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Since the launch of the ARPANET (1969, an early version of the Internet that we know of today) the Internet has change “quite” a lot. The big change would come in the early 90s. However, as the public started to get access to the Internet. Me, I still remember the first time that I played Doom over the Internet back in 1994 (on a really slow dial-up modem. It was a “top of the line” kind of modem at that time though) it felt somewhat unreal to be able to play against other real players from different parts of the world.

However, not before 1996 did I get my own modem (a 33.6K modem), and at that time Internet was really small (only Yahoo and Altavista existed as search engines as well). Not only that, there was very few “good” webpages that you could visit (as Internet was still very young and in a development stage). Even so, there´s still some good aspects which I can mention about the mid 90s version of the Internet.

1. Much less spyware, adware, viruses and trojans
2. Most webpages were rather harmless (less porn, hate, scam sites and so on)

None of that can be said about today’s version of the Internet. As it´s recommended that you use a hardware (and software) firewall, a maleware and anti-virus program in-order to stay somewhat safe on the web. However, there is actually another solution to get a really safe PC, and that is to use a “all-in-one” security software solution.

If you wanna stay safe while browsing the web, then you should try the free trail of F-Secure´s Safe.

Like F-Secure´s “Safe” software, for example. Which protects your computer from harm at all times (for PC, MAC, tablets and smart phones). So if you like the sound of that, then you should download and try the 30-day free trial of F-Secure Safe asap! Oh, another thing. I have one more fun story about the old-school version of the web. Back in 1997 I tried to download the demo for Running with Scissors action/slaughter simulator “Postal” on a 56K modem.

It took me almost a whole day to download that demo, and I ended up with a rather expensive Internet bill as well (I’m sure glad that I/we won´t have to deal with stuff like that anymore), but you know what? It was so worth it 😉

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Robin “V-Act” Ek
The Gaming Ground
Twitter: @TheGamingGround