Hey folks:

a person i know really freaked me out when i was told my ip address has been compromised. in fact he mentioned hackers are attacking thru my ip address as they already have entered my computer system. i m quite lame in technology and he suggested me to have linux as OS than my window vista OS.

i had not noticed any problems excepts that my internet cable get disconnected from time to time as i am sharing the cable of the house owner.

please suggested me if i should have linux as an OS for like i mentioned i m not tech savvy person.

Thanks in advance.

Try dualbooting Ubuntu. Its easy to setup with WUBI and makes transition to linux easy.

You can remove it from add/remove programs in windows.

thanks dekchi bro 4 ur prompt response. indeed ubuntu was the one he suggested to setup in my pc. so when changing the os will my documents such as word doc and files e.g. pics, songs need to be backed up? is it user friendly???

 try jolicloud..you dont have to backup anything!

subrath,

its always a good idea to backup regularly, so why not make this yet another reason to backup ur precious docs.

u will be able to view all ur windows docs from ubuntu so u wont have to copy over files to new OS.

yeah jolicloud is nice too, especially if you have a netbook. but i felt jolicloud was kinda "kiddish" interface :)

greatly appreciated ur wisdom @ dekchi n tuttle bro. so i will follow with ur suggestions and backup my docs before installing ubuntu as my pc's os. u folks enjoy ur day. thanks  

If you just use computer for surfing net and office docs, then better stay with Windows (still prefer XP). Just use Firefox, and disable IE (set all security settings to high). That should do fine. Ubuntu doesn't mean secure, it's just that people know less about it than Windows.

dude use linux !!ubuntu is great!!!!!or i would suggest dual boot man!!! windows n ubuntuu!!! and yahh i use snow leapord!!! and yeah stop watching porn!!! thats where u get 90 percent of viruses from lol1!!!

 dude windows ko virus mostly internet explorer bataii aaucha!!! don't click on those flashy banners!!!! or stupid ads!!! dump IE use either firefox safari or chrome!! install ad blocks n them!!! and get one good antivirus from a torrent side lol!! and then u r good to surf or watch porn loil!!!however i would always suggest a linux system!!!

As the user already suggested, If you are using your pc just to surf net  and multimedia thinks , you better stay in windows.  Your profblem is with internet I guess, if you are talking about wireless, try changing wireless router coz some of the routers has security feature as a result of which you will recieve intermittent transmission.
If your pc is connected thru cable, call your isp , they will guide you thru.
 

If your concern is about security then nothing is 100% secure not even government sites or any high end sites
denial of service attacks are common in any systems
internet is places for hackers crackers crawers worms trozen horses
but if you want to use Debian Ubuntu its more secure like users said its not known to many unlike Windows and viruses don't sell that much for Mac and Ubuntu as it does for Windows since they can make profit from them in those system.
If are open to use any system without any problems if you know what you are doing and and don't install or click the links that you are not sure.
But Debian Ubuntu is great since you get almost any software for free and from usability perspective its Window like interface for novice users and power shell scripts for veteran who want to try different things.So it really matters what you want to do.But most popup are blocked by defult from Firefox and OS defult setting that comes with Ubuntu.Give it a shot you will know the different you can always remove it easily by doing remove programs if you don't like it.But I prefer Ubuntu since its lot faster and has all I want and don't run any crap background process that are heavyweight and kill lot of processor time.
Hope that helps.

 bro yetro laamo story lekheko thiyee!!! post garda error aayoo!!! feri lekhna alchi lagyoo!!!! i just wanna know how did ur fren came to conclusion that someone was using ur ip to hack into systems!!!!lol higly unlikely!!somebody would just be using proxiesss or they would bounce their attacks so that they don't get caught and mostly use the power of *nix shell......timro ip address le hack gare nii u won't get caught!!aba next post feri mero saathi le hackers haru le mac spoofing garera mero internet chalenauu bhanne post chahi herna napaauu!!!!

in fact he mentioned hackers are attacking thru my ip address as they already have entered my computer system.?????????bro maile yo nii bujhenaaa ke ho they are attacking bhanekoo chahi?????is your system [Disallowed String for - bad word]ed up ??has your credit card being compromised!!!! or somebody updated ur fb status saying i doin't watch porn or anything like that!!!
anii switching to a linux re for what ???? secure huncha bhanera !!! lol hasayoo bro linux ma gaye nii je ma gaye niii timro isp le bro laii eutaii ip address diyeko huncha jaha samma malai lagcha!!!!! 

i had not noticed any problems excepts that my internet cable get disconnected from time to time as i am sharing the cable of the house owner.???? brooo arko possiblilty!! if u r using WEP yeah that shit can be cracked by script kiddies too!!! if ur wep has been hacked yeah n someone is downloading gb of torrent files yeah then your bandwith is [Disallowed String for - bad word]ed up... that would mean very very slow internet!!!!
anii bro check ur cables too!!! aru kehi problem chaina bhane time to get a new router n modem.... hahahah!11
anii bro even i use tools available to capture packets...sniff around...session hijack...i don't think some would just hack ur computer to disconnect ur internet time to  time!!!!
and yeah what's ur internet speed ?/ don't tell me it is 256 kbps per lol
la broo kehi kura naramro laage maafi paau!!!
aniii enjoy mahabhart!!! porn ta herdainau rahechauu!!! m off to youjizz lol!!!

 bro laii yettiaki rag gareko mind garyo jasto cha hahah!! i know i am funny!!!anii bro if u could tell me how r u getting connected to internet....or routers being used ...cables and things like that!! try resetting your router too !!1 u might be having problems on wireless driver tooo!!! maybe ur driver is old anii!!!! run ipconfig/all in command prompt that will give u idea of how many computers are being connected in your network!!!! and stuffs like that could help me to figure out what is the solution....la brooo swtich to linux aniiii enjoy

@ alece bro why wud i mind ur insights n wisdom? i count u as my well wisher at least in terms of my tech wellbeing hey hey hey

u enjoy ur day bro

Dude

Do you have a wireless router? My guess is that you have it either open or on WEP. Check the router. Change to WPA or WPA2 if available for wireless security. WEP can be hacked in less than a minute. So no matter how many times you change the security key, does not matter. Change to WPA!!!