OK, I’m letting the cat out of the bag: web based porn is NOT magic. I always smile inside when I hear people tell me that porn ads or images suddenly appeared on their computer. In more than 12 years of browsing and researching on the web (and I have put in a few hours), I can tell you that porn has never suddenly appeared out of thin air. I can also honestly say that I have never ‘run into’ porn by searching the web. Is it because I have some great anti-porn software on my computer? No. Is it because I have been lucky? No.
The reason why it has never suddenly appeared on my computer, my wife’s computer or my kid’s computer in almost 15 years of online browsing is that porn originates from only three possible places:
- A user on the computer actually surfed to some porn or porn related site at some point.
- A user has engaged in online gambling or poker or trading of illegal files (music, movies, etc) at a shady site that had porn ads in the rotation.
- An email with a porn link or ad was opened.
That’s it. No magic, no bad luck. Porn appears on computers for a reason, and it starts with one of those three. Is online porn 100% preventable? No, unless you don’t use your computer to do anything online. However, it is 99.9% preventable if you or anyone using your computer doesn’t engage in any of the three behaviors I outlined in this tip. I’m no prude and if you want to look at online porn, that is your business, but don’t get bit by spyware, adware and other online bad guys and then try and say that it ‘just appeared’. It doesn’t work that way.
Man, I have been telling my clients for years. Porn does not just happen. There’s a reason your computer is infected. There’s a reason you are seeing all those pop-ups, pop-overs, etc…
Like unprotected sex, unprotected surfing is a dangerous behavior.
Karl
Nothing more to add, but amen brother. Thanks.
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