Security & Privacy Tips!
With all the security/privacy concerns out there I thought I'd start a new thread called "Security & Privacy Tips" so if anyone comes across some that may be of benefit please post them here....
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well, I did the vulnerabilities one, and it showed 0 leaks, 0 holes and 0 whatever. I'll try the other one soon enough.Alex Worthen
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The Vulnerbilities scan is not as dangerous as the other two that's why I placed it last. Andrew DoveSnr. Admin of CyberwizardPit & Powered ByInfinity2000 Platinum Deluxe Edition
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If you chose to perform and allow your system to be exposed to the highest and most dangerous scan/attack levels at those three sites and your system managed to come out unscathed than I would have to...
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all but the suicide one. I can't access the attacks page.. I get to the main page, but not beyond that.Alex Worthen
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If you tried all 6 of the Virtual Suicide ones and they all come back with; "The page cannot be displayed" it is because your browser and firewalls settings are at maximum blocking capacity.Finally,...
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yeah, shields up was the first thing I checked, and I came up all stealth. as for the firewall, my sw firewall is set to medium, but I dunno about the hardware firewall.Alex Worthen
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hmm, this is what i got from remote security checker:Test complete.Number of connections established = 0.Number of refused connections = 0.Number of stealthed ports = 48 the sygate on the other hand...
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Good results. Inbound/Outbound ICMP are (Echo) pings and are not dangerous, usually the first thing a hacker does just before performing a scan like checking the doors and windows on your house to see...
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well, I would, but right now my firewall doesn't really have 2 real distinctive options. "high" cuts off all net traffic. I'll screw around with it though.Alex Worthen
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OK, good luck Alex, but if you are using any of the known free sw ones like; Zone Alarm, Tiny, Sygate, Look'n'Stop Lite, and Outpost you can usually adjust the security levels according to your...
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I'm using tiny right now. I had norton for awile, but it was a hog, so I switched. Tiny doens't seem to be the most customizable thing on the planet though.Alex Worthen
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I know what you mean, so is Nortons A/V software a resource hog, especially the version 2002. Tiny may be small but it sure is a powerful FW when properly configured. You may find this Welcome all...
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thx for the link. Even though nav 2002 is a hog as well, I still run it because for now it's the most effective anti virus program around, and after what just happened, I'm willing to take the pr4mnc...
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For security reasons, you may want to clear the pagefile.sys when you shutdown the system. Edit:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory ManagementAdd Value name...
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i take it it probably improves performace a bit since it's clearing it? I have no clue though, your the security expert. Alex Worthen
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Thank you my friend for the compliment but I'm no security expert, just someone whose interests gravitates more toward the security/privacy end of things since this is definitely going to be the focus...
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your right. Although, now we have to learn where to draw the line to how far we'll go for privacy at the cost of function.Alex Worthen
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Hi, over at Microsoft support, the Q I read had me set the Fags setting to 47 in hexadecimal. Looks like it worked ok.
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