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What is the scariest moment in security in your life?
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<blockquote data-quote="plat" data-source="post: 1035789" data-attributes="member: 74969"><p>Back when I first started out w/Windows 8.1, I had disabled Windows Defender and had no other resident antivirus--just HitmanPro.Alert and VoodooShield. Well apparently Windows didn't like having its core components disabled for very long it seems and gradually it became time to reinstall the operating system due to copious errors and other stuff.</p><p></p><p>To this day, I don't understand how Alert was able to stay on the system but I didn't know at first. As soon as the new installation reached the desktop, I went ahead and opened Internet Explorer without waiting for all them thar updates (180+) to finish installing. BOOM. Flash player was exploited. BOOM. HitmanPro.Alert blocks the exploit and payload like there was no problem. My system turned out to be clean but my nerves were rattled for a bit. </p><p></p><p>Back to using antivirus after that. And installing Windows 10 afterward.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="plat, post: 1035789, member: 74969"] Back when I first started out w/Windows 8.1, I had disabled Windows Defender and had no other resident antivirus--just HitmanPro.Alert and VoodooShield. Well apparently Windows didn't like having its core components disabled for very long it seems and gradually it became time to reinstall the operating system due to copious errors and other stuff. To this day, I don't understand how Alert was able to stay on the system but I didn't know at first. As soon as the new installation reached the desktop, I went ahead and opened Internet Explorer without waiting for all them thar updates (180+) to finish installing. BOOM. Flash player was exploited. BOOM. HitmanPro.Alert blocks the exploit and payload like there was no problem. My system turned out to be clean but my nerves were rattled for a bit. Back to using antivirus after that. And installing Windows 10 afterward. [/QUOTE]
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