Hi malware fighters and users of this forum,
Through coming here more often you will adopt a way of computing that will make it less and less likely that you will encounter a malware infection of some sort, because you will have learned enough about secure practices. In the first place you have learned to update all your critical software of your computer, e.g. have the latest Sun Java version and manually deleted all previous versions, have in browser security like scandoo or NoScript in FF or pre-scan your links before you click them with DrWeb’s av scanner plug-in. Avoid to install two resident AV programs together but that creates havoc and FP’s, and use one resident and additional non-resident AV programs and anti-spyware solutions. You know you cannot do without a good firewall. Then it is of the utmost importance to go onto the Internet with normal user rights to avoid 90% of the known malware being able to alter your OS, and use admin rights only for installing and uninstalling programs, or updating your software, etc… In the end you will not know any better and only be left with just a couple of tracking cookies, which are easily deleted using in browser cookie manager or ATF Cleaner or ClearProg…
Well in a few words that is the bonus for visiting this webforum more often and read the postings here, at least that is what the avast web forum did for me, and I am grateful to avast for bringing me this insight,
polonus
