Originally Posted by us2006027321
KLamb213 makes an amazing point about keeping yourself safe, but to be fair, I'm your average twenty-something guy, and I exhibit average twenty-something guy behavior on the net. This means I do have a habit of visiting less than reputable sites. What's more, I use Internet Explorer to do it, and I don't have any internet security or clean up programs. Strange thing, though: my computer's security hasn't been compromised in the last 5 years.
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As long as everyone is having fun with your post, I just wanted to through my 2c in.
You haven't been compromised
that you know of. Most viruses(viri?), keyloggers, etc, aren't exactly advertising they are they are there. Keeping a program from showing up in windows task manager is actually pretty trivial. More complex (but still possible) is keeping it's files from showing up in the file system.
That doesn't mean these aren't good tips, or that you have necessarily been hacked, just that it's not an end-all solution.