Topic: Separate Computer for Bitcoin/Financial Information vs Personal? - page 4. (Read 3270 times)

i get that there a danger involved on some of those sites. i get why he wants to separate his financial stuff from the porn, but i do not see why he wants to isolate his porn instead of his financial stuff. because other sites can be a possible danger to his financial stuff too. not only porn.

security should not be about convenience. also why should it be inconvenient if i use a laptop only for my financial stuff? you can use your really good hardware to do everything else. no slowdowns. also why would a new laptop be slow? you can buy a new one that is surly fast enough for your financial need for under $300 and since you have really good hardware, i am sure you can afford that. using a VM would slow you down and one might consider it inconvenient, but this is just an opinion i guess. security wise i take linux over windows with some AV and other stuff every day. it improves you security a lot and is for basic need very easy to use.

As long as you have electrum setup there before you started to watch porn and have it with multisignature from your phone , then watch all the porn you want any virus cannot break your security of your bitcoins. And if your PC is compromised you can always restore the electrum wallet via it's seed. If you have multi signature wallet you are good to go.

Best is though to have a single PC for only bitcoin related task and another one for fun , like watching videos, playing games etc.

That isn't something that's specifically tied to such websites. I see that everywhere from time to time. With a proper browser setup, it's quite unlikely that something is going to happen (e.g. flash control, popup/ad block).

There are many dangers lurking among those websites (e.g. weird kind of malware). I don't understand people that download it though, nor those that don't use incognito mode (among other things).

That isn't convenient, nor does that setup imply security. In addition to that, using a slow laptop for all of that (especially if you usually have really good hardware) is a nightmare.  

i wonder why you use a separate computer for porn? why not use it just for the financial stuff?
what is most important to you? i would imagine money. so why not buy a small laptop around $200-$300 should be enough. run linux on it and only use it for your coins, wallets and other financial stuff. the other time it can remain offline and shut down. for everything else you use the other computer, since not only porn can cause malware.

Do you go to a repair shop or computer technician for your laptop to check up whats the problem why is it won't works.i think thats the first thing you can do to know what is the problem .

I do same watch porno's on different sites clicking images and downloading it on my laptop .One day it won't works as i don't know what happens as i have antivirus then. I also have anti-virus which bought from U.S by my aunt .my laptop works well before that day .then i go to a comp. Technician for it to check up then go to other one their findings was the motherboard was suppost to collapse .Thats my laptop problem causing on overusing it .

because of malware? Well your laptop will be recovered it only needs to be reprogram i think downloading porn is nottge problem there.

Yes ,you may buy speed and space are important it needs by a laptop especially you are downloading many files big RAM is for gaming . I will suggest you can buy a second hand then a cheap one but pick a branded laptop not just a cheap one .

Also i use to turn off my anti-virus when downloading files .i believe anti virus are also who creates virus but then after doing all i frequently scan it and fix it if anti virus found a malware which is connected what i've downloaded ,cause sometimes unknown files to be downloaded as they said they found a malware by which that application needs to be downloaded.
I know it is advertisement ,but i suspected that it is also a virus then .

I know porn's have a viruses but if you queue or downloading files /unknown files make sure that it doesn't need to be done and run on your laptop. Most of it have a viruses .

I don't know kali linux but it is the trending for the most of users which keeps your files protected.

Most of these nasty viruses are installed on your hard drive. If you have different hard drives for different purposes, then you do not need to buy a whole new computer for every application. So in theory, if you want to watch porn, you swap out the hard drive with the hard drive, and you set to go.

The docking station, just make it easier for you to "wipe" all information, when you want to start over. This is a example of one of these I used before. It has "offline" cloning, so you just press one button and install zero software. :
http://www.dx.com/p/unitek-y-3022-portable-usb3-0-to-dual-hdd-docking-station-black-red-219599#.V-i1F_Q7lCR

im fairly paranoid about my coins as well.  i use a nano ledger, im about to get a trezor, i also have 2 cpu (one for btc business), and 2 phones (one for btc business ,i use 2fa alot).  one cpu and phone i never download anything on it  . the other ones is for entainment and downloads, and porn  ,i gotta catch up on my porn watching . ive been pretty heavy into btc this past 2 years , the btc life stole alot of my porn time.

having multiple antiviruses on your computer is not going to protect you more, it can obviously slow your computer and it also can cause some problems for you as they WILL interfere with each other's work.

as for your concerns, i told you before on this forum to start using cold storage. learn what linux is and download a distro that you like and use it as "live and without network access" and you will stay safer.


many of these sites still need Flash player and lots of other exploitable plugin and they have a lot of ads, popups, popunder and redirects to any site that pays them to do that. so you can be redirected to a malicious site and be unaware of that because it was opened in a window below your main.
worth reading:
https://superuser.com/questions/245096/can-a-computer-be-infected-by-malware-through-web-browser
https://www.cnet.com/forums/discussions/can-visiting-a-malicious-site-automatically-infect-my-computer-641485/

hey guys i like to ask this question since my previous laptop that i used separately for porn no longer works.  But im positive it wasn't due to porn, it basically just stopped working.


Does anyone here have recommendation on what laptop to buy for using to watch porn and downloading porn from sites etc?  The thing is pornhub, xvideos those sites i know doesn't have viruses right?  But if its the lesser known ones maybe? 


The thing is if i only use pornhub, redtube, youporn, xhamster, xvideos... then its probably safe since its only streaming?  But anything else is risky?  The other issue is i like to download porn on websites/forums.  So obviously theres a very good chance the uploader could put a virus in that computer.  And i wouldn't want that in my main computer that i do for anything important. 



What are my options?


I'm guessing buy a very cheap laptop with at least a 128gb hard drive if i want to download a whole library of movies?  Does ram and speed even mean anything or its not important?  Thus is it possible to spend under $200 for a laptop specifically for porn... but more so downloading a lot of porn that are bigger files since those are better quality?  Should i just buy a used cheap laptop on ebay since i won't do anything important on this laptop?  The other issue is many porn videos that i want to watch, well you can't stream it and have to download.  Is there a way to install a program or use another hard drive connected to my main computer where i use it where it doesn't touch my main hard drive on my laptop?  Thus if any viruses, it only affects the other dirty hard drive or program like linux?  Someone here mentioned linux.


I also read about chromebooks.  But are those a bad idea since store is little?  I checked amazon and very good ones are asus and its under 200 dollars and 16gb ssd.  But thats not that much storage if you download videos that are say 500mb.  Or if you download regular movies from sites and those could be 3gb each.  I did read you get 100gb of google but obviously you can't upload porn there right?


Looking for a solution to this as i want any porn related downloading, streaming on a laptop where it doesn't have any effect on my main laptop and not sure what to do here.  Frustrated since my laptop for porn only no longer works. 

If you by 'simplest' mean the 'most complex' one, then yes.

Not really.

Downloading, reputable or not, can easily end up being a problem for you. Additionally, visiting unknown porn sites could also be hazardous.

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How about telling me your current OS, AV software and HDD space (free on laptop)? What I'd recommend is, create a big VM (as space will be needed) and do all those porn related things within it. You should be fine.

The chances are high getting a virus on porn site streaming?  Or you mean downloading?  By downloading, i meant downloading from sites with links from other posters who may or may not be reputable


Also this also doesn't make any sense.  Im sure almost every guy hear watches a bit of porn at least.   I can't imagine these guys who stream porn very rarely would get a laptop separate from bitcoin compute rright?


Basically i have 1 laptop that does all my financial informaton, bitcoin and do everything else like stream porn etc.  So what do you all suggest.  I do have a spare laptop thats pretty old but still decent.  Use that for all the porn download etc?  Does having an external hard drive mean anyway i can use my current laptop with it while downloading porn?

The chances of getting virus and malware from porn sites are high.In fact it is one of the main source of revenue for such sites.If you want to keep your laptop safe,either do not visit these sites or buy yourself a separate laptop.

OP you may consider installing a Linux distro on another partition and dual-boot Windows and Linux. You can do your normal work on Windows using Office 365 and other programs that don't have an equivalent on Linux and boot into the Linux distro when you want to visit risky sites and download shady stuff from them. Or you could use a Live Linux distro on a USB stick and do the same. You can even buy an external HDD to transfer the downloaded stuff on it too.

3 external hard drives?  can you explain how it works?  so not possible for your main computer to get virus? 

I bought 3 x harddrives and I bought a little USB3.0 Dual SATA Docking Station with Offline cloning. I configured a clean master drive and use that to clone my second drive, whenever I feel like browsing risky sites. After that session I just pop in the master drive and the drive I used and it wipes everything and re-install everything {cloned} within 15 minutes.

The third drive is used for normal work and has no risky business or Bitcoin related stuff. ^smile^

Sir I admire your honesty about your porn watching habits.   If only more men could be open and honest about sex stuff.  We're such a closeted world when we all should be doing Dicks Across America.  Anyway if you're downloading anything,  you're at risk of getting your btc stolen and glob knows what else.  If these assholes could pump you full of gonorrhea thru a torrent they would.  Good luck and wipe the sticky off the not-bitcoin computer.

That's rich! ain't it?

It is always better to use separate laptop/computer for financial transactions or for crypto currencies and a separate one for porn and movies download. But not everyone can afford it.

I prefer using a single laptop with licensed internet security in it. Also I am using a licensed version of windows. Regular scanning of your laptop will make it safer. So porn watching and financial transactions can take place simultaneously.

The simplest solution is to get rid of Windows and use GNU/Linux instead. Do not run Wine on your main GNU/Linux computer.  If one needs Windows for a particular application put it in a virtual machine and use it only for that application. Alternatively use a second version of GNU/Linux in a virtual machine and run wine in the VM. It is not just high risk activities a simple email can easily infect a Windows computer.

As for high risk activities such as surfing porn I would suggest a separate GNU/Linux machine that is not on your network.  One can also use a live CD/DVD not a USB in that way none of the malware will be saved.  Also consider Tor. For Windows gaming use a separate computer for that purpose.

Malwarebytes is very good for a free program. Please be aware there is bitcoin stealing malware that will steal your password when you enter it then empty your wallet. Altcoins too. And as time passes the attacks will become more sophisticated. Get yourself a Ledger or Trezor hardware wallet and keep your private keys offline. You do not need a second computer if the concern is just bitcoin. Trezor is immune to malware but Ledger needs to be installed on a clean computer. Trezor is cheap insurance. Ledger and Trezor are the top two hardware wallet manufacturers hard to go wrong with either. Personal preference is for Trezor though I have used Ledger and find it fine. Now if you are using online banking accounts I would keep those off the computer used for porn or at least do several scans a week using Malwarebytes.

using avast and malwaryebytes is good as long you always updated it and using real subscription, not keygen or crack,and i don't think using hacked username/password in those sites will affect anything because it's only text,and with premium access you'll more secured