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Porn and pirate sites.

I've seen research reports that found the most common vector for malware and virus distribution wasn't porn sites, but free game sites geared toward children. They'll click on anything.

I've seen research reports that found the most common vector for malware and virus distribution wasn't porn sites, but free game sites geared toward children. They'll click on anything.

I completely agree. I think historically speaking, porn sites have been a bit of a problem but overall it is the "free" game sites and other "free" stuff kind of sites that are the problem even though porn sites CAN BE a problem.

A lady I work with asked me to help her with her home computer that was infected with a virus. I thought I would mess with her and after getting rid of the virus, she asked how she got it. I asked who usually used the computer and she said her husband. I told her (with a straight face) it looked like it came from a gay porn site and if she was aware he husband surfed gay porn. Her mouth dropped open... she was speechless! LOL!! I couldn't help it anymore and told her I was joking. She just laughed and said "that was a good one"! Probably more relieved than anything!

I have found Malwarebytes to be amongst the best but I think the most effective tool I have used is the Avast boot-time scan. Very effective and efficient too.