The paranoia on this thread is astounding to me.
Running Malwarbytes 5 times a week? Really?
It won’t affect you because you don’t use IE? Really?
Windows 7 professional SP3? Really?
Trust Norton? Really?
LOL.
I don’t run any anti-virus, nor to do I scan my computer on any regular basis(yearly maybe, probably less). I won’t use IE and I do use Admuncher. I don’t run executables off the internet. My networks also run off of OpenDNS and I block .br .cn .in .info .ir .kr .kz .ro .ru .sa TLDs. My computers simply won’t resolve out to 75% of the worlds malware hosts. Sure, they could use IPs in their malware scripts but most use DNS and regularly change the host IP.
I have seen infections so thick on machines that you literally couldn’t do anything but click the “pay me” button and enter a credit card yet Norton Antivirus was sitting there fat and happy like it didn’t have a care in the world.
DCWG isn’t some organization that’s trying to rip you off. Sheesh, people.
You are not dumb as far as what to put on your computer. But you are not suspicious enough of the government. What do you think? I am guessing there are just about 570,000 computers whose addresses the government wants to collect. Maybe yours is one of them, eh?
That's a good list of TLDs to block. Also, many people consider ".cm" (Cameroon) another good one to block (it's particularly an apt one for typesquatting ".com" domains.)
The summary at McAfee Pinpoints the Web's Riskiest Domains also includes ".ws" as another TLD liable to be problematic.
Malsua, Than you for some sanity.
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To avoid these issues, I use a super-duper double secret and highly sophisticated protection device.
I use....wait..... wait for it...... an iMac. ;>)