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    Why You Can’t Live Without A VPN In A Modern World

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      sariokan Banned
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        bmeeks @sariokan
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        @sariokan said in Why You Can’t Live Without A VPN In A Modern World:

        it has a way of safeguarding you from being affected by viruses and malware

        Please explain in some detail how this works. Exactly how will using a VPN prevent the execution of a piece of ransomware you receive via an email link or by clicking a webpage link?

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          johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
          last edited by johnpoz

          yeah utter nonsense!

          but it has a way of safeguarding you from being affected by viruses and malware. And of course, it could keep hackers at bay.

          A vpn has zero to do with any of this.

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          • KOMK
            KOM
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            Honestly, when I first saw this yesterday I was expecting to see a link to some skeevy VPS provider at the bottom.

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            • RicoR
              Rico LAYER 8 Rebel Alliance
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              Yeah since one day I‘m thinking what kind of Spam is this about. ;-)

              -Rico

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              • johnpozJ
                johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                last edited by johnpoz

                Yeah if you guys thought it was spam... How about reporting it? ;) But will keep an eye on thread and if some link to some vpn site shows up then will just ban and purge ;)

                I concur it does look pretty spammy - but can not see any links in it, doesn't name any specific vpn service, etc.

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                • chrismacmahonC
                  chrismacmahon
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                  I saw this yesterday AM, flagged the account and have been watching it.

                  Please Guys/Gals, anything tingles your spidey sense for spam, please don't hesitate to flag it.

                  We HATE spam.

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                  • johnpozJ
                    johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                    last edited by johnpoz

                    You might want to call this Chris, just looked is 1 IP is from CA, the other is China ;)

                    And his email domain he used is a temp throw away domain.. zoqqa.com

                    Or he hiding from us hackors here on pfsense ;) hehehehe

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                    • chrismacmahonC
                      chrismacmahon
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                      good call. Done.

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                      • KOMK
                        KOM
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                        @johnpoz said in Why You Can’t Live Without A VPN In A Modern World:

                        but can not see any links in it, doesn't name any specific vpn service, etc.

                        And that's why I didn't flag it as spam. It was just a generic opinion post, and it was in the proper place.

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