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Jb

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Posted: Mon Apr 08, 13 4:44 pm Post subject:

Instead of running windows from your computer you put a CD in the drive and run a computer system from that. The advice is normally to run linux (Ubuntu seems a common choice). There are two reasons for that one is that linux is less prone to attack than windows (pro linux enthusiasts will say that it is inherently safer, pro windows enthusiasts will say that it is simply that windows popularity means that more viruses and malware attacks target windows). The second reason is that because you start from a clean image every time your PC does not have the opportunity to acquire infections. If it does acquire an infection it should be gone the next time you boot as you restart from the same clean image.

So you can start your PC that way and be fairly confident that your system is clean. The only downside is that as it is a clean system every time you won't have any bookmarks in your browser, or any email set up.

See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCD

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Hairyloon

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Posted: Mon Apr 08, 13 4:46 pm Post subject:

JB wrote:

There are two reasons for that...

I think the more fundamental one is that you cannot get a Windows LiveCD.

Jb

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Posted: Mon Apr 08, 13 4:49 pm Post subject:
Well you can get third party windows live CDs but personally I would n't trust them as much as a normal windows system and I'd suggest linux. But neverthless the two reasons are that linux is less prone to attack and the boot image is cleam every time.

Hairyloon

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Posted: Mon Apr 08, 13 5:32 pm Post subject:

JB wrote:

Well you can get third party windows live CDs...

Can you?
I stand corrected.

Hairyloon

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Posted: Mon Apr 08, 13 5:34 pm Post subject:

Midland Spinner wrote:

Linux LiveCD? err, again in non-techy speak please

If JB's explanation is still confusing, and you don't have anyone handy to help, then I am sure one of us can put the necessary in the post for you.

Midland Spinner

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Posted: Mon Apr 08, 13 7:23 pm Post subject:

Hairyloon wrote:

Midland Spinner wrote:

Linux LiveCD? err, again in non-techy speak please

If JB's explanation is still confusing, and you don't have anyone handy to help, then I am sure one of us can put the necessary in the post for you.

Thank you

I did understand the explanation - even managed to explain it in my own words to OH (who has a migraine today & is therefore on a very very slow run time).

I might take one of you up on the offer of a cd at some point if I do decide to go down the road of IB - it's certainly a better option than the idea of keeping a computer solely for the purpose of banking which is the only suggestion I'd managed to come up with for myself - if I had enough money to afford that though, I wouldn't be so worried about security.

I haven't got any further about it yet because I haven't yet got RTI set up because the HMRC system is on restricted service today, so I don't yet know whether I actually need it - I can't install RTI until I've done the end of year, and I can't do that until they restore the service. Oh well.

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