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Do you know which applications and processes connect to the Internet on your computer ? If you use a firewall chance is that you had to define rules to allow certain programs the right to connect to the Internet. Sometimes however users think of this as a burden and use low security settings to prevent [...]
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The Avira AntiVir Rescue System is a linux-based application that allows accessing computers that cannot be booted anymore. Thus it is possible to repair a damaged system, to rescue data or to scan the system for virus infections. Just double-click on the rescue system package to burn it to a CD/DVD. You can then use [...]
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How to find the IP adress of the sender in Gmail, Yahoo! mail or Hotmail
When you receive an email, you receive more than just the message. The email comes with headers that carry important information that can tell where the email was sent from and possibly who sent it. For that, you would need to [...]
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A Quick Intro to Sniffers:
Wireshark/Ethereal, ARPSpoof, Ettercap, ARP poisoning and other niceties.
When I tell some of my coworkers that I’m sniffing the network, they have a tendency to look at me funny. A Sniffer (also know as a Network Analyzer) is a piece of software that can look at network traffic, decode it, and [...]
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Security News Portal formally Infosec has been around since the beginning of the WWW and is still going strong as ever! Visit SNP soon you wont be dissapointed as they have a very massive database of feeds from all over the WWW dealing with mainy IT Security articles and Tech News A+ site!
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Better Privacy serves to protect against undeletable long-term cookies, a new generation of ‘Super-Cookie’, which silently conquered the internet. This new cookie generation offers unlimited user tracking to industry and market research. Concerning privacy ‘Flash’ and ‘DOM Storage’ -cookies are most critical.
Flash-Cookies (Local Shared Objects) are pieces of information placed on your computer by a [...]
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Dial-a-fix is an advanced utility for 32-bit versions of Microsoft Windows written by DjLizard in Borland Delphi 7 that repairs various Windows problems, such as:
Windows Update errors and problems with Automatic Updates
SSL, HTTPS, and Cryptography service (signing/verification) issues
COM/ActiveX object errors and missing registry entries
and more.
Dial-a-fix (hereafter [...]
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SuperAntiSpyware
SUPERAntiSpyware is the most thorough AntiSpyware scanner on the market. Our Multi-Dimensional Scanning and Process Interrogation Technology will detect spyware that other products miss! SUPERAntiSpyware will remove ALL the Spyware, NOT just the easy ones!
Easily remove over 1 million pests and threat components such as VirusRay, AntiVirGear, VirusProtectPro, DriveCleaner, SmitFraud, [...]
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ZoneAlarm® ForceField™
Virtualized Browser Security
Bank, shop, and browse the Web safely and privately.
ZoneAlarm ForceField provides a protective layer around your browser, shielding you from drive-by downloads, browser exploits, phishing attempts, spyware and keyloggers. So your passwords, your confidential information, and your financial data remain protected.
Features
Virtual Browsing - Builds a protective shield around your web browser. It [...]
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There are a handful of websites that make my job easier as a computer technician (especially Technibbles forums). These sites may contain hard-to-get drivers, special information or marketing materials. So, here is a list of websites that computer technicians will find very useful.
Thanks to Nathan H for recommending many of these.
Drivers and Updates:
BIOS-Drivers.com - A [...]
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Firewalls’ ratings
The table below sorts the tested products by their total score, which is displayed in the Product score column. The second number in this column, separated by a slash, represents a number of tests that were in the system when the given product was tested, i.e. the number of tests with a [...]
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Returnil Virtual System is a powerful virtualization technology that completely mirrors your actual computer setup and it can create a virtual storage disk within your PC where you can save documents, data, and files while using the System Protection feature.
The latest version of Returnil Virtual System 2008 was released about a month ago. There’s not [...]
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From e-Motional.com Software:
Password protect your workstation or server with Transparent Screen Lock PRO while viewing programs that are running. Prevent system access via CRTL-ALT-DEL. Options to remove the pocess from the Windows Task Manager and restrict configuration menus to Administrators only in order to prevent regular users from disabling or tampering with the program. [...]
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The problem: When you use a computer that is not under your full control, such as a computer in an Internet café, a public library, or at a friend’s or relative’s [...]
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I’ve never had any antivirus installed in my computer because I am confident that it won’t be infected by viruses as I am always very careful on the files downloaded from Internet. After so many years of using the computer, so far only 3 times my computer has been infected by virus and believe it [...]
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The goal of this website is to provide a central resource for information on securing your home computer or network and/or learn advanced concepts in security. I provide links to literature, media, and software that you can use to keep your system safe from compromise and free from malware. Although much of the software [...]
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The number of malicious programs being created is continously rising. Each day Norman receives on average more than one thousand malicious files from customers and other parties.
Norman Sandbox Information Center (NSIC) is a web site that offers
Free uploads of program files that you suspect are malicious or infected by malicious components, and instant analysis by Norman SandBox. [...]
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SSL Proxies Very Hard to block!
https://www.btunnel.com
https://www.ctunnel.com
https://www.dtunnel.com
https://www.vtunnel.com
https://www.ztunnel.com
https://www.polysolve.com
https://www.beatfiltering.com
https://www.7rz.org/
Advanced Proxies
http://www.hello.insanewarez.org/
http://geometrytunnel.com/
http://6FeetUnder.Co.CC/
http://coverour.info/
http://0bin.info/
http://myfitness.co.cc/
http://myshack.co.cc/
http://proxy-directory.co.cc/
http://ximg.co.cc/
http://myrocking.co.cc/
http://illstand1.com/proxy.php
http://proxter.freefastsite.com/
http://www.proxylegend.com/
http://www.coolpanda.net/
http://www.proxy.pigment7up.com/
http://www.anonymoussurfhome.info/
http://www.proxycc.com/index.asp
Others
http://viperfx-proxy2.us.to
http://viperfx-proxy.uk.to
http://proxyjag.info/
http://ramboproxy.info/
http://viperfx.00bp.com
http://www.proxyzzz.info
http://www.thrufare.com/index.php
http://slipar.com/p
http://anonymouse.org
http://www.wgadmin.oxyhost.com/
http://www.surf1ng.info
http://www.httpdefend.com
http://www.hideme99.info/
http://bypass-bess.info
http://overridebess.info
http://fighttheblock.com/
http://2bessfiltering.info
http://www.coolmask.info
http://www.daproxysurf.com
http://www.bypasswebsensesecurity.info
http://www.officebypass.com
http://www.sneaknsurf.com
http://www.unblock-bess.info
http://www.1337pr0xy.co.cc
http://www.platinumprivacy.info
http://pathtofun.com/proxy.htm
http://samairproxy.com
http://www.linxology.com
http://www.1337pr0xy.co.cc
http://pinoyarticles.com
http://proxyny.com
http://bind2.info
http://prux.net
http://www.rc2.info
http://www.supermanproxy.com
http://surfnine.co.cc
http://www.freerox.info
http://www.libertybell.biz
http://procksee.info
http://www.surfnine.co.cc
http://www.pauproxy.info/
http://www.surfblocked.co.cc
http://www.intui.info
http://deutsch1and.co.cc
http://berlincity.co.cc
http://browsor.nz.gs
http://www.unblock.magic-world.it
http://aliveunblocker.info/
http://www.enablebrowser.info/
http://cokxxie.us.to
http://isurfer.nz.gs
http://office.us.to/
http://wadup.info
http://kazooki.info
http://bazow.info
http://www.planetmelrose.com
http://andromeda.hu.tl
http://letzsurf.info
http://www.prowy.info
http://www.verysong.co.cc
http://www.embedproxies.com/
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SuRun eases using Windows 2000 or Windows XP with limited user rights. SuRun usually runs on Windows Vista too if you disable User Account Control. With SuRun you can start applications with elevated rights without needing administrator credentials.
The idea is simple and was taken from SuDown (http://SuDown.sourceforge.net).
The user usually works with the pc as standard [...]
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- FileMon monitors and displays file system activity on a system in real-time. Its advanced capabilities make it a powerful tool for exploring the way Windows works, seeing how applications use the files and DLLs, or tracking down problems in system or application file configurations. Filemon’s timestamping feature will show you precisely when every [...]
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How well protected is your PC?
Test My PC Security has a wide range of downloadable firewall leak and HIPS tests so you can find out just how good your security software is.
If you are connected to the internet, you have a doorway that the rest of the world can use to enter your computer. The [...]
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ProSecurity is a type of security application tool known as H.I.P.S. - Host Intrusion Prevention System. ProSecurity is kernel-level security protection software based on behavior detection.
By intercepting and protecting system behaviors such as applicatoin loading, cross-process operations, registry operations, network access, direct physical memory access, installation of Windows hooks or system services/drivers. ProSecurity can prevent [...]
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A few days ago we started getting messages from users saying that their antivirus software had started detecting Trojans in the Flashget directory Analysis showed that the problem was affecting Flashget users all over the world. Files called inapp4.exe, inapp5.exe, and inapp6.exe (which are detected by Kaspersky Anti-Virus as Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Agent.exo, Dropper.Win32.Agent.ezxo, and Trojan-Dowloader.Win32.Agent.kht) appeared on [...]
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Agnitum Outpost Firewall Pro is a software based firewall I respect a lot, and used to actually use…It used to be fairly light weight, secure and had some good features the other firewalls at the time didn’t have (system file integrity checking and so on).
But nowadays with NAT routers, the need for desktop firewalls [...]
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