Another Day With My PC

Hmmm I wonder what that does

While I’m definitely curious about that key, I don’t have the habit of pressing any or all the links that are pasted on the Web sites that I visit. We all know that bogus sites are rampant these days, and obliging to any of the come-ons on the pages that we view could be disastrous.

You may contend that your antivirus and other security tools allow you to press on any link with impunity. However, security programs are not absolutely impregnable. There are times when the user has to participate in manning the tower once in a while, especially when checking on links or opening programs that have dubious origins.

It’s true that everything has almost been taken from the hands of the user as far as PC maintenance is concerned. Almost. That tiny percent that has been left for us to do is by no means inconsequential. Sometimes, that ordinary prudence of checking or scrutinizing the page or file could very well be the thread that separates you from malware infection.

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