marsod61's config

[marsod61]

ASUS laptop with:
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM i5-3337U CPU @ 1.80GHz
RAM 8 GB

 

[yigido]

I prefer to use an antivirus solution. It can be free. (Avira Free is my recommend, use offline installer)
You should add an adblocker to your Firefox. Here is uBlock.
I recommend to use these two extension, too. WOT and HTTPS Everyhwere.

You can use CCleaner for cleaning your computer from junk files. It is free.
These are my recommends to you. I hope you will enjoy here in MT!

 

[marsod61]

Thanks for your suggestions Yigido! As soon as my computer is clean again I will take actions

 

[frogboy]

Enable UAC
To turn UAC on or off

1. Open User Account Control Settings by clicking the Start button
   
   , and then clicking Control Panel. In the search box, type uac, and then click Change User Account Control settings.
   
   
2. Do one of the following:
   
   • To turn off UAC, move the slider to the Never notify position, and then click OK.
     
     If you're prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation. You will need to restart your computer for UAC to be turned off.
     
     
   • To turn on UAC, move the slider to choose when you want to be notified, and then click OK.
     
     If you're prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.
     
   For more information about your notification options, see What are User Account Control settings?
   

 

[LabZero]

I agree with @yigido and @frogboy.
It is very important an antivirus for real time protection : on MT you can find a lot of post about security software (Avira, Avast, Avg, etc).UAC turned on and MBA for on demand scan.

 

[Exterminator]

Make sure UAC is enabled.
I agree with the previous suggestions also thanks for sharing your config

 

[LabZero]

Enable UAC
To turn UAC on or off

1. Open User Account Control Settings by clicking the Start button
   
   , and then clicking Control Panel. In the search box, type uac, and then click Change User Account Control settings.
   
   
2. Do one of the following:
   • To turn off UAC, move the slider to the Never notify position, and then click OK.
     
     If you're prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation. You will need to restart your computer for UAC to be turned off.
     
     
   • To turn on UAC, move the slider to choose when you want to be notified, and then click OK.
     
     If you're prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.
   For more information about your notification options, see What are User Account Control settings?

Great explanation !

 

[marsod61]

Thanks all,

Malware is gone (Thanks TwinHeadedEagle). μBlock is installed. I don't think I need WOT or https Everywhere. UAC was already enabled on the second highest level. Malwarebytes Anti-malware is installed, and when the trial exceeds, I will install Avira.

 

[yigido]

Thanks all,

Malware is gone (Thanks TwinHeadedEagle). μBlock is installed. I don't think I need WOT or https Everywhere. UAC was already enabled on the second highest level. Malwarebytes Anti-malware is installed, and when the trial exceeds, I will install Avira.

I strongly recommend you to add HTTPS Everywhere to your browser. HTTPS Everywhere is a Firefox, Chrome, and Opera extension that encrypts your communications with many major websites, making your browsing more secure.
and you should consider a browser protection maybe because (you said "I am medium user")
Look at Bitdefender TrafficLight, maybe you will like it. IT has decent blocking skills against phishing sites and malware sites, and it has tracker blocker too.

 

[jamescv7]

Silverlight can be remove unless you do something via that plugin as its primarily on Microsoft based websites only as far I know.

An optional suggestion is adding password manager like Lastpass to store passwords or other sensitive information securely.