Quick and Safe Browsing!!!

kristiwhite

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Hi all,
Do you people suggest me some of precautions which are to be taken when surfing net. I always get worried when a link is there, I do not open any as they can have virus affected or Spyware. I am looking for safe ways of surfing. Nowadays Internet as there is rise in internet usage so is the threats.
Thanks!
 

FrozenGpu

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b/c you might contract a std, :p
 
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whys this in the gpu forum... have you ever looked at the different catagories?
 

RizzyWho

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Porn sites never give me trouble :p
 

SirCrono

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Well, this being the GPU forums I'd suggest a CUDA based antivirus.

JK, download Spybot S&D and inmunize your system against spyware, get yourself a good antivirus (my personal favorite is Kaspersky Antivirus), adn, as said, stay away from porn and crack sites and you should be okay, also turn on the phishing filter in your web browser.
 

huron

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You can get firefox and get the mcafee site advisor extension (they test the reliability of links).

You can also use a program called sandboxie. It works by putting everything into a sandbox. Anything you download stays in the sandbox and can only be brought out if you select it. No malicious programs can install because they get caught in the virtual "sandbox."

I would also recommend Adaware 2007, Spybot S&D, and AVG that have already been mentioned.
 
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Yes you are absolutely right, your system is not safe when accessing net, some of basic precautions can make surfing safe and easy. I would suggest you to install a good Anti-Spyware, Anti-Virus and firewall other than this you can also download some Add-ons available. HHOT View is a Browser Add-on can be used with any of web browsers available. It is an innovative and patent-pending browser add-on to support safe, fast, and click less browsing of web pages and rich media content. You can download HHOTT Free Software from here .
Wish you safe browsing!!
 

Flakes

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we own all your details now, and have access to all *cues music, DUM DUM DUM!

anyway, immunimize your system using spybot search and destroy and spyware blaster, then just get AVG or AVAST and run them in the background, and i also recommend Firefox since it is more secure than IE.

the rest is just down to smart browsing, dont go on pron sites(although some of them are fine, if you know which ones ;) ) also game crack sites are generally a no no(theres only 2 safe ones and im not allowed to tell).
 

FrozenGpu

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What if I asked, pretty pretty please? :D
 


Quite true i also like to run adaware as well. I have heard good things about a browser called Flock 2 also infact im about to go download and try it now
mactronix :)
 

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Yeah AdAware is good to have too in case Spybot misses something, but I've found that usually one or the other get everything now. I also have one called SpywareBlaster that acts as a preventative measure. Don't know if it's really needed anymore, but I keep it around anyway.