- May 11, 2013
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Hello everyone,
While this is not exactly a tutorial the aim is to provide some basic guidance for the downloading type of internet user.
As you all know i develop my own software and on of those software is called CCSU. It is so often being mistaken for a anti-malware product that i asked the moderation to add a warning to the main topic so everyone can see.
Yet every day i get hundreds of emails by people telling me that my antivirus sucks and that i misinformed them.
This is not the case i have not done such thing and i have been very clear about what each program does.
Now while my own example should not be part of this little guide it did present me with a scenario that i am going to use here.
I noticed that MT has lots of members and each one with their own opinions and skills, yet the bigger part of them downloads software for the sake of downloading it without looking what they actually did download.
My point here is your own research is your first line of defense against malware, read, think before hitting download.
It saves you from so much crap... try it.
While this is not exactly a tutorial the aim is to provide some basic guidance for the downloading type of internet user.
As you all know i develop my own software and on of those software is called CCSU. It is so often being mistaken for a anti-malware product that i asked the moderation to add a warning to the main topic so everyone can see.
Yet every day i get hundreds of emails by people telling me that my antivirus sucks and that i misinformed them.
This is not the case i have not done such thing and i have been very clear about what each program does.
Now while my own example should not be part of this little guide it did present me with a scenario that i am going to use here.
I noticed that MT has lots of members and each one with their own opinions and skills, yet the bigger part of them downloads software for the sake of downloading it without looking what they actually did download.
- Always do your own research about a software package, read reviews and read what the program is about.
- Usually information provided by such product reveals in most cases exactly what to expect.
- The same can be seen by request malwarehelp section, 80% of all infections shown there are user based malware, which means you manually installed it yourself by opening and granting access to programs that have questionable reputation and are often packed with aware and crap.
- Yet you could have known that if you actually read up about the product you are downloading.
My point here is your own research is your first line of defense against malware, read, think before hitting download.
It saves you from so much crap... try it.
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