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Protecting Host Machine from Malware escaping a VM.
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Serious Discussion Security Product Acronyms used on MalwareTips (Helpful for New Members)
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Hot Take Who is safer?
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Serious Discussion Privacy vs. Profit: The Impact of Google’s Manifest Version 3 (MV3) Update on Ad Blocker Effectiveness (Research Article)
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Poll Paid vs Free Antivirus in 2026: What are you using, and is it worth paying for?
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Serious Discussion Do you use default-deny approach in your system?
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Serious Discussion Best Free Antivirus in 2026 – Windows Defender, Avast, or Something Else?
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Poll What type of Account do you usually use on your PC?
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Question If any users of Deep Freeze, question.
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Serious Discussion Habbo phishing scam, infostealer possibility, could someonen do research of this?
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Hot Take AI Tells It Like It Is - When Does a Company (any size) Have to Cooperate with Law Enforcement, National Security Services, and Provide Decrypt Keys?
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Serious Discussion DNS Providers for Home Users – Still Cloudflare/Quad9, or Did NextDNS/Control D Finally Win?
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Question You have a gun against your temple, it goes off if the unknown file you are about to click is malware. Which antimalware solution do you trust?
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Why you should be on a Standard user account
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Serious Discussion Is Windows Defender Enough in 2025? With Perfect Scores in Recent Tests, Are Third-Party AVs Obsolete?
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Serious Discussion Do You Set Group Policy ?
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Poll What kind of ad/tracker blocking do you use?
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