Pc security

[Rocket1927]

Best free pc security for when browsing porn sites please

[mr.bluesky]

Best free pc security for when browsing porn sites please

I would just buy Norton, you can get one for about £12 - £13 pound. Not much to pay for peace of mind 

[RandomGuy99]

Get Norton but don't buy it from them online. Buy it from Amazon as a digital code and it'll be cheaper.

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[MLawro93]

Use adblock and Windows Security built in. No need for bloated antivirus software.

Perhaps a periodic download of MalwareBytes to run a separate scan if you really want AV software.

[Watts.E.Dunn]

Microsoft security essentials is free and works very well!...

[Dickled]

How about this?...
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[Stevelondon]

How about this?...
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Isn’t this just for Windows NT based systems. ?

[southcoastpunter]

I would just buy Norton, you can get one for about £12 - £13 pound. Not much to pay for peace of mind 

i used to use Norton a few years ago but it significantly slowed down all other software - it was a commonly reported issue at the time. Has this been resolved now??

[MLawro93]

i used to use Norton a few years ago but it significantly slowed down all other software - it was a commonly reported issue at the time. Has this been resolved now??

Never used a third party AV that didn't cause some issue with my PC.

[Jumping Jack Flash]

Norton has always been a poor product that is full of glitches. In my experience it’s better to pay for something like Kaspersky which you can get for around £20 a year and offers much better protection.

[Engl1shmuff1ns]

I use a combination of,

- ESET Internet Security. No discernable performance impact, licences can apply to Windows, Apple and Android devices. Upgrade versions include password managers and VPN.
- Malwarebytes. Again, licences across OS.
- CCleaner. Licences across OS. Removes cookies and other evidence of browsing.
- Microsoft Security on Windows devices.

Works for me. EM

[RandomGuy99]

Norton has always been a poor product that is full of glitches. In my experience it’s better to pay for something like Kaspersky which you can get for around £20 a year and offers much better protection.

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[southcoastpunter]

i switched from Norton to Kaspersky a few years ago (Kerspersky was good) but changed a year or two ago because of the alleged tie with Russian military / government and the Ukraine war. I switched to AVG which seems ok!

[Xtro]

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[RandomGuy99]

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[Dickled]

Isn’t this just for Windows NT based systems. ?

Please forgive my ignorance, but I'm not sure what "Windows NT based systems" means.
My previous laptop was a Windows 10, and my current one is Windows 11.
The Sandboxie link I posted is something I've used with both systems to successfully provide protection when looking at possibly dodgy websites.

[scutty brown]

Isn’t this just for Windows NT based systems. ?

ALL windows versions since 98 + Millennium are "Windows NT"    i.e. NT4, 2000, XP, 7, 8, 10, 11 are all "NT"

[fudi_maar]

My email address (luckily, one of my secondary email addresses) was hacked a couple of months ago. I got a security alert from Outlook, and I then quickly changed my password. There's an option on Outlook to see login attempts, and literally every few minutes, there are bots from all over the world trying to connect to my email.

If my main email had been compromised, then that would be a real problem as that one contains a lot of sensitive data.

Anyone had this happen to them? What's the best was way to protect again something like this, other than install the aforementioned security software?

[RandomGuy99]

My email address (luckily, one of my secondary email addresses) was hacked a couple of months ago. I got a security alert from Outlook, and I then quickly changed my password. There's an option on Outlook to see login attempts, and literally every few minutes, there are bots from all over the world trying to connect to my email.

If my main email had been compromised, then that would be a real problem as that one contains a lot of sensitive data.

Anyone had this happen to them? What's the best was way to protect again something like this, other than install the aforementioned security software?

Enable multi-factor authentication on your Outlook account as the bots may guess your password and go for a long random password of 30+ characters, so it will take the bots longer to crack your password.

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[advent2016]

Winutil links to a lot of useful tools and lockdowns. On windows it's the first thing I run.
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AV I use Clam AV  and ClamWin
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Virus Total is a good checking tool, uses multiple engines to check for false positives.
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[RandomGuy99]

Enable multi-factor authentication on your Outlook account as the bots may guess your password and go for a long random password of 30+ characters, so it will take the bots longer to crack your password.

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Installing AV software won't stop your email account being compromised.

A lot of email addresses get compromised through data breaches at companies you use like shops you've bought from from. The email addresses and other information the hackers get from there then get put up on the Dark Net for other people to buy and then use to try to break into your accounts all over the world.  This is why it's a good idea to use different passwords for every company as if you use the same one everywhere and the hackers get your password, then you're a bit buggered.

[MLawro93]

Installing AV software won't stop your email account being compromised.

A lot of email addresses get compromised through data breaches at companies you use like shops you've bought from from. The email addresses and other information the hackers get from there then get put up on the Dark Net for other people to buy and then use to try to break into your accounts all over the world.  This is why it's a good idea to use different passwords for every company as if you use the same one everywhere and the hackers get your password, then you're a bit buggered.

It is why it is also best practice to enable 2FA, and just to be extra secure, make sure any SIM card has its own separate pin. Thieves will swap out your sim card with another phone and see if they can force a 2FA code to it. Clued up companies have switched to using 2FA via apps like Microsoft Authenticator or Authy.

[scutty brown]

Winutil links to a lot of useful tools and lockdowns. On windows it's the first thing I run.
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AV I use Clam AV  and ClamWin
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Virus Total is a good checking tool, uses multiple engines to check for false positives.
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Does Clamwin have real-time on-access file checking? It never used to, though it's been a few years since I last looked at it

[advent2016]

Does Clamwin have real-time on-access file checking? It never used to, though it's been a few years since I last looked at it

The answer has been not yet for a while
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Windows defender does a good job for most people. I'm assuming that use the user will be running all the latest security patches NOT be running as an Admin user routinely or mucked with the User Access Control (UAC) setting like setting it to "never prompt".

I like the Gsudo tool to grant controlled access to privileged actions. Making Windows a bit more Linux like
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I would strongly recommend people to try WSL and run browsers etc under Linux if they like visiting unusualy sites
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[mrwhite]

I use a Mac - far more secure by design (though not perfect, nothing is)

[chrishornx]

I use a Mac - far more secure by design (though not perfect, nothing is)

I have to say I use a Mac and have no special antivirus stuff at all and , touch wood, never had an issue