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Post by Alrik on Nov 22, 2006 17:46:38 GMT
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Post by Ubereil on Dec 2, 2006 10:14:41 GMT
OK, Trend have stopped updateing PC Cillin 2004 and later, and since I used 2002 it won't be updated again. Therefore I've switched to Avast! anti-virus. The problem is Avast! doesn't contain a firewall, and since I don't exactlly trust the Windowsfirewall my sollution will be that I get a good freeware firewall. The problem is, I don't KNOW any freeware firewalls! ;D
So, any tips?
Übereil
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Post by cleglaw on Dec 2, 2006 12:48:42 GMT
firewall: Sygate is available for download from cnet.com
some new free security stuff:
SiteAdvisor-- tells you whether any given site is safe with regard to links, downloads, spam, etc. It runs as an addon to the browser.
DropMyRights--allows you to drop the admin rights (you need XP) to any program, such as your browser, even if you are running as the admin. This walls off the browser from doing any harm to your system if it does pick up a virus. I like the concept, but do find the instructions a bit too hard to follow.
VMWare Player andBrowser appliance--installs a separate browser into a virtual system which makes your browsing extremely safe. It is highly demanding of system resources--consumes tons of memory--so you need a high level system.
Shazou--firefox extension that provides a bit of extra antiphishing safety.
WOT does the same.
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Post by morbo on Jan 15, 2007 22:12:42 GMT
About hijack this. You can always past your logfile here to have it analyserd. |
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Post by Alrik on Feb 25, 2007 13:22:42 GMT
Attack on Google Desktop. The report says that there exists kind of an attack that allows the attacker/hacker to get access to everything that's been indexed on the own PC by Google Desktop. OIr so I understood it.
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Post by cleglaw on Mar 13, 2007 22:55:13 GMT
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Post by Alrik on Mar 26, 2007 15:17:42 GMT
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Post by Alrik on Mar 29, 2007 11:33:46 GMT
I just read today that hackers have begun opening WLAN hotspots with names tht are similar to those of commercial companies ... open for everyone. And THEN they ask for money ...
Yuck.
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Post by Mea Culpa on Mar 29, 2007 17:38:07 GMT
I have come to 1 conclusion Al, .... you read too much ... of the wrong things ;D
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Post by Alrik on Mar 29, 2007 19:48:49 GMT
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Mea Culpa
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Post by Mea Culpa on Mar 31, 2007 18:15:46 GMT
LOL Al, for a paranoid geek like me I already figured that ... I refuse to use Wireless no matter how easy it makes things ... maybe when they get to Gigabyte encryption I think about it  |
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Post by Alrik on Apr 6, 2007 18:25:45 GMT
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Post by Alrik on Apr 15, 2007 21:35:32 GMT
Broad attempt to fake an ICQ download : www.icq2007.6x.to/Please do NOT download this thing ! It's a trojan ! But see this as a lesson to NOT trust such weird domain-Names ! |
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Post by cleglaw on May 31, 2007 15:58:29 GMT
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Post by cleglaw on Jun 13, 2007 11:54:24 GMT
It appears from Insomniac's find that if you choose to share a video from Google Video to another social network (like MySpace, for example), your username and password get sent in plaintext on the http protocol (rather than the more secure https protocol). www.seroundtable.com/archives/013820.html |
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Post by The Sonar Chicken on Jan 12, 2008 9:15:01 GMT
Heh, not sure if this has been mentioned before but you can do a "security scan" of your computer on this site(link below). There're also a few other tests on the site which you might find useful. www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2 |
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Post by Alrik on Jan 16, 2008 13:54:52 GMT
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Post by Alrik on Feb 15, 2008 13:38:40 GMT
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Post by Alrik on Mar 10, 2008 12:27:49 GMT
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Post by Alrik on Mar 13, 2008 11:51:43 GMT
There's a new explot with ebay out there, delivered via an e-mail.
It uses Flash and cross-side scripting.
So far I couldn't find any English-language article to that.
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