Ask HN: How do you keep your (always online) Windows pc safe?

1 points by jozydapozy 10y ago ↗ HN

I've installed a virus scanner and enabled the windows firewall. Still I'm afraid my Windows-machine is not safe. How do you monitor your system for intruders or what software do you install in your 'first 5 minutes on your windows Machine'?

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J_Darnley 10y ago ↗

Common sense and paranoia. What do I install in my first 5 minutes? Winamp, Palemoon, Thunderbird.

hackney 10y ago ↗

The best way would be to have a hardware firewall isolating the actual pc.

lazylizard 10y ago ↗

update the os? browser with noscript? update the browser? ublock and/or spybot? canarytokens?