What made you come to these forums?

After becoming aware of security issues with regard to the Internet and the need to become educated in respect of the many measures that need to be taken to protect my PC from the unscrupulous people whose sole objective appears to be causing as much mayhem as possible.

 

I,ve Allready learned some damn good Info,I downlaoded Ewido,It is absolutely GREAT!Thanks so much for letting me learn here.

 

Anyone else? Tell us about your experience with our board.......

 

well i typed "wilderssecurity.com" hit enter and now i'm here? I guess the computer made me come here after i hit 'enter'.

 

I had just downloaded Spywareguard 2.1 and was getting an error mesage. I posted on the forum for the first time to ask for help. However, I didn't get any help here. A friend of mine solved my problem, but I kept coming back to browse this board and got hooked.

 

I found this board with a little good luck and fortune ... My first experience with added security features began several years ago with Spybot & Ad-Aware which at the time I discovered through the PC World magazine ... never had a problem but I was fascinated with everthing that was going on with malware, adware, spyware etc. And cruised their boards with a desire to learn more. Anyway someone mentioned in a post that wilders.org - http://www.wilders.org/index.htm was an excellent resource for security apps, and from there I checked out the forums. I lurked around as a guest for a couple of years , I need time to develop a trust ... and when I had a slight false/positive problem while trialing Pest Patrol and had developed that trust ... I decided to join The Family ... a link to that post if anyone wants to see it. https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=27352

All the years trolling these boards have been a great education and led me to so many wonderful programs ... like freeware from Javacool and ... purchasing and joining the DCS Family.

With all that said; Thanks for Welcoming me to the Family and I'm glad I've found my Home.

Steve aka - dog

 

Hi Steve aka - dog

After all that lurking it is good u finally decided to become a member of the Wilders family.


Steve aka - snowbound

 

Thank You Kindly - Steve

It's a wonderful Place to be! ​

Steve

 

Someone told me that you are the one that still keeps asking "Where is the Any Key?" on all of the boards that you go to! Glad that you were able to find the "enter" key with not trouble!?! Glad you're here and you know that I'm just kidding!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

greyfox and dog..........some sort of connection here
You're both members of the board and all of us are glad you made it!

 

I am not going to try to fool you, I haven't a clue as to what is going on...
My son helped me with a firewall, then we loaded spyblaster, ad-aware, spybot seek and destroy, along with Yahoo's popup blocker...why should I need all this stuff? becuase some people just have WAY too much time on their hands... unfortunately even with all these I am now getting a pop-up called Picassa... she is a onery cuss, making my chat sessions nearly as bad as before I got all those other things....


Is this a new one? how do I stop it? can someone help me? thanks ever so, oh and I came here, because the help for Spyblaster said this was the help page.... HELP

 

Hi malinkocat

Welcome to Wilders.

Seems like u need to follow the instructions here,

https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=15913

then post a HijackThis log in the Hijack cleaning forums.

Hope this helps.


snowbound

 

So that's what the 'enter' key is for, it takes you directly to Wilderssecurity.com. Well why doesn't it just say WS on it instead of 'enter' then? Boy do i have alot to learn about computers! And yeah i still don't know where that 'any' key is. Any ideas?

 

Thanks man, sorry I`m so late with a reply, These are great forums for info.

 

I suppose I have a nasty little punk to thank.( The punk being the little twirp who created the vile thing that follows. ) After we caught the JSExploit virus, I didn't want anything to do w/a PC. I was terrified to click on anything. So I didn't get on any more. About a year later, my husband found SWI, & tried to tell me programs that would make me feel safer. But I'm stubborn as a mule. It took another 6 mo. before I got on the PC, & after going thru several sites, I found Wilders. I've found a good resting place! It's an excellant forum, superbly divided up into some great programs. I enjoy reading thru it all, & have learned how to use some weapons of my own. The members here enjoy helping as much as I enjoy asking. Wilders has shown that the PC world can be "wild" in a good way, & they've all become my neighbors. Thanks for having this safe- house!

 

A lot of people seem to get intimidated by the vulnerabilities of a personal computer, but most of these can be avoided by taking a pro-active stance and using preventive maintenance. Glad you have overcome the aggravation of your previous experience. You've landed at a great place to learn in visiting Wilders and becoming a member.

 

I just bought myself a new Dell Inspiron, and wanted to start off by loading it up with the "right" security programs. After getting nailed by two different worms and losing the contents of one hard-drive, I don't want to take any chances on today's 'net. So I did a google search for security forums, and POOF!, I was here! I've spent the last couple of days scanning through a number of threads, and this certainly seems like a pleasant cave, inhabited by friendly denizons. Guess you guys are stuck with me.

 

I came here to get advice how to fix or report bugs in programs I'd bought. Happily they are fixed and there are many people here whose advice I really value as they have not only made me aware of how to secure my PC but also have helped me spend my money wisely in buying only the best applications. So I have all DCS programs as well as some others I found out about here.

This forum should get royalties for the amount of security software it promotes. I also think that there should be a recommended list of programs and purchasing links via this website so that they do get commission for introducing visitors to software i.e. NOD 32, Kaspersky, OutPost Pro etc

Shareware sites like MajorGeeks have links to software and they profit from advertising them. Here products do get a hell of a lot of exposure and I don't know if they get commission but they should - it's only fair.

Dave

 

I found out about this forum after I had acquired ZoneAlarm, so here I be !
There is ALOT of information to be had around here that I am glad to see people sharing. I hope to learn about security and the mechanics of how to best put it to use. I hope I can make some worthwhile contributions as time goes on.

I'd like to say THANKS to whomever's brainchild this is !!!!

Later........

Kalkriese