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 May 6 2008, 04:16 PM
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 Bleepin' Animin  Group: Site Admin Posts: 4,887 Joined: 18-August 05 From: Now On... Member No.: 31,547  |
QUOTE Criminal attacks against major Web sites have grown so common that Internet users have no reliable way to know which sites are safe to visit, no matter how well known those destinations are, security experts say. News of the latest attack comes from Finjan, an Israeli security firm, which is reporting today that last month it found a large cache of information - including confidential medical records, financial records and business e-mails - sitting unprotected on a computer network server in Malaysia. For the rest of the online article click here. -------------------- The Internet is so big, so powerful and pointless that for some people it is a complete substitute for life. Andrew Brown  "On the keyboard of life, always keep one finger on the escape key." — Scott Adams. |
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May 6 2008, 09:35 PM
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well,that's disturbing and a little annoying.
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May 7 2008, 05:47 PM
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Member Group: HJT Sophomore Classmen Posts: 72 Joined: 14-April 08 Member No.: 202,943 |
Is bleeping computer safe?
 On a serious note,yes,its disturbing & annoying.
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May 7 2008, 11:17 PM
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 To INSANITY and BEYOND !! Group: Moderator Posts: 7,204 Joined: 10-September 04 From: NJ USA Member No.: 2,608 |
Which is why I still snail mail my tax return amonst other things.
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ThoughtVent a goodplace to discuss.<<>>>Staying Updated Calendar of Updates. For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear.... |
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May 8 2008, 11:10 AM
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 Member Group: Members Posts: 48 Joined: 3-October 07 From: NY Member No.: 160,632 |
Hopefully soon enough we will all upgrade to the grid and start back at level 1. It might take at least a few weeks for spammers and malware creators to catch up... maybe...
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May 8 2008, 04:41 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 46 Joined: 19-March 08 Member No.: 197,412 |
pulling the plug is the best way to stay safe.
There is Mcafee site adviser. Works great http://www.siteadvisor.com This post has been edited by paperclip57: May 8 2008, 04:41 PM |
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 May 9 2008, 11:59 AM
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a forum member Group: Members Posts: 1,620 Joined: 27-August 07 Member No.: 153,171 |
QUOTE(paperclip57 @ May 8 2008, 10:41 PM)  pulling the plug is the best way to stay safe. There is Mcafee site adviser. Works great http://www.siteadvisor.com there IS...provided your windows version is compatible with it 
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May 18 2008, 02:56 AM
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New Member Group: Members Posts: 1 Joined: 18-May 08 Member No.: 209,602 |
One of the many things you must do is become invisiable on the web. Use a anomyous proxy and a filter program to control all the signals that flow on the internet. Plus a good firewall that can make your ports stealth. A nice Port Blocker. Do not use ie browser. This is the basic start, and also the anti virus, adware blocker and a rootkit detection, trojan scanner/blocker. By the time you do all this, you computer may come to a crawl. So practice good security procedures. And do plenty of backups. Then you dont care if your computer gets hit. You can always restore it from the original disk and your backups.
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May 18 2008, 07:07 PM
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 Bleepin' Night Watchman Group: BC Advisor Posts: 1,762 Joined: 5-December 05 From: The City of Saint Francis, by the western sea Member No.: 43,307 |
I find that using Firefox with the NoScript addon can protect a user from a great many threats that are out there. Firefox is (in many people's opinion, including mine) a more secure browser than Internet Explorer to begin with, and the NoScript addon will prevent any website from running javascripts without your explicit permission. It also blocks Java, Flash, Silverlight, and other plugins until you give your say so. Get Firefox; Get NoScript
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May 19 2008, 09:10 AM
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 Forum Regular Group: Members Posts: 167 Joined: 27-September 07 Member No.: 159,556 |
I'm with Amazing Andrew - Firefox with NoScript works best for me. And I'm with boopme on snail mail for tax returns. As to siteadvisor - I use it occassionally to check out a site but not solely.
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May 20 2008, 09:31 PM
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New Member Group: Members Posts: 2 Joined: 11-January 08 Member No.: 182,864 |
I only use Firefox, and Commodo firewall, works pretty good.
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May 20 2008, 09:40 PM
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 Bleepin' Conundrum Group: Global Moderator Posts: 8,400 Joined: 26-April 04 From: 65 miles due East of the "Logic Free Zone", in Md, USA Member No.: 235 |
QUOTE(tork @ May 19 2008, 10:10 AM) As to siteadvisor - I use it occassionally to check out a site but not solely. I recommend adding LinkScanner to your list to check out site URLs. While I have the PRO version, there is a free on-line scan that anyone may use as much as one wants. http://linkscanner.explabs.com/linkscanner/default.asp -------------------- |
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May 22 2008, 06:54 AM
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Forum Regular Group: Members Posts: 167 Joined: 27-September 07 Member No.: 159,556 |
QUOTE(KoanYorel @ May 20 2008, 10:40 PM) QUOTE(tork @ May 19 2008, 10:10 AM) As to siteadvisor - I use it occassionally to check out a site but not solely. I recommend adding LinkScanner to your list to check out site URLs. While I have the PRO version, there is a free on-line scan that anyone may use as much as one wants. http://linkscanner.explabs.com/linkscanner/default.asp Glad you brought that up - I'll check it out. |
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