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Re: Protect your personal computer/smartphone - Save yours coins from hacking!
by
Lucius
on 16/11/2019, 10:43:45 UTC
⭐ Merited by DdmrDdmr (1)
Tools can not protect us from all dangerous threats on the Internet. If we are careless, we will be caught by hackers someday.

There is no 100% protection, but as I said before, security software is just the first line of defense. In my case any threat is stopped before it caused any damage to my computer, that's why I recommended those programs.

Therefore, if you have an android, it is better to refrain from using mobile to access your wallets.

There is no need to refrain from using hot wallets on smartphones, but these must be newer generation devices that regularly receive patches for security vulnerabilities. With some solid antivirus and caution when installing apps from the Play Store, any device with the Android OS is pretty safe.

If you want to protect your coins, just use a hardware wallet. Way easier and waaay more secure than an antivirus :p An antivirus isn't going to protect you from proper malware anyway.

I totally agree and advocate such an approach, it's something I've done a long time ago, and I can say that I'm sleeping a lot more peacefully after that. But even with hardware wallet users can lose their coins, clipboard malware or phishing attempts are a daily occurrence. In most cases, good AV or MB will stop crypto users to do irreversible damage.

Norton security makes my computer so slow...

I post about my PC, with only 4 GB of RAM and i3 CPU everything works pretty well, it all depends on the OS you are using and your hardware configuration. There may be a conflict with another program.

People need to be careful when using CCleaner though. Last time i run it on automatic it clears all cookies and i had to login to several website.

That's one of the things that the program does, it removes cookies and everything that is left after surfing/using PC. In my case, it is cleaning 200-300 MB of data after a few hours of surfing. But I am not using any automatic login, this was never a problem for me.

Steamtyme, maybe its time to try something new, most security programs offer 30 or more days trial, so there are no costs and risks.