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Use a VPN. There are many recent threads on the subject, so there should be plenty of information available and easy to find. I second this, the Simple answer is to use a reliable VPN service. If you do, your ISP can only see your encrypted traffic to some IP address. Although they can know a lot o...

I would suggest NordVPN and Express VPN give a try because of their excellent features, highly secure & compatible with many devices. Moreover, it has more than 500+ servers of different countries and automatic kill switch, Read NordVPN review for more details.

Good to hear that I hope this problem will not appear again.

Arch_Enemy wrote:Darnit...got the hiccups again...

Have some water or may be strepsils.

Hi "fala2n", Welcome to the wonderful world of Linux Mint and its excellent forum ! I just read your post and the good replies to it. Here are my thoughts on this as well. It would help to know more about your system setup. If you run " inxi -Fxzd " from the console terminal pro...

How does a Kill switch help, What is the utility?

Definitely it was, and what i heard the attackers from the wannacry ransomware used these tools from NSA to hack, don't know how far is it true.

The recent, highly publicized (at least in the UK) ransomware infections are resulting in a lot more people considering switching to Linux, which can only be a good thing. It may be what encouraged her to ask. The more this sort of thing appears in the headlines, the more people will discover the b...

I can relate to it, how irritating it is getting your emai filled with spam spam spam. Yes it is very annoying. I have marked many mails as spam, so they directly goes to spam folder. But I have to clear them weekly and that is my friend the real pain. There should be something like Mailwasher for ...

With the recent cyber attack i have lost my trust in Windows The recent, highly publicized (at least in the UK) ransomware infections are resulting in a lot more people considering switching to Linux, which can only be a good thing. It may be what encouraged her to ask. The more this sort of thing ...

Even the anti-viruses don't work. I belive in anti-viruses. :lol: https://www.cvedetails.com/vulnerability-list/vendor_id-6567/Avast.html https://www.cvedetails.com/vulnerability-list/vendor_id-3336/Avira.html https://www.cvedetails.com/vulnerability-list/vendor_id-5639/AVG.html https://www.cvedeta...

With the recent cyber attack i have lost my trust in Windows. I would say it was my fault of not updating the system and lost all my important documents. Even the anti-viruses don't work.

Kids today are more intelligent and outgoing compared to older people. They will learn quick and we need to accept the fact.

Urggh Star wars

I can relate to it, how irritating it is getting your emai filled with spam spam spam.

End is near.

Read that letter to Mr. Trump. I guess they were high

Reading this thread i came across this article online. They have taken up this issue and recommended what to do. I do not know how authentic they are but this is what they have to say. Shadow Brokers Expose NSA Hacking Tools.

Helpful indeed.

It is a difficult thing to make your wife get used to some new thing be it anything. In this case, my brother got his wife a linux laptop before that she was using a windows one. It has been 6 months now and she is still complaining.