computer security Update

For once Gordon is correct. Sensible surfing and a good front end works.

All that Fed-Ex **** goes right to spam. If it look suspicious, it is.

GordonThree got it correct....

the one time in 20 years. I got attacked.. was when I got a e-mail message from Fedex.. but is was not from Fedex.....

Live and learn..

Best computer security is common sense.

I've been cleaning up people's messes for a long time. It doesn't matter how much they spent on protection, their lack of care on the Internet has always lead to a compromised computer.

Most compromise come from users looking for free pornography, movies and music.

Next most popular compromise is surfing the Internet while being deathly afraid of being compromised. These users click on every banner ad and fake error pop up warning them their computer is as risk and should be scanned immediately.

How do you avoid these pitfalls? It's easy: pay for your entertainment, whatever that might be and use an ad blocker to keep the scanner scams to a minimum.

Malwarebytes is popular - I use in combo with Windows Defender - both free and they don't eat memory. I have tried many over the years - unfortunately paying for protection doesn't necessarily give you better results - some like McAfee are difficult to remove once installed.

Free is never the best. Pay a few dollars and get Norton or WebRoot. The Windows 10 forced updates do a pretty good job, but not enough.