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10 Tips On How To Protect Your PC (windows) From Hackers & Viruses by mokoshalb(m): 12:28pm On Apr 11, 2017

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Re: 10 Tips On How To Protect Your PC (windows) From Hackers & Viruses by mokoshalb(m): 12:29pm On Apr 11, 2017
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Re: 10 Tips On How To Protect Your PC (windows) From Hackers & Viruses by lfleak: 12:46pm On Apr 11, 2017
thank u OP.. worthy of reading...

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Re: 10 Tips On How To Protect Your PC (windows) From Hackers & Viruses by amiibaby(f): 12:54pm On Apr 11, 2017
This is really informative


I really appreciate

Thanks OP

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Re: 10 Tips On How To Protect Your PC (windows) From Hackers & Viruses by veekid(m): 12:54pm On Apr 11, 2017

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Re: 10 Tips On How To Protect Your PC (windows) From Hackers & Viruses by wins18(m): 12:56pm On Apr 11, 2017
if you find this post informative click LIKE

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Re: 10 Tips On How To Protect Your PC (windows) From Hackers & Viruses by pxjosh(m): 12:56pm On Apr 11, 2017
unclezuma:
Leave cracks, free softwares and keygens alone.
Baba alternative no dey na, getting those softwares first hand are sometimes damn expensive.

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Re: 10 Tips On How To Protect Your PC (windows) From Hackers & Viruses by sweetval: 12:56pm On Apr 11, 2017
Nice piece but some viruses are just stubborn with high persistence values and can bypass most antivirus programs.. The key is to be careful of what you download from the Internet and fishy links we click.

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Re: 10 Tips On How To Protect Your PC (windows) From Hackers & Viruses by Nobody: 12:57pm On Apr 11, 2017
Leave cracks, free softwares and keygens alone.
Re: 10 Tips On How To Protect Your PC (windows) From Hackers & Viruses by princechurchill(m): 12:57pm On Apr 11, 2017
WikiLeaks virus never jam u, even if you remove the battery CIA go on am for you

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Re: 10 Tips On How To Protect Your PC (windows) From Hackers & Viruses by Nickizoe(f): 12:58pm On Apr 11, 2017
My kid sis computer don't play a movie with VLC..we have tried to install a VLC buh once is installed, it won't be able to play.... videos onlynplay through media players...any help plzzz
Re: 10 Tips On How To Protect Your PC (windows) From Hackers & Viruses by mokoshalb(m): 12:58pm On Apr 11, 2017
unclezuma:
Leave cracks, free softwares and keygens alone.
grin lol on a second thought... I will be like... make I risk am..
Re: 10 Tips On How To Protect Your PC (windows) From Hackers & Viruses by wonlasewonimi: 1:00pm On Apr 11, 2017
unclezuma:
Leave cracks, free softwares and keygens alone.

Avoid dodgy beautiful girls websites
Re: 10 Tips On How To Protect Your PC (windows) From Hackers & Viruses by mokoshalb(m): 1:01pm On Apr 11, 2017
Nickizoe:
My kid sis computer don't play a movie with VLC..we have tried to install a VLC buh once is installed, it won't be able to play.... videos onlynplay through media players...any help plzzz
install GOM Player... it should do the trick...
link: http://player.gomlab.com/download.gom

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Re: 10 Tips On How To Protect Your PC (windows) From Hackers & Viruses by Nobody: 1:02pm On Apr 11, 2017
pxjosh:
Baba alternative no dey na, getting those softwares first hand are sometimes damn expensive.

Guy you funny pass the guy wen dey use Pirated Avast and AVG wen I been sabi that year...
Re: 10 Tips On How To Protect Your PC (windows) From Hackers & Viruses by Nobody: 1:02pm On Apr 11, 2017
wonlasewonimi:


Avoid dodgy beautiful girls websites

Dem go gree grin grin grin grin
Re: 10 Tips On How To Protect Your PC (windows) From Hackers & Viruses by lfleak: 1:03pm On Apr 11, 2017
wins18:
if you find this post informative click LIKE
Yea I found it so informative, but no Like for you from me...
Re: 10 Tips On How To Protect Your PC (windows) From Hackers & Viruses by Nobody: 1:03pm On Apr 11, 2017
mokoshalb:
grin lol on a second thought... I will be like... make I risk am..

grin grin grin grin

Nigerians,

Operating System - Pirated Copy
Microsoft Office - Pirated Copy
Other softwares too numerous to mention pirated.
Antivirus - Pirated

Original Softwares
VLC
Chrome
Mozilla Firefox

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Re: 10 Tips On How To Protect Your PC (windows) From Hackers & Viruses by Flosstradamus: 1:04pm On Apr 11, 2017
All you need is:

1. Windows Defender
2. Malwarebytes Anti-Malware
3. Common sense

But who still gets viruses in 2017? Windows 7+ is so idiot-proof nowadays.
Re: 10 Tips On How To Protect Your PC (windows) From Hackers & Viruses by geekybabe(f): 1:12pm On Apr 11, 2017
Lol. As far as you go online with your devices, you are not immune. Besides, who still uses Antivirus in 2017?
Re: 10 Tips On How To Protect Your PC (windows) From Hackers & Viruses by MrRichy(m): 1:12pm On Apr 11, 2017
the kind of Virus porn sites been carry that year ehn .

op nice one
Re: 10 Tips On How To Protect Your PC (windows) From Hackers & Viruses by linearity: 1:28pm On Apr 11, 2017
Good job OP and nice info....Some caveat though, some of these security measures e.g. data encryption, hard drive lock, etc can also prevent you from accessing your data if the OS become inoperable or crashed.

So, you wouldn't be able to move your hard drive to another PC and just retrieve your data. Also some encryption software in order to make your data more secure, does not store your key (password), which means, if you forget your password, you are tossed as you can't reset or recover it and access to your encrypted data is gone.

It is good to read the fine prints, too much security like every other thing, when done in excess is bad.
Re: 10 Tips On How To Protect Your PC (windows) From Hackers & Viruses by mokoshalb(m): 1:30pm On Apr 11, 2017
linearity:
Good job OP and nice info....Some caveat though, some of these security measures e.g. data encryption, hard drive lock, etc can also prevent you from accessing your data if the OS become inoperable or crashed.

So, you would be able to move your hard drive to another PC and just retrieve your data. Also some encryption software in order to make your data more secure, does not store your key (password), which means, if you forget your password, you are tossed as you can't reset or recover it and access to your encrypted data is gone.

It is good to read the fine prints, too much security like every other thing, when done in excess is bad.
thanks for the great contribution!
Re: 10 Tips On How To Protect Your PC (windows) From Hackers & Viruses by Repairnigeria(m): 1:36pm On Apr 11, 2017
good
Re: 10 Tips On How To Protect Your PC (windows) From Hackers & Viruses by Nobody: 1:43pm On Apr 11, 2017
Never allow anybody to connect remotely to your system they may have bad intentions even tech support
Re: 10 Tips On How To Protect Your PC (windows) From Hackers & Viruses by Nobody: 1:45pm On Apr 11, 2017
Flosstradamus:
All you need is:

1. Windows Defender
2. Malwarebytes Anti-Malware
3. Common sense

But who still gets viruses in 2017? Windows 7+ is so idiot-proof nowadays.
malware bytes is great but the new ones bypass and even disable your antivirus use cc cleaner to clean registry files often and cookies and trackers from browsers.. try bit defender it's the best
Re: 10 Tips On How To Protect Your PC (windows) From Hackers & Viruses by RichThug(m): 2:09pm On Apr 11, 2017
MrRichy:
the kind of Virus porn sites been carry that year ehn .

op nice one

asin dem dey always knock my system and "system" (if you know what i mean)

Re: 10 Tips On How To Protect Your PC (windows) From Hackers & Viruses by Teletexter: 6:22pm On Apr 11, 2017
My number one tip:

Ditch Windows for Linux! angry
Re: 10 Tips On How To Protect Your PC (windows) From Hackers & Viruses by mokoshalb(m): 6:44pm On Apr 11, 2017
Teletexter:
My number one tip:

Ditch Windows for Linux! angry
how about those who do just basic stuff... not everyone knows about linux..
Re: 10 Tips On How To Protect Your PC (windows) From Hackers & Viruses by Teletexter: 6:16pm On Apr 12, 2017
mokoshalb:
how about those who do just basic stuff... not everyone knows about linux..

Ditto on that. sad

But if you think about it, Ubuntu (Unity or Gnome Desktop Environ.) has a very low "entry barrier" if one is coming from the windows interface.

I would have recommended Zorin OS, but I have not used it yet.

Plus almost all apps on Linux are free compared to windows.

And, should in any case one really needs to run a .exe program, there's always wine for that.

Linux, for me, is liberating.

I still love windows tho. grin

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