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I try not to ask too many questions in here, as I do know some stuff, but it's frustrating to all hell when you know one professional who says one thing, and yet another who claims the opposite. Both certified, and both having an opinion. Both being of credible standard.....I will ask here since I am getting Yin Yang on this topic.
I play online games. Warcraft, Neverwinter Nights, and Guild Wars. Like many men, I look at porn, (some being cheesy local American junk, other stuff being more exotic European and slower to load junk.) I play offline games, use email, browse the net as a giant library of sorts, and just as well, I use my computer to compose music. I said everything I do since I figure if I omit something, I may not get a proper or concise opinion.
I use Peer Guardian if I ever use BitTorrent or Emule, I use the German AntiVir program...(which I highly recommend for a free-bie), and I have my basic Windows Xp firewall on. Lastly, but not least, I use Firefox newest version as a browser, and I have the add-ons Adblock Plus and NoScript installed using newest version as well as updated...(any site I go to, I usually inspect it before I give the ok for Java code to run its thingy)
Do I need a firewall?? Would this make any porn or other site browsing safer?? AM I paranoid?? As it is, I NEVER believe in using Outlook, (I just use Gmail or Inbox.com for email....) and I am cautious with attachments. Yet, simply, I am not using a firewall. I hear that ZoneAlarm is the best free one.
Any advice or ideas??? Should I use a firewall besides the standard Windows one?
Note: No, I have not gone blind yet, but I have noticed more viruses not from porn but oddly from free wares and various stuff downloaded from the internet, (say like funny flash files from Starterupsteve.com) I doubt Steve meant to plant the viruses, and often when I report them, they are gone, but it's weird that I find them in the most innocent places and not in randy porn sites.
I try not to ask too many questions in here, as I do know some stuff, but it's frustrating to all hell when you know one professional who says one thing, and yet another who claims the opposite. Both certified, and both having an opinion. Both being of credible standard.....I will ask here since I am getting Yin Yang on this topic.
I play online games. Warcraft, Neverwinter Nights, and Guild Wars. Like many men, I look at porn, (some being cheesy local American junk, other stuff being more exotic European and slower to load junk.) I play offline games, use email, browse the net as a giant library of sorts, and just as well, I use my computer to compose music. I said everything I do since I figure if I omit something, I may not get a proper or concise opinion.
I use Peer Guardian if I ever use BitTorrent or Emule, I use the German AntiVir program...(which I highly recommend for a free-bie), and I have my basic Windows Xp firewall on. Lastly, but not least, I use Firefox newest version as a browser, and I have the add-ons Adblock Plus and NoScript installed using newest version as well as updated...(any site I go to, I usually inspect it before I give the ok for Java code to run its thingy)
Do I need a firewall?? Would this make any porn or other site browsing safer?? AM I paranoid?? As it is, I NEVER believe in using Outlook, (I just use Gmail or Inbox.com for email....) and I am cautious with attachments. Yet, simply, I am not using a firewall. I hear that ZoneAlarm is the best free one.
Any advice or ideas??? Should I use a firewall besides the standard Windows one?
Note: No, I have not gone blind yet, but I have noticed more viruses not from porn but oddly from free wares and various stuff downloaded from the internet, (say like funny flash files from Starterupsteve.com) I doubt Steve meant to plant the viruses, and often when I report them, they are gone, but it's weird that I find them in the most innocent places and not in randy porn sites.