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  Hahnsoo1 Make Ready. We Hunt.Registered User regular

  July 2011

  Check out this post in Moe's Stupid Technology Tavern on these forums:
  http://forums.penny-arcade.com/discussion/108166/shields-up-computer-security-thread
  
  TetraNitroCubane keeps the top post reasonably up to date.

  

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  wonderpug Registered User regular

  July 2011

  If you're a tl;dr kind of person though, Microsoft Security Essentials

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  Indica1 Registered User regular

  July 2011

  thanks.

  
  If the president had any real power, he'd be able to live wherever the fuck he wanted.

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  Chanus Harbinger of the Spicy Rooster Apocalypse The Flames of a Thousand Collapsed StarsRegistered User regular

  July 2011

  I like to also run Malwarebytes along with MSE. It's not an all-the-time protection thing... you just have it run a scan once a week or something... it tends to be able to root out something if your regular anti-virus can't.

  Allegedly a voice of reason.

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  Hahnsoo1 Make Ready. We Hunt.Registered User regular

  July 2011

  I would never tl;dr when it comes to your computer's security, but I guess you have to live through some bad computer problems before security becomes a good habit. *shrugs*
  
  Personally, I run Malwarebytes, a passive background virus scanner, an active scanner on weekends, and NoScript on my browser, along with some of the other suggestions TetraNitroCubane has in his post. I also back up my data regularly (about once every 2 weeks)... this has saved my butt more times than I can count.

  

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