Posted on 11/27/2019 6:47:34 AM PST by dayglored
[[Any other suggestions for protection?]]
Yes, virtual machine with linux as os as it’s a really secure (though not 100%) os- viruses which are generally written for windows, will not execute in a linux environment- (But htere is a small risk of ‘crossover’ IF you have networking between the host os and VM os)
oh, and running windows browser in a sandbox greatly increases security- it’s a little complicated though IF you need to save stuff from the sandbox container to your host os, you’ll have to learn how to do that
I've used COMODO Cloud Antivirus for a couple of years now (plus Driver Booster Pro to keep *that* stuff squared away) with very good results.
Many thanks; I’ll look into both.
Thank you for providing a serious answer.
My initial lighthearted snark was because, being an old fart ("Ok, boomer") I still think everybody knows what a write-protect tab is.
Or was.
Gawd, I'm old....
Hell, I’m 70 and barely remember that, since starting w/ DOS2 in 1987 on an IBM PS2/ 50. Back then, we had 9 DOS commands; I remember 4 or 5 of them. We had Compuserve BBS and 12.4 modems w/ drop-in phone cradle. Heh.I looked up the write-protect tab... senior brain fart, I guess.
“Never found anyone locally who uses Linux, so I could try it. My local computer shop doesn’t like it.”
Of course they don’t. They don’t like operating systems that don’t break, or that can fix themselves, or that the user can fix themselves. They depend on OS disruptions and viruses for a living. Linux doesn’t even get viruses and antiviruses are not needed. Those who suggest it is time to make a change are correct. Win 7 was Microsoft’s last dependable OS and it is done, the next best thing and in many ways superior to win 7 is Linux. And it functions and feels just like win7. It costs nothing to create a CD yourself and run it from off the CD to try it out. You might be pleasantly surprised. I know I was. :)
OK, thanks.
I thought it was hilarious. :) I probably still have a hardened roll or two of the fancy silver write protect stickers around here. :)
I'm wondering if the XP system I use, with Norton virus definitions last updated in 2011, is so old that new viruses don't even work on it. I don't have any problems from the web that I know of.
But I'm thinking of adapting to an old Windows 8 laptop I have access to, and try to downgrade it to W7. Now I wonder if I'll be MORE vulnerable with W7 than I am with XP.
Well if you hate W10 that much It may time to look at a Linux distro or Mac OS
XP-SP3 was pretty good, and when I have to run XP, that's what I run. With all available patches, of course.
But no, just because it's old doesn't mean the later viruses won't run on it. Most viruses know about it and still take advantage of it. Security-by-obscurity won't help there.
An up-to-date-patched copy of Win7 is damn secure, certainly better than WinXP, whose security patches stopped in, what, 2014 or so?
The silver ones were the good ones. When they started cheaping out and producing plastic ones, the plastic was stiff enough that over time, it caused the adhesive to release, and the tab would fall off.
It produced the same sort of uneasy feeling as a condom with a pinhole in it.
My sister has the $3700 Mac deluxe desktop set-up, and won’t let me near it, except to install her printer. I may need to have a look at Linux...
lol, I remember that. The silver ones were thicker and more solid to better push the internal trigger, but even then out here in the southwest we had to double check the stickers every time we used the disk. Just storage in the hot environment demanded it because of the adhesive. They used to like to come off inside the drive and gum things up. When a drive refused to let you write to a disk there was usually a sticker stuck in there on the trigger write-protecting EVERYTHING.
Now I realize this reply could be very misconstrued... lol
If you need a hand at all please drop me a line by freep mail. I have helped quite a few here and would love to do it so that you can just give it a test run. Like I say it costs nothing and changes nothing to run it from a CD to try it out. It’s actually not that complicated and I can lay it out step by step in easy to understand terms. :)
That is a pretty high end Mac. If you have been using a desktop/tower you could get a fairly good current Mac mini from e-bay for $400-$800 and use your existing Monitor and printer.
Agree 100%. Oh, except for the Win2K look. I go with a Win XP skin.
“That is a pretty high end Mac. If you have been using a desktop/tower you could get a fairly good current Mac mini from e-bay for $400-$800 and use your existing Monitor and printer.”
Linux would make whatever you have now be completely up to date and with current capabilities, even if it is a 32 bit system. Although I suspect that if it has win 7 it is more than likely 64 bit. I have made current up to date capable computers out of everything from a 2002 Emachine desktop and up. Laptops shine with Linux because of the much less resources needed.
Thanks!
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