Maybe my comment flew over peoples head, but ubuntu is an African term and Nigeria in known for internet scams, hence I said it sounds like a Nigerian browser.
Odd thing when I Google Walmart
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Says the person who has malware redirecting clicked ad links... Hmmm... Not saying that's why malware made it there, but...
Except I have that malewarebytes thing as well as anti-virus protection. No worries.
Yet it's still redirecting?
Doesn't have to be maleware to do that, does it?
More directed to the "No worries" comment.
Kind of reminds me of the guy that got his house robbed when the robber got in through the window, yet he keeps saying "but I have a very expensive door lock that got good ratings!"
The danger of Win 7 is no more patches, and no more security updates-so, if some bad actor figures out an exploit, it can be very difficult to stop them.
Whats' the difference between patches and updates vs. anti-virus software? And why wouldn't that software do the same thing as patches and updates?
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Patches fix vulnerabilities or small issues like bugs in the operating system. I guess this is why IT certifications are so popular, to distinguish between clueless people and knowledge people in regards to different areas of IT
My clueless self would imply that anti-virus and maleware systems would be more important than fixing vulnerabilities or small issues like bugs, but what do I know. I've only been hacked or scammed like, never, after over 25 years online. Wonder why that is, when big companies with all their IT staff get breached all the time. Like that Colonial Pipeline thing last year. Wonder how clueless THEIR IT personnel was with all their certifications and all.
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Because big companies are MUCH more valuable? Usually they go after CEOs “whaling” or stuff like watering hole attacks
So the average Joe has little to worry about? Pretty much what I'm saying.
I would not be surprised at all if this very site ran on it.
Vulnerabilities can be exploited in many ways, including ways that anti-virus software can't stop. Systems have to be patched up to date, or they are at high risk of being compromised no matter what security software they run.
Linux, but not Ubuntu
I have come across many websites that no longer work with Internet Explorer (a few work computers are still using IE and are not able to be updated by users, and IT does not care about those specific computers. Yes, stupid of them, but not under my control).
Are you sure it is not Edge you are using now?
Says,
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
So its not Edge
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Yeah, I would suspect RHEL or CentOS, lol.Understood; and it's not Arch or you would have told us already
RHEL clone?
