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Visiting dodgy websites in itself isn't as risky as you make it out to be. There are very few exploits in an updated version of Chrome or Firefox that would compromise your machine.
I think you're agreeing with me then.
My first point is keeping everything updated - which would include the browser(s)
My later point was visiting dodgy sites with protections disabled.