firewall, because I find it obtrusive - so can't recommend any.


HTH
~Maloy


      
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