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Speaking of which Very often I find myself scratching my head, wondering how my friends and family end up with such nasty incursions when I'm sailing along unscathed. The most likely answer: They're allowing it to happen, albeit unknowingly. The two main culprits, in my opinion, are unsafe links like the kind found in phishing emails and spyware-infested downloads. One click of the former can steer you to a site that, just by viewing it, installs malware on your PC.

As for the latter, many software sites are rife with ads masquerading as download buttons. You innocently click one, thinking you're downloading a particular program, but when you go to install it, bam: malware city. The moral of the story, of course, is "look before you click. Likewise, steer clear of splashy "Download" buttons; very often the program you're after is accessible via a small, understated link, not a button.

Another tip: Use an ad-blocker. The SendSpace page shown above looks dramatically different once you strip away all those confusing boxes. Perhaps most important of all, learn to recognize spam when you see it.

Mail services like Gmail do a great job filtering out most of it, but sometimes an errant bit of junk gets through -- and very often it's a phishing message that can lead you to trouble. While you're at it, stop trying to download pirated music and movies.

It's not only illegal, but also a surefire way to end up with malware. Oh, and for heaven's sake, make backups! Keep your critical data archived locally and in the cloud. A while back, two family members fell victim to a growing security scourge: ransomware. As I noted above, I'm usually the go-to guy when virus issues crop up, but this threw me for a loop. Not only had I not encountered ransomware before, I found myself helpless to undo the damage it had done. And what damage: All their data files Word, Excel and so on had been irrevocably encrypted, meaning they produced only gibberish when opened in their respective programs.

Well, not exactly irrevocably. Despite my best efforts, I could find no special trick, no rescue utility to thwart the thieves and reclaim the data. This is scary stuff, and although it definitely made me think a little harder about my approach to desktop security.

Indeed, during the WannaCry scare a few months back, I was sufficiently freaked out that I installed freeware utility Cybereason Ransomfree.

Has it detected any incursions? Thankfully, no -- and while it may be naive to pat myself on the back, I think that's because I don't fall prey to the phishing methods and duplicitous downloads that open the door to ransomware.

Let me be clear: I'm not recommending that everyone ditch their security software and do like I do. The lack of encryption as it is available on some of its competition like Mega is a downer, though you can use the service to transfer files over an encrypted https channel.

Another way to restrict distribution is to cap the number of downloads, either by the number of times such as 15 , or by a certain period of time such as 5 days. You can also specify both limits and the downloads will cease as soon as either of them is triggered. For Free users, download links lead to a download page. However you can buy download bandwidth for a file, which will automatically convert the link into a direct download link.

In this case even if the recipients are free users, they are not restricted in any way, and can download the file as if they were premium users. Besides the web interface the service also has apps for the desktop as well as for Android smartphones. Like we mentioned earlier, you can use Sendspace without registering with the service. Uploading a file using the web interface is fairly straightforward.

You can either use your file manager or drag and drop files into the Upload area to transfer the files into your account. You can also optionally add a brief description and lock the files with a password. Also, by default the service will send you the download link for the files on your registered email address. If you want to share the files with someone else, you can specify their email address and the service will email them the download link automatically once the file has been uploaded.

Once a file has been uploaded, the service will display the URL to download the file. The uploaded files are also listed in your account, from where you can add a description and set a password. By default, all folders are created as Private but can be changed to Shared. In addition to the web interface, you can also interact with the service using its desktop and Android app.