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Nope. I just use Adblock in all my browsers, and never run executables from untrusted sources. Whenever I install free software, I always go down the "advanced"
by t0mbstone 11y ago
Nope. I just use Adblock in all my browsers, and never run executables from untrusted sources. Whenever I install free software, I always go down the "advanced" install route and make sure that no adware is installed.
Been using Windows 7 and 8 for years with this strategy, and now 10. No viruses in years.
With that said, however, I also have a fairly intimate understanding of all of the common places that viruses hook into the operating system, and I double check things every so often just to make sure that everything is clean.
Common places to look: startup locations in the registry (check using msconfig), task scheduler items, services.msc, browser hooks, browser extensions, file/folder context menu hooks, etc... (using tools like HijackThis to look)
- ljk 11y agoalso NoScript for browsers to block unwanted scripts from running in the background
- pcr0 11y agoIf you're going to go that route, you might want to use an adblocker instead. I tried NoScript for a while, but it was impossible to use, too many sites were crippled or broken by default. I had to keep allowing scripts which defeated the purpose.
- ljk 11y agoi use both. when i first started using it many sites were broken, but there are options to "forbid" and "allow" certain domains so after a while when the blacklists and whitelists are built up, it's working pretty well for me!
- J_Darnley 11y agoYes, a little common sense can go along way.