Mar 26, 2010

Op-Ed; Use Ubuntu Live CD for online banking safety

Basically, using your PC for online is dumb. It's got so much malware and security breaches that you should never log in on it. How to fix this?

Use a Linux (in this case, Ubuntu) Live CD. A Live CD is basically an operating system running off of a CD. Just slip it in and it will run. Then, any malware on your system can't touch it. You can even get a Live CD which, on startup, will load Firefox and your banks website. So just put the CD in and it will bring you to the log-on for your bank. Pretty nifty.

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