NotAWizard
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Okay so as I basically explained in my introduction thread for new membership that I am a recent victim of a rootkit/malware infection on my computer (at that time Windows 10)
I am trying to learn from my past mistakes and learn how to defend myself better. I already own Malwarebytes PRO and am seeking further advice. I have thought of a couple of inquiring questions to start off with but I would love to take all insight to help me combat these deadly infections.
1) Do these password protection programs defend against rootkits and such? For example I saw a intel security password protection program advertised when I was downloading an Adobe product on their website earlier today.
2) A lot of times rootkits are started by keylogged...or at least as I have been told. Is there a program out there that prevents keylogging or helps in that general area?
3) What other security software/protocols should I be considering?
4) Is Malwarebytes PRO enough protection? Or do I need to get a correlating anti-virus as well? I was under the impression it was an anti-virus but for whatever reason Windows 7 Action Center doesn't deem Malwarebytes as an anti-virus so I turned off the notification temporarily. Another reason I ask because on other forum I visit in general they mentioned that having multiple security systems sometimes inteferes with one another and I don't want to get into that position.
5) The rootkit infection I had devastated all of my online logins. I had my chrome browser to save all logins and mostly everything auto logged me in.(luckily I was albe to recover a good portion of the accounts after fresh installing) With that in mind should this practice be revoked? Should I manually write down these login information instead?
6) While I am not big on online banking/ordering I would like to know also if these programs out there that protect banking information are truly worth it and if they are a viable defense in such occurences as I had? I had quite a bit of trouble recovering a couple of retail accounts due to the hacker.
*Note: I am currently running Windows 7 64 bit Home Premium
I am trying to learn from my past mistakes and learn how to defend myself better. I already own Malwarebytes PRO and am seeking further advice. I have thought of a couple of inquiring questions to start off with but I would love to take all insight to help me combat these deadly infections.
1) Do these password protection programs defend against rootkits and such? For example I saw a intel security password protection program advertised when I was downloading an Adobe product on their website earlier today.
2) A lot of times rootkits are started by keylogged...or at least as I have been told. Is there a program out there that prevents keylogging or helps in that general area?
3) What other security software/protocols should I be considering?
4) Is Malwarebytes PRO enough protection? Or do I need to get a correlating anti-virus as well? I was under the impression it was an anti-virus but for whatever reason Windows 7 Action Center doesn't deem Malwarebytes as an anti-virus so I turned off the notification temporarily. Another reason I ask because on other forum I visit in general they mentioned that having multiple security systems sometimes inteferes with one another and I don't want to get into that position.
5) The rootkit infection I had devastated all of my online logins. I had my chrome browser to save all logins and mostly everything auto logged me in.(luckily I was albe to recover a good portion of the accounts after fresh installing) With that in mind should this practice be revoked? Should I manually write down these login information instead?
6) While I am not big on online banking/ordering I would like to know also if these programs out there that protect banking information are truly worth it and if they are a viable defense in such occurences as I had? I had quite a bit of trouble recovering a couple of retail accounts due to the hacker.
*Note: I am currently running Windows 7 64 bit Home Premium
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