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<blockquote data-quote="ScandinavianFish" data-source="post: 1060998" data-attributes="member: 93786"><p>A guy I saw got infected with a bitcoin miner because he used cracked software, which he acted all surprised about because he, and I quote" "<strong>Thought Windows Defender was enough". </strong>Like, thats not a reason to abandon common sense. Just because you're unlikely to crash your car, doesn't mean you shouldn't wear a seatbelt.</p><p></p><p>I swear, sometimes it feels like for every two steps fowards, we go one step back, more people are learning how to keep their device and accounts safe, but at the same time they just find new ways to goof. It's an never ending loop of mistakes that is impossible to keep up with.</p><p></p><p>Learn how to avoid malware <strong>in the first place</strong><em> (Don't run TotallyLegitCrackRU.exe. Keep your system and applications up to date. Don't open every shady link and email attachment you see. Keep the amount of installed software to a minimum. Use an adblocker. etc)</em>, and you will have nothing to worry about.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ScandinavianFish, post: 1060998, member: 93786"] A guy I saw got infected with a bitcoin miner because he used cracked software, which he acted all surprised about because he, and I quote" "[B]Thought Windows Defender was enough". [/B]Like, thats not a reason to abandon common sense. Just because you're unlikely to crash your car, doesn't mean you shouldn't wear a seatbelt. I swear, sometimes it feels like for every two steps fowards, we go one step back, more people are learning how to keep their device and accounts safe, but at the same time they just find new ways to goof. It's an never ending loop of mistakes that is impossible to keep up with. Learn how to avoid malware [B]in the first place[/B][I] (Don't run TotallyLegitCrackRU.exe. Keep your system and applications up to date. Don't open every shady link and email attachment you see. Keep the amount of installed software to a minimum. Use an adblocker. etc)[/I], and you will have nothing to worry about. [/QUOTE]
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