Top Ten Ways To Get Infected

[YoKenny1]

yardbird

Thanks.

I want recommendation regd. a soft which will work along with win patrol plus (layered protection).

Read what I use in my signature then Google for the installer.

[srtools1980y]

Kenny

To tell you the truth, I am not able to make-out from your sig.

Can you tell the soft's name.

[YoKenny1]

BrowserDefender http://www.browserdefender.com

IE8 http://www.microsoft.com/windows/internet-...er/default.aspx

hpHosts http://hosts-file.net/?s=Download

MVPS HOSTS http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

MBAM http://www.malwarebytes.org

Microsoft Security Essentials http://www.softpedia.com/get/Antivirus/Mic...ssentials.shtml

[srtools1980y]

Thanks for your info.

Now I am clear.

[whatmeworry?]

Thanks for your info.

Now I am clear.

I might just add that on my laptop and desktop I've used AVAST Free or McAfee as AV, Agnitum Outpost Pro or Sygate as firewalls, and have backed these up with MBAM Pro, SAS, and Spybot (without Tea Timer), and in the past I've used AdAware, AVG, and some others--and ALL of these worked well with WinPatrol PLUS.

[srtools1980y]

Thanks for your bonus info whatmeworry?

Don't worry.

[wildbill]

Curious how clicking the red x can infect your system. Is it because you clicked on the ad??

[exile360]

It's because often times the red x isn't actually to close the window, it's scripted to do the same as pressing OK or Yes, which is obviously bad. Alt+F4 is the way to go, or kill IE's process through the task manager.

[mountaintree16]

@ Exile

You beat me to it, and explained it better than I could have, good job!

@ wildbill & Exile

I always kill it with taskmanager, if anything pops up that's suspicious looking.

[yardbird]

and who can shed some light on the real audio player? I've had that since it 1st came out not 1 infection? maybe its cause I listen to live feed FM stations

(this topic is one of MysteryFCM' Favorites)

[srtools1980y]

It's because often times the red x isn't actually to close the window, it's scripted to do the same as pressing OK or Yes, which is obviously bad. Alt+F4 is the way to go, or kill IE's process through the task manager.

Golden Words.

Then who can shed some light on my old subject, " MBAM & Cyberlink Power Dvd 8", remember?