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Re: Firefox - Spyware
On Nov 25, 2:21 am, Monroe <ter...@wildroseinternet.ca> wrote:
> If using Firefox, a reasonable hardware firewall and good anti-virus,
> any substantial advantage to using Adaware or one of the other
> anti-spyware software? Still checking into and not fully aware of all
> of the capabilities of Firefox, but it seems that it and the existing
> firewall/AV could pretty much do the trick as far as critical
> requirements. Wondering whether I'm missing something in this.
Yes. The only trick is "you". No browser, no software firewall, no
antivirus, no anti-spyware, no adaware, no hardware firewall, nothing
will effectively prevent you from running malware in the end.
It is mostly what you do what decides whether or not your computer
gets infected or not. Just like: If you frequently dive into the junk
yard you'll get dirty. Nothing will prevent that.
Thus the really "critical requirement" is that you think about what
you are doing. That makes the real difference.
Gerald
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