Bump! I wanted to thank you, because my 28-character password account (though I doubt the length truly matters if they want it badly enough) was broken into, and it also stored other passwords from long, long ago, and I immediately recalled the thread and found it very useful indeed.

Because I'm too lazy to search, what's your job, again? I'm assuming you majored in comp sci at X university and your career involves something...programming/IT based? Grasping at straws here...though I do know that it (embarrassingly broadly--referring to my guess) has to do with computers...

Thanks again.

semantics

10040 Posts

March 24 2011 08:02 GMT

#103

Is there any types of programs that tend to disagree with DEP SEHOP and ASLR. that and among the Nullpage HeapSpary or EAF. Or is it rare for a program to have issue with these features, and if there is an issue what would it manifest as, the program crashing? Just wondering if i could just turn that all on, but then i wonder if it's all nice and dandy then why doesn't Microsoft just have it already all turned on by default.

kOre

Canada3642 Posts

March 24 2011 08:06 GMT

#104

Thanks for the bump ^^ Updated my newly formatted computer with the necessary updates. Being TL's wizard is his part-time job I think?

R1CH

Netherlands10340 Posts

November 26 2011 02:45 GMT

#105

Bump!

Secunia PSI now has a new version that can automatically install updates for you. Also fixed the EMET link since there is a new version available. The rest of the guide is still valid.

Frozenhelfire

United States420 Posts

December 09 2011 23:55 GMT

#106

Hey Rich, do you have any additional suggestions if you don't have access to your router/don't know if it is NAT/don't know if you use one? I live in a dorm and we plug in to the wall. I tried putting a router between wall connection and my computer and it wouldn't work. Is the NAT router important or did I read too much into it? Thanks in advance.

R1CH

Netherlands10340 Posts

March 20 2012 06:11 GMT

#107

Updated Browser section, also fixed a few other parts that were out of date.

lisward

Singapore959 Posts

March 20 2012 07:06 GMT

#108

Hi dude what do you think about fully cloud based antiviruses like Panda Cloud? You don't need to update them at all, will that be a better solution?

qwertzi

111 Posts

March 20 2012 19:35 GMT

#109

hey r1ch,

i was wondering, what do you think of spybot as another or additional safety measure?!

NeonFox

2373 Posts

March 29 2012 17:42 GMT

#110

Never heard of EMET before this day, thanks for talking about it.

Shagg

Finland825 Posts

March 29 2012 19:51 GMT

#111

Thanks r1ch, truly helpful and easy to understand

ilbh

Brazil1606 Posts

March 30 2012 03:06 GMT

#112

hey R1ch, I'm really interested to know what do you think about Kaspersky?

I have been using it and it seems awesome. as far as I know he can detect what any running program is trying to execute and prevent it to be executed.

it also has Heuristic detection and some other things like e-mail anti virus, IM and Web anti virus and obviously many configuration options and more things, like preventing boot-infection, etc. etc. etc. lol

Have you tried it?

thanks for the guide! it's awesome, really good advices!

Synapze

Canada563 Posts

March 30 2012 03:19 GMT

#113

Anti virus is unnecessary these days. Google chrome is safer than any software you can get, and the rest is diligence on your part. If you're going to download torrents or anything from other users and sites, do your research. Read comments and look up the history of the provider if there is not comments.

supsun

United Kingdom343 Posts

March 30 2012 22:58 GMT

#114

Anyone know if it would infect my iPhone?

Neo7

United States922 Posts

April 15 2012 17:00 GMT

#115

ASUS had a strange setup with my laptop recovery media in that it split it into two disks. The first one was just the OS while the 2nd contained all the bloatware. I found that when I forced restarted the laptop when it requested the 2nd CD, I wound up with a clean Windows 7 installation (no drivers, no bloatware). Nice for it to work out in that favor since I can only get programs I want as well as install the latest drivers from their site.

AnotherRandom

Canada81 Posts

May 28 2012 05:25 GMT

#116

Not tying to necropost something, but here's an explanation of the issue I'm currently having.

D3 was recently released and like many other people, my account has been compromised. Much of the information going around points to something like a keylogger. How can I find out what caused my account to be compromised and what is the best option for me?

I'm running a 64-bit Vista Home Premium HP laptop. I use Google Chrome and the only anti-malware software I use is MSE/Windows Firewall.

I can reinstall my OS no problem, did that 2 months ago. I'm just want to get more information about what happened and what I can do before I go through the 3-hour hassle of getting my PC back to a setting that I feel is secure.

How can I avoid this from happening in the future?

EdenPLusDucky

571 Posts

May 28 2012 05:33 GMT

#117

If only your bnet account was compromised, and nothing else, it probably isn't a keylogger. There was a problem with hackers using your player session in D3 if you logged in or something like that, blizzard should have fixed it though.

Zariel

Australia1277 Posts

May 28 2012 05:51 GMT

#118

Nice writeup.

Browsing infection are getting more and more common these days, I see customers everyday that have these fraudulent anti-virus programs loaded that literally lock down your whole PC and some variants even flag all your data as hidden.

I do agree that the MSE is a good and simple anti-virus program for everyone to use. Companies like Symantec, Kaspersky etc.. are just a white-collar cash-cow programs that overload you with these 'security features' which I really don't see them work. I find it funny how it pretty much says "Oh I found this virus, but I can't remove it".

Essentially, my arsenal of tools to combat virus/spyware related issues are:

1) Malwarebytes
2) Combofix
3) MSE
4) A secondary PC with anti virus program
5) Windows Vista Pre-Installation DVD (fuck this is a beautiful disc)

niteReloaded

Croatia5281 Posts

May 28 2012 10:31 GMT

#119

R1CH,

Do you have an opinion of Comodo Internet Security?
I started using it the other day, and I have a hunch it's a beastly security option.
(Free, low on resource usage, frequent updates, AV, firewall, some option called Defense+)

Anyway, one of the things they offer to do for you as you install it, is to change your DNS settings to their safe servers. What do you think about that? Clever, or maybe not as important as I think?

Also, you talk a lot about Adobe products, don't you think it's better to just use alternative PDF readers for example than to constantly check for updates for Adobe manually?

--
Thanks for the guide, it's expanded my views.

R1CH

Netherlands10340 Posts

May 28 2012 11:30 GMT

#120

I dislike Comodo, it installs a lot of kernel mode hooks that can break a lot of legit programs and cause Internet instability. Maybe it's improved since I last looked at it, but I don't see the point of anything beyond basic anti-virus for the home user.