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Protection From Malware (Windows Users)
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Protection From Malware (Windows Users)
I thought I would share a cool method that I use to protect myself from all instances of Windows malware. I have been using Microsoft Windows for over 18 years, and I very much doubt that I will ever upgrade from Windows 7 (not interested in touch screen technology AT ALL). Inside Windows, I use the virtualisation software "Oracle VirtualBox". Inside the virtual hard disk drive, I have installed Linux Mint (an outstanding distribution of Linux in my view), into which I have installed WINE, so that I can launch Windows applications from within the virtual instance of Linux Mint. It is extremely unlikely that a piece of Windows Malware will be able to perform operations outside of WINE, let alone getting beyond the virtual Linux Mint installation; the Windows 7 host will be 100% protected. If anybody uses software that is very likely to contain malware (such as serial generators et cetera), I strongly suggest this method.
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Protection From Malware (Windows Users) - by Love - April 26, 2013 at 2:18 pm
RE: Protection From Malware (Windows Users) - by Angrboda - April 26, 2013 at 2:23 pm
RE: Protection From Malware (Windows Users) - by Love - April 26, 2013 at 2:34 pm
RE: Protection From Malware (Windows Users) - by Tonus - April 26, 2013 at 2:44 pm
RE: Protection From Malware (Windows Users) - by Love - April 26, 2013 at 2:55 pm
RE: Protection From Malware (Windows Users) - by Love - April 26, 2013 at 3:40 pm
RE: Protection From Malware (Windows Users) - by Tonus - April 26, 2013 at 4:37 pm
RE: Protection From Malware (Windows Users) - by Love - April 26, 2013 at 4:54 pm
RE: Protection From Malware (Windows Users) - by Tonus - April 26, 2013 at 7:21 pm
RE: Protection From Malware (Windows Users) - by fr0d0 - April 26, 2013 at 3:10 pm
RE: Protection From Malware (Windows Users) - by Love - April 26, 2013 at 3:30 pm
RE: Protection From Malware (Windows Users) - by Love - April 26, 2013 at 3:59 pm
RE: Protection From Malware (Windows Users) - by Love - April 26, 2013 at 4:31 pm
RE: Protection From Malware (Windows Users) - by Angrboda - April 26, 2013 at 8:38 pm

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