The Whole Messy Process I Went Through
So listen, I got curious ‘bout these Demon Slayer comics everyone whispers about online. Heard they’re spicy. But my regular laptop? Nah man, not risking it. Grabbed that dusty old ThinkPad from like 2015 – the one with the sticky “H” key. Good for experiments that might go sideways.
First thing? Shields up. Installed three different free antivirus things. Bitdefender, Malwarebytes, Avast – all free versions. Annoying with all the pop-ups beggin’ for money, but better than nothin’. Cleared all cookies and history too. Fresh start.
Started searchin’. Didn’t just type the obvious stuff. Looked through weird forums, those sketchy image boards where people talk sideways. Found a couple names dropped – sounded like comic sites but disguised as somethin’ else. Typed ‘em careful, letter by letter. One wrong character and you’re in ad-hell.
Hitting “Enter” felt scary. Site loaded slow. Like, real slow. My gut said “nope.” Closed that tab fast. Second site popped up with twelve pop-up ads instantly. Red lights everywhere on my antivirus dashboard buzzing. Canned that window too. Third try looked a bit cleaner. Fewer flashing banners. Still felt icky.
Before I clicked anything, I right-clicked every link. “Open in New Private Window” – my safety net. Found a couple comics. Didn’t even download ‘em yet! Just viewing. Held my breath.
Scanned everything constantly. Every damn page load? Ran a quick scan. Took forever. Clicked a comic image, and boom – site tries redirecting me. Malwarebytes blocked it cold. Almost quit right there, felt like dodging bullets.
Finally saw a comic page. But nah, didn’t save it properly. Screenshot tool? Nah. Used Snip & Sketch, just grabbed the image directly off the screen. Way safer than download buttons screaming “CLICK ME!” Saving anything felt like asking for trouble.
After like an hour of this stress? Done. Immediately cleared the browser cache. Again. Ran full scans with all three antivirus apps on that whole old laptop. Took ages. One flagged a tracking cookie, quarantined it. Annoying, but proof it was working.
Turned the laptop off. Probably won’t turn it back on for weeks. Might even wipe the whole thing later. Honestly? The hassle wasn’t worth it. Constantly sweatin’, feelin’ like a malware ninja dodging traps. Safer ways exist, or honestly? Maybe just skip it. My nerves can’t take another round.