Advice Request If you could pick only one program for protection.

[ebocious]

Discussion going at a tangent, I have said how I feel & my experience on my systems & many others but there are no guarantees on PC's or life itself (bigger worry) & no way of protecting against the unknown, but I'm pretty happy I can restore the system(s) critically within minutes & all else within hours - I may be wrong though, my wife thinks i always am so... . Opting out of this discussion.

Can you restore the money to the victim's bank account? The computer is the least of your worries. Geek card pulled.

 

[ebocious]

Guys do not become paranoid with the computer security. The virus never comes on its own. We invite him. A little mind and a light protection you are very well protected.With a little attention here in the forum you will learn to distinguish the virus very easily. I after so long in this forum before i seeing the virus i smell him

Your argument was already refuted by a prior post. Geek card pulled.

 

[stefanos]

For me the best is light protection , one good extension , and you have not experience to understand one virus one check to virus total before you install anything and thats all

 

[Burrito]

...though I will never use a IOT fridge lest it be attacked and my beer is warm.

This is important.

I get the idea that we have participants who are pretending to have more authority than they truly have, and are undermining the value of MT. If AV + safe browsing is a panacea, then there's no point in having discussions here.

Exactly. While most attacks for individual users are statistically insignificant, oversimplified platitudes are a little silly for a forum where we are interested in addressing even those unlikely.. but possible vectors.

I can't but I'm pretty sure I'm OK....

I'm pretty sure you are too.... as are most of us.

 

[ebocious]

To save

For me the best is light protection , one good extension , and you have not experience to understand one virus one check to virus total before you install anything and thats all

AppGuard is lighter than AV.

 

[ebocious]

Exactly. While most attacks for individual users are statistically insignificant, oversimplified platitudes are a little silly for a forum where we are interested in addressing even those unlikely.. but possible vectors.

Thank you. Statistical insignificance means nothing if you are that 1 in a million who got infected despite doing nothing wrong. If someone wants to announce to the world that AV + safe browsing will absolutely prevent infection, then announce it somewhere else. That's not at all what MT is for.

 

[Cortex]

Oh no while worrying about this was hit by an RR Trent engine that fell off a Boeing Dream Liner on glide path to Manchester airport .....Just static...

 

[RKRN3]

Most of the people getting affected are the ones using cracked program setups/keygens or patches and disabling their AV to make that program run and thereby they infect themselves. For them, even the best AV (if it even exists) can't help much.

 

[ebocious]

Oh no while worrying about this was hit by an RR Trent engine that fell off a Boeing Dream Liner on glide path to Manchester airport .....Just static...

I'm afraid these attempts to save face are taking us way off topic. I hope that, in the end, my point was duly noted, and this discussion will be avoided in the future by remembering MT's purpose, and saving our oversimplified platitudes for Facebook or elsewhere. Cheers!

 

[Cortex]

The original question was: 'If you could pick only one program for protection' However...

 

[Cortex]

MT's purpose is to prevent infection by any means possible & explore alternatives using our intelligence & experience - I understand that using lock-down systems are one way to any degree, safe browsing is another along with others including multiple backups with one in an alternate location. Feeling the more is merrier for me is not my solution, for information I don't use Facebook & avoid most other so called social media.

I do use carefully chosen programs to keep me as safe & light as possible including Macrium Reflect & Shadow Defender & the latter is useful when others use the PC 's & they don't even know it's on, Ublock also plays it's part & VS - Don't forget the original question BTW ~ The is not one way or your way & others are wrong, that is simplistic & frankly somewhat egotistical ~

 

[stefanos]

The original question was: 'If you could pick only one program for protection' However...View attachment 224034View attachment 224034

This is your system?

 

[Dave Russo]

Kaspersky with Tam only program I run with no help ,Voodoshield added to any other

 

[Cortex]

This is your system?

Yes it's my main PC & the one I'm using , but I do have 4 PC's in the house

 

[stefanos]

Yes it's my main PC & the one I'm using , but I do have 4 PC's in the house

rich protection

 

[stefanos]

This my light protection for now.

You will surely laugh at my protection. I've had it for many years, I play it very dangerously, with cracks, trackers, etc. I never got infected without wanting to.

 

[Venustus]

Kαλός

 

[Cortex]

This my light protection for now.
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You will surely laugh at my protection. I've had it for many years, I play it very dangerously, with cracks, trackers, etc. I never got infected without wanting to.

I'm sure you have fun though (main point of life i think) - I'm yearning to try opera out again though can't think of a reason, will happen today now it's on my mind

 

[stefanos]

Kαλός

Ευχαριστώ !!

 

[L0ckJaw]

Currently using Norton Security Deluxe, Great protection and great firewall.