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<blockquote data-quote="Nico@FMA" data-source="post: 240062" data-attributes="member: 8154"><p>It still amazes me to see so many people in need for third party applications to secure their needs.</p><p>And what is even more funny is that additional tools MIGHT give you a bit of a boost security wise, yet a updated Windows, Good Internet Security suit, UAC, DEP, proper policy settings, limited user account and a bit of knowhow / common sense +hardware router FW seems to beat every single danger out there that you come across even when browsing dark pages.</p><p>I have yet to find a person within this setup that still gets infected/hacked.</p><p>I just do not see where additional software can increase your security, because within my humble opinion if you manage to screw up the above settings then i am pretty sure that you manage to screw up a fort knox computer that has no Internet connection and still you manage to get that nasty email worm LOOOOOL.</p><p>In all seriousness security and security add ons are a hyped thing, but lets be honest here what additional security are you going to get?</p><p>is this a cosmetic security? and the satisfactory feeling that you are in control? or is is to fill up the gabs between your computer understanding versus your habits? because if they are not in balance then you will get infected no matter what you do.</p><p>My point here is that everyone is free to install any software they like, and yes some setups i have seen here do make sense, yet i cannot help thinking that the setup above is simple, user friendly and more then enough.</p><p>Which leads me to think that most people read to much online magazines and to much "what if" blogs.</p><p>To many webpages state a exploit versus product X and a so called cure to avoid the exploit...</p><p>Great... as it works.</p><p></p><p>Question is what are the odds that you are going to be exploited by a browser exploit that was specifically made for a hackers event where they did a challenge to penetrate a browser? as a demonstration? or how about that vulnerability "some name" that targets ISS servers?</p><p></p><p>People only see: omg firefox is hacked Omg run hide, woman and children first.... WAIT ahhh a cure!?! ...downloading now...</p><p>problem fixed....</p><p></p><p>Uhhhmmm knock knock.. that little hack you just did prevent by downloading and installing 25 addons and 33 programs.... it was made for Linux....</p><p></p><p>You are a windows user right?</p><p>Ahh that makes sense...</p><p></p><p>Really? NO Lol</p><p>Most people do not read yet they only selective read what they 'want" to read.</p><p>Keep in mind these super exploits are not going to reach you.... and the odds that your pc is going to be part of a botnet is NILL afterall you would not install or run a program that has "youbecomeabot.exe" written all over it.</p><p></p><p>Alright another wall of text by me... forgive me...</p><p>But really i respect those add ons as some are really good, but if we are all honest here and if we are all just as good as we claim to be, then why on earth would you need those tools?</p><p></p><p>Or am i mistaken here? because on my own PC i got just 1 security solution running and the last time that i did have trouble was ....</p><p>i dunno... never? And while i usually do not browse crappy sites, i do on my work browse hundreds of crappy sites and find myself on some of the most dangerous websites around.... this due the very nature of my job.</p><p>And yet all these dangers do not seem to affect me, sure my work computers are as secure as fort Knox, but even my "play around" laptop which has only a Internet security package on it + the setup described above works brilliant, no malware not crap no nothing.</p><p>So my question is what am i doing right? or wrong? And why would i or anyone else need additional add ons.</p><p>Sorry if this looks like going off-topic or hijacking a topic, but i just wonder what makes you all download these add-ons and why if you take into consideration what i said before?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nico@FMA, post: 240062, member: 8154"] It still amazes me to see so many people in need for third party applications to secure their needs. And what is even more funny is that additional tools MIGHT give you a bit of a boost security wise, yet a updated Windows, Good Internet Security suit, UAC, DEP, proper policy settings, limited user account and a bit of knowhow / common sense +hardware router FW seems to beat every single danger out there that you come across even when browsing dark pages. I have yet to find a person within this setup that still gets infected/hacked. I just do not see where additional software can increase your security, because within my humble opinion if you manage to screw up the above settings then i am pretty sure that you manage to screw up a fort knox computer that has no Internet connection and still you manage to get that nasty email worm LOOOOOL. In all seriousness security and security add ons are a hyped thing, but lets be honest here what additional security are you going to get? is this a cosmetic security? and the satisfactory feeling that you are in control? or is is to fill up the gabs between your computer understanding versus your habits? because if they are not in balance then you will get infected no matter what you do. My point here is that everyone is free to install any software they like, and yes some setups i have seen here do make sense, yet i cannot help thinking that the setup above is simple, user friendly and more then enough. Which leads me to think that most people read to much online magazines and to much "what if" blogs. To many webpages state a exploit versus product X and a so called cure to avoid the exploit... Great... as it works. Question is what are the odds that you are going to be exploited by a browser exploit that was specifically made for a hackers event where they did a challenge to penetrate a browser? as a demonstration? or how about that vulnerability "some name" that targets ISS servers? People only see: omg firefox is hacked Omg run hide, woman and children first.... WAIT ahhh a cure!?! ...downloading now... problem fixed.... Uhhhmmm knock knock.. that little hack you just did prevent by downloading and installing 25 addons and 33 programs.... it was made for Linux.... You are a windows user right? Ahh that makes sense... Really? NO Lol Most people do not read yet they only selective read what they 'want" to read. Keep in mind these super exploits are not going to reach you.... and the odds that your pc is going to be part of a botnet is NILL afterall you would not install or run a program that has "youbecomeabot.exe" written all over it. Alright another wall of text by me... forgive me... But really i respect those add ons as some are really good, but if we are all honest here and if we are all just as good as we claim to be, then why on earth would you need those tools? Or am i mistaken here? because on my own PC i got just 1 security solution running and the last time that i did have trouble was .... i dunno... never? And while i usually do not browse crappy sites, i do on my work browse hundreds of crappy sites and find myself on some of the most dangerous websites around.... this due the very nature of my job. And yet all these dangers do not seem to affect me, sure my work computers are as secure as fort Knox, but even my "play around" laptop which has only a Internet security package on it + the setup described above works brilliant, no malware not crap no nothing. So my question is what am i doing right? or wrong? And why would i or anyone else need additional add ons. Sorry if this looks like going off-topic or hijacking a topic, but i just wonder what makes you all download these add-ons and why if you take into consideration what i said before? [/QUOTE]
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