- Apr 26, 2011
- 2,779
I have noticed an awful lot of infected users visiting for assistance in malware removal lately. It is crucial that you all implement a solid, free AV such as Avast, a solid firewall like Comodo, and a virtualization tool like Sandboxie to your systems, at the very least. That way you won't keep having to deal with the nightmares.
Run your browsers sandboxed if you are surfing random sites like there is no tomorrow. Set it to "drop admin. rights" and "automatically delete contents of sandbox after closing".
If you are going to be downloading while sandboxed, set it for "quick recovery".
Those three security programs should keep you very cozy from now on without nagging pop-ups and other paranoia inducing ludicrousness.
Set Avast to "Gaming Mode".
All three security softwares I mentioned are free of charge.
Use filehippo.com, or softpedia.com to acquire said security software.
NOTE: If you choose to add Comodo firewall, make sure you shut down your current firewall. Win 7/8 firewall is arguably an adequate solution if you don't want to fool with an alternative firewall.
Run your browsers sandboxed if you are surfing random sites like there is no tomorrow. Set it to "drop admin. rights" and "automatically delete contents of sandbox after closing".
If you are going to be downloading while sandboxed, set it for "quick recovery".
Those three security programs should keep you very cozy from now on without nagging pop-ups and other paranoia inducing ludicrousness.
Set Avast to "Gaming Mode".
All three security softwares I mentioned are free of charge.
Use filehippo.com, or softpedia.com to acquire said security software.
NOTE: If you choose to add Comodo firewall, make sure you shut down your current firewall. Win 7/8 firewall is arguably an adequate solution if you don't want to fool with an alternative firewall.