EPT[Guide] Securing your PC - Page 5
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Freezard
Sweden1011 Posts
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R1CH
Netherlands10340 Posts
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rei
United States3594 Posts
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Captain Mayhem
Sweden774 Posts
On May 03 2010 06:53 rei wrote: Thanks R1CH!! Why are you so awesome? Asking R1CH why he's awesome is like asking water why it's wet, or the sky why it's blue. They just are, and always were. <3 | ||
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Judicator
United States7270 Posts
On March 07 2010 01:28 Biochemist wrote: How often do people intentionally package things like keyloggers/malicious rootkits/etc in pirated copies of major programs like windows/office? More often than people downloading the programs like to think. | ||
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Ursad0n
United States523 Posts
Also, how do you feel about programs like RoboForm? (And no i didn't buy it i have PCWorld so i got a free version) Is it safe? is it Super unsafe? Also On March 06 2010 08:20 LuCky. wrote: OK Rich which web browser would you recommend? -FF 3.6 -Opera 10.5 -Chrome 5.0 What DO u prefer? And one last thing. Is there an adblocker for Opera? I eagerly await your reply. :D TY for the help though. | ||
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SichuanPanda
Canada1542 Posts
Edit Browser Choices: NEVER FF - Always buggy, lots of exploits IE 8/9 - Very secure browsers, in fact perhaps secure to the point of becoming slow. Chrome - By far the fastest and most efficient browser. However has trouble loading most ASP and .NET based websites. At the same time it offers a true hidden browsing options, which neither of the other two use. Opera - Have not used since version 7, can't really say here. | ||
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AmIGoingToGetBanned
United States19 Posts
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Boblion
France8043 Posts
On May 07 2010 07:40 AmIGoingToGetBanned wrote: R1CH would you recommend Avast 5.0 (newest version) or MSE? I've heard great things about both, but I'm kind of confused. Tdot ? On topic: i'm happy with avast  | ||
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RationalCrusader
Canada33 Posts
If you're looking for an easy app to check for software updates then try File Hippo's Update Checker. I've tried secunia, which is quite good, but it's a little annoying to get an update. | ||
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MaZza[KIS]
Australia2110 Posts
On March 17 2010 04:43 R1CH wrote: Exploit code for another Adobe Reader bug was recently posted, so you can expect a fresh wave of PDF exploits in the wild pretty soon. This exploit allows remote code execution if successful, so if you haven't already, update / uninstall your Adobe Reader. I recommend disabling the browser plugin too so PDF files can't auto-open (eg from malicious banner ads), and/or switch to Foxit Reader which has a less worrying security history. R1CH could I please ask you to link to an article or otherwise where I can find more information about this bug. I'm an avid TL browser (browsing right now from work) and thought I could distribute this information to some of the techies in my office. They'll need more then just my claim of "R1CH from TL said it, it must be true!". In fact, if they find out I'm browsing gaming forums they might think I'm a geek. The cat isn't out of the bag yet... I've found this article (quickly google'ing): http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9174612/Adobe_Foxit_examine_new_no_bug_needed_PDF_hack Is this along the lines of what you are describing? Everything else seems to refer to an exploit/un-patched bug. | ||
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semantics
10040 Posts
http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf/index.html i personally use this pdf reader as it's tiny and gets the job done as far as it being any more secure ionno i don't care enough to find out i don't use pdf's often. http://gladiator-antivirus.com/forum/index.php?s=c4832b99b6f4f6752c400aa68ea724f4&showtopic=104127 here is more info on why pdf will be the death of you. although march 17 was quite awhile ago lol there have been several news stores on pdf in that time | ||
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cibris
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zatic
Zurich15328 Posts
On May 06 2010 04:04 SichuanPanda wrote: Huge tip here: NEVER use NORTON Anti-Virus. Norton scans everything your computer is doing bit-by-bit and as a result it will SLOW DOWN your computer, you may not get any viruses but the computer will run so slow it will seem like it has one. AVG Pro is the way to go for me, its cheap, it doesn't slow down you computer, and it can be setup to run a scan when you shut down your computer (hit shutdown and go to bed, comp turns off when its done the scan). This way you will be sure you never get any viruses without having a resource hog of an application like Norton. Edit Browser Choices: NEVER FF - Always buggy, lots of exploits IE 8/9 - Very secure browsers, in fact perhaps secure to the point of becoming slow. Chrome - By far the fastest and most efficient browser. However has trouble loading most ASP and .NET based websites. At the same time it offers a true hidden browsing options, which neither of the other two use. Opera - Have not used since version 7, can't really say here. This is a wall of personal opinion and doesn't help anyone to secure their PCs. Don't listen to this guy and stick to the OP please people. | ||
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deo1
United States199 Posts
edit: looks like Windows simply performs a check on a bit in the processor that labels each page as executable or not, so should be no performance problem at all. | ||
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R1CH
Netherlands10340 Posts
On May 07 2010 07:40 AmIGoingToGetBanned wrote: R1CH would you recommend Avast 5.0 (newest version) or MSE? I've heard great things about both, but I'm kind of confused. I haven't tried the newest Avast, but I do recall having some issue of some sort with the older versions. Really though anti-virus is becoming less effective anyway, you need to protect yourself so that you aren't exposing your PC to risk of infection to begin with. On May 09 2010 22:54 cibris wrote: Might be strange to ask but is there a windows operating system you'd actually recommend? Would you use a different one depending on what tasks you used your PC for? I would probably move to Windows 7 soon, XP is getting close to end-of-life and there's no point going for Vista when you can get Windows 7. Unless I'm doing development for a specific operating system I can't really see myself switching OSes just for a task. I do all my Linux development using remote servers anyway, so it doesn't really matter what OS I have on my own PC. On May 10 2010 00:08 deo1 wrote: Wow, I didn't even know about dep. It seems like an obvious measure to be taken in modern Harvard architecture systems. In fact it seems so obvious that, at least on the surface, I'm not convinced that there isn't some sort of performance hit (i.e. why isn't it enabled by default??). It isn't enabled by default in the name of compatibility with badly coded programs  . | ||
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disformation
Germany8352 Posts
I wasn't aware of the Data Execution Prevention option and that Secunia tool is sooo helpful. edit: with all that stuff, is it recommended to still use a tool like spybot - search&destroy? | ||
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AmIGoingToGetBanned
United States19 Posts
On May 10 2010 01:13 disformation wrote: Awesome stuff. I wasn't aware of the Data Execution Prevention option and that Secunia tool is sooo helpful. edit: with all that stuff, is it recommended to still use a tool like spybot - search&destroy? if experience serves me correctly, Spybot SAD is actually one of the worst anti-spywares you can have for free today, man, it's just not like it used to be anymore. i suggest malwarebytes, whatever u do though, DONT GET AD-AWARE! | ||
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jodogohoo
Canada2533 Posts
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Mohdoo
United States15689 Posts
On May 10 2010 13:18 AmIGoingToGetBanned wrote: if experience serves me correctly, Spybot SAD is actually one of the worst anti-spywares you can have for free today, man, it's just not like it used to be anymore. i suggest malwarebytes, whatever u do though, DONT GET AD-AWARE! I have done computer repair work for the past 5 years, and I have used Spybot SD the whole time. It has had its ups and downs, but I'd never say its bad. Any time you are removing spyware, you should never only be using one program anyway. I typically use Spybot and Malwarebytes together along with cleanup, ccleaner and hijackthis. | ||
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