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Unsecure WiFi -suggestions for security

JANFU

JANFU

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We are moving. Presently on an open, unsecured WiFi. I have Avast, trial version, changes your VPN and also Kaspersky secure connection.
Oddly enough cannot like a post in this state.
Any suggestions to ensure I do not get hacked????
 
JANFU said:
We are moving. Presently on an open, unsecured WiFi. I have Avast, trial version, changes your VPN and also Kaspersky secure connection.
Oddly enough cannot like a post in this state.
Any suggestions to ensure I do not get hacked????
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It's not you.

I had the same issue. It seems that the Ghostery plug-in that I use is interfering with the way the like button works now when it didn't before.




Point of interest, the other day I saw for a very short period of time, the thumbnail image for the DP page I opened, was a ninja instead of the microphone.
 
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Don't be a valuable target..

What are you worrying about getting "hacked"?
 
Excon said:
It's not you.

I had the same issue. It seems that the Ghostery plug-in that I use is interfering with the way the like button works now when it didn't before.



Matter of fact, the other day I saw for a very short period of time, the thumbnail image for the DP page I opened, was a ninja instead of the microphone.
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I had the "like" problem earlier today. I use Ghostery, as well. It seems to be working now.
 
Mycroft said:
I had the "like" problem earlier today. I use Ghostery, as well. It seems to be working now.
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I have to turn Ghostery off and refresh the page for the like button to work again.

As long as it is off when I open a page there is no problem.
 
chuckiechan said:
Encrypt and password protect your router.
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I might be wrong, but I don't think the router belongs to them.

Now me...I'd see if I could gain control of that open/unsecure router and make it secure. Of course, that might piss it's owners off.
 
JANFU said:
We are moving. Presently on an open, unsecured WiFi. I have Avast, trial version, changes your VPN and also Kaspersky secure connection.
Oddly enough cannot like a post in this state.
Any suggestions to ensure I do not get hacked????
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A suitably configured firewall would be handy.
And unsecured wifi means that anyone can get on your network and access w/e resources are accessible.

You may also wish to disable the sharing of any shared files, folders, drives.

You should really secure your wi-fi network also.
 
Simon W. Moon said:
A suitably configured firewall would be handy.
And unsecured wifi means that anyone can get on your network and access w/e resources are accessible.

You may also wish to disable the sharing of any shared files, folders, drives.

You should really secure your wi-fi network also.
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Staying at a hotel with open WiFi. No banking and such, just surfing.
 
Mycroft said:
I might be wrong, but I don't think the router belongs to them.

Now me...I'd see if I could gain control of that open/unsecure router and make it secure. Of course, that might piss it's owners off.
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If Frontier owns it, then their tech support should fix it. And secure it.
 
Excon said:
It's not you.

I had the same issue. It seems that the Ghostery plug-in that I use is interfering with the way the like button works now when it didn't before.




Point of interest, the other day I saw for a very short period of time, the thumbnail image for the DP page I opened, was a ninja instead of the microphone.
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Thanks you were on the money - Fixed- white-listed this site. Gotta give out my likes.
 
Simon W. Moon said:
A suitably configured firewall would be handy.
And unsecured wifi means that anyone can get on your network and access w/e resources are accessible.

You may also wish to disable the sharing of any shared files, folders, drives.

You should really secure your wi-fi network also.
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Did, bought Kaspersky secure connection.
 
Fearandloathing said:
I haven't been able to "like" for weeks.

As far as I know, I don't have any of that stuff, running, just Win10 which has been stable since I installed it a year ago
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Try going into.
"Safe Mode" or diagnostic mode and try "like" . That can help isolate the problem. I go to Tenforums for the real technical stuff.
 
JANFU said:
Thanks you were on the money - Fixed- white-listed this site. Gotta give out my likes.
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Ghostery is on now and there is no problem here. :shrug:
 
JANFU said:
We are moving. Presently on an open, unsecured WiFi. I have Avast, trial version, changes your VPN and also Kaspersky secure connection.
Oddly enough cannot like a post in this state.
Any suggestions to ensure I do not get hacked????
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On a non-secure wifi a vpn will protect you against man in the middle attacks. Also, PIA has a feature to block ads and tracking cookies, fwiw.
 
Cardinal said:
On a non-secure wifi a vpn will protect you against man in the middle attacks. Also, PIA has a feature to block ads and tracking cookies, fwiw.
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PIA = Private internet access???
I bouth Kapsersky secure online having the devil of the time activating it past to 200 mb limit. Checked help sections but while I do like Kasperky - their cust serv - helpful hints sucks the big one
 
JANFU said:
PIA = Private internet access???
I bouth Kapsersky secure online having the devil of the time activating it past to 200 mb limit. Checked help sections but while I do like Kasperky - their cust serv - helpful hints sucks the big one
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Correct, Private Internet Access. I like it a lot, but if you're shopping around for a good vpn you should be warned that they don't prioritize working around hulu and netflix barriers.
 
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