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to reduce the chance of getting virusses in the future, it's best to always save files you download, and then check if the extension can be harmless. Also pay attention to files with double extensions, like "help.txt.exe". To not get fooled by this, make sure you have configured windows to show the file extensions, and also make sure that the file type that windows recougnizes matches the extension. Almost everything that has a double extension that ends with .exe, .jar, or any other executable file extension are virusses. Also, sometimes what you download isn't what you wanted to download. Always check the name and the icon too see if you're not downloading something else. And finally, don't trust 'installer' programs that should install only a single file. For example an installer program that should install a readme file. And last but not least: Try to use only legal and preferably popular software. If you download google crome from the official google website, you won't get a virus, but if you want to download a cracked copy of minecraft, you might. And if there's no other popular or legal version, then keep task manager running while opening it, and if it behaves unexpectadely, close it as soon as possible, and do a virus scan afterwards.

If you follow what I typed above, you get considerably less virusses.

to reduce the chance of getting virusses in the future, it's best to always save files you download, and then check if the extension can be harmless. Also pay attention to files with double extensions, like "help.txt.exe". To not get fooled by this, make sure you have configured windows to show the file extensions, and also make sure that the file type that windows recougnizes matches the extension. Almost everything that has a double extension that ends with .exe, .jar, or any other executable file extension are virusses. Also, sometimes what you download isn't what you wanted to download. Always check the name and the icon too see if you're not downloading something else. And finally, don't trust 'installer' programs that should install only a single file. For example an installer program that should install a readme file. And last but not least: Try to use only legal and preferably popular software. If you download google crome from the official google website, you won't get a virus, but if you want to download a cracked copy of minecraft, you might. And if there's no other popular or legal version, then keep task manager running while opening it, and if it behaves unexpectadely, close it as soon as possible, and do a virus scan afterwards.

If you follow what I typed above, you get considerably less virusses.

I always only use cracked version which I got of friends, using them too!
And I NEVER trust downloaders! Who needs to download a program that downloads the program you wanted to download??

Everytime I get a .jaf rile, I first open it with 7zip and check every single file inside!

But I might have problems with the last thing...

ii have avast free edition it was able to pick up anything that came from the internet in real time before it does anything, a pretty good program id say.

It always worked fine with Kaspersky! I don't think I'm gonna change the avp!