Oops! I made a Huge Mistake recommending Portmaster.. Don't install it!..
I just got attacked and my netbook's OS ground-up in a malware storm while chatting with Gemini AI on some extremely controversial topics.. I was chatting with Gemini, and suddenly the browser crashed off the screen the moment I wrote a bit of extreme controversial data... Gemini worked with me for an hour with Terminal, commands, codes, and security softwares, to determine the culprit.. Turned out it was the Portmaster group attacking my little computer with all kinds of scripting attacks... So I formatted the hard drive, and reinstalled the OS boycotting Portmaster.. Haven't had any of the usual rash of troubles since, and the OS is running about 15% faster and snappier, and there's no more strange zero byte scripting attack files showing up in home file.. If you have Portmaster in your internet computer, do so reinstall the OS, and boycott Portmaster, in favor of using UFW.. Don't forget to go into UFW settings, and switch it On... To hell with 'Pottymaster'!.. DYAM! You trust someone explicitly, then suddenly they turn on you like a cornered rabid distemper sewer rat preaching from a sticky tattered bible...
I'll add Gemini's chat comments, suggestions, and our research to this thread after I've made the chat into a clean edit...
https://www.google.com/search?q=port...9HCp84PlpqA8Ao