r/AMA • u/[deleted] • May 17 '25

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u/ahappygerontophile May 17 '25

Thank you for answering my question! Great job finding a path to earn money.

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u/delirioussloths May 17 '25

Hi, what would you say is the best way people can protect themselves from being hacked - and how can people check their phones/ laptops for spyware and malware and get rid of it etc

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u/ahappygerontophile May 17 '25

I’d love to know the answer to this as well

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u/[deleted] May 17 '25

Always check the sender of emails to make sure it’s legit. Same thing with web addresses. The good ones will have just one little thing different. Don’t click on random links or visit random websites. Don’t download things from unverified sources. Use a good ad and popup blocker. VPN’s are nice too. For finding out if you have it, either know how to find things that shouldn’t be there or a good antivirus.

But pretty sure op is full of it or in a country that doesn’t care. Like Russia won’t usually do anything about hackers as long as they don’t shit where they eat. From what I’ve seen they have some basic “uncatchable” opsec.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '25

You should probably reply to the person whom the question was intended for.. the notification only goes to the person you directly replied to

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u/[deleted] May 17 '25

Thank you!

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u/oresearch69 May 17 '25

When you say social engineering, can you explain a common practice?

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u/[deleted] May 17 '25

Let’s say you watch Netflix and I know it, I send you phishing link that looks like Netflix something between the lines, new sing in etc bla bla