Re: What is your first line of defence against computer viruses?

Slightly concerned with the larger-than-expected number who consider having a good backup strategy as a "first line of defense".

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Re^2: What is your first line of defence against computer viruses? by Anonymous Monk on Feb 09, 2015 at 21:25 UTC
noscript+adblock+linux works, but I have caught a bug surfing a streaming site on linux with an uptodate FF and ( at the time ) only adblock. So beware of being too complacent, linux is much safer than windows for many reasons, but not all you need Main advantage of having linux: it got flushed out when I cleared my cache :) Ran antivirus, no more trouble, but still sorry about flooding the net for a coupla days ... :/	[reply]

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noscript+adblock+linux works, but I have caught a bug surfing a streaming site on linux with an uptodate FF and ( at the time ) only adblock.

So beware of being too complacent, linux is much safer than windows for many reasons, but not all you need

Main advantage of having linux: it got flushed out when I cleared my cache :)

Ran antivirus, no more trouble, but still sorry about flooding the net for a coupla days ... :/

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