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How do you protect your computer from infection?

19 Nov 2007 to 25 Nov 2007 Firewalls, software, old wives tales? Which do you trust?(suggested by rotter512)

Text entry answers for sorted by frequency of occurrance.

(11) CListCtrl
(7) Common Sense
(3) Linux
(1) Linux iptables
(1) Mailwasher
(1) Manually monitoring
(1) McAfee SiteAdvisor
(1) monthly sacrifices
(1) My own judgement
(1) NAT
(1) NAT router
(1) Never unpack from manufactuers box
(1) No static ip and don't open stupid attachments
(1) Nothing works
(1) parsing
(1) Patches and common sense
(1) Rebuild every 6-12 months (kill backdoors)
(1) Restricted user account
(1) right os & software configuration
(1) Router
(1) Rub cod liver oil all over it
(1) Run Linux :)
(1) safe browsing
(1) Sandboxing
(1) scrollbar
(1) separation admin and user accounts
(1) Service based email filter - Postini
(1) Smart Browsing Habits
(1) socks
(1) spybot s&d TeaTimer (registry monitor)
(1) Stay away from stupidity
(1) sygate firewall with teatimer (from spybot s&d)
(1) sysinternal's stuff
(1) That thing... you know, where you don't click on the dancing bunnies? That.
(1) The Bat!, FireFox
(1) Third-Party client-side anti-spyware
(1) use built-in Brainware
(1) Use linux
(1) Use Macs
(1) Use PC with common sense
(1) Used to own a gun, but that's outdated. Now I own a John Simmons
(1) Using Linux
(1) using Linux ;)
(1) write a few of my own things
(1) ZoneAlarm; recommended
(1) Common Sense (don't open dodgy email attachments, downloads from dodgy sites etc.), always get latest Windows updates
(1) Common sense!
(1) Common Sense; Linux/Mac OS X Use
(1) Condom
(1) Control freak IT management
(1) correct configuration of security and access
(1) Cpmmon sense.
(1) Custom Server Firewalls
(1) distrust in everthing
(1) Domain blocking using proxy
(1) Don't be stupid!
(1) don't do something stupid, know what you're doing
(1) Don't download files from untrusted sites, don't open email attachments from unknown sources
(1) Don't run bad stuff
(1) Email Templates: A generic solution to handle template files
(1) experience. Cleaning manually if infected.
(1) explorer.exe registry device
(1) Firefox
(1) Giant condom over the machine
(1) GNU/Linux
(1) Hacking computers is forbidden by laws of EU and my country!
(1) HijackThis
(1) I always remove my laptop from the mattress before having sex.
(1) I know what I'm doing
(1) I only access the Internet as a restricted user.
(1) I practice safe hex
(1) I'm smart, so I don't do things that could get my computer infected.
(1) I'm using linux
(1) inline intrusion prevention hardware devices
(1) javascript
(1) 2 FIREWALLS 1 MAIWARE 1 AVG ANTIVIRUS
(1) 3 Hail Marys every day!
(1) A brain
(1) Anti bacterial scrub
(1) anti-malware and anti-keylogger
(1) Anti-Spyware Anti-Adware
(1) Antivirus vendor's firewall, LINUX!!
(1) Any information you give the opposition is a weapon against you
(1) Auditing / Monitoring
(1) Avast
(1) Basic knowledge
(1) be careful
(1) block 200.0.0.0/7, China, and other rogue countries
(1) brain ;-)
(1) Brains
(1) By Intuition
(1) caucious in using unknown links/e-mail
(1) CListCtrlAV (a derived class that inherits naughty code)