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| How Strong Are Your Passwords ? |
| Your online accounts, mail, computer files, and personal information are more secure when you use strong passwords to help protect them. You can check the strength of your passwords at Microsofts Password Checker. And if you need tips on how to make a strong password, you may visit Microsofts How to create and use Strong Passwords. |
| SpywareDoctor Freeware Starter Edition has SMALLER Signature Database! |
| Most users of the Starter Edition are of the impression that the only limitation in the Starter Edition was that some of the On-Guard facilities were not available. Spyware Doctor Starter Edition, which is available as a Freeware Download as a part of the Google Pack, has a MUCH Smaller database. So, what exactly has been left out, other than the obvious ~400K fewer malware signatures in the starter editions ??? |
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| How To Analyze HijackThis Log Files. |
| Should you suspect that your Computer has been infected with Malware (Virus, Spyware, Trojans, Worms, etc), you should generate your HijackThis Log File. To do so, you need to download and use the HijackThis Utility. |
| Analyzing the output is another question, however... |
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| Security News Updates. |
| Microsoft Security Intelligence Report - H2 2007 |
| Hacking Backdoor in G-Archiver For GMail Found ! Unistall it immediately ! |
| Top 10 predictions for Security Threats in 2008 |
| IEDefender identifies Microsofts msnmsgr.exe as malware. |
| Rogue application masquerades as Microsoft Antispyware ! |
Freeware AVG 8.0 now has protection from spyware too.
avast! 4.8 Free is out !
RealPlayer goes BAD !
ZoneAlarm succumbs to Ask.com toolbar temptations
Microsoft passes latest VB100 virus test; Some security giants fail !
“Malware 2.0” : Zero-'Minute' Threats Set To Explode !
Boom-time for Malware Economy !
The computer virus turns 25 years old this year. |
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 A Multi-layered approach to Internet Security. |
Some Basic Must-Have's and Must-Do's for any PC user : |
A Junk Cleaner & a Tweaker |
| An Anti-Virus |
| One or More Anti-Spyware |
| 3rd Party-Firewall |
| ...With this, the days of definition based defense may well be numbered... Signature-based malware scanning, as we know it, will decline in effectiveness! |
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| GUIDE : Virus, Spyware, Malware Removal. |
| Vista is quite secure ! But should your computer get infested with persistent malware, here are the general malware removal steps, you may have to follow ... |
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| Cookies : An Over-Rated Threat ? |
| A cookie is a small snippet of information sent from a web server to a user's browser, which then stores it. |
| But there is a Dark Side to these Cookies ... |
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| ROOTKITS : The Emerging Threat. |
| While it is possible to hide spyware or a virus in a way that will fool even the traditional antivirus/antispyware products, some malware programs are already using so-called rootkits to hide deep on your pc ! They are now an emerging type of SuperSpyware which hide themselves effectively & impact the operating system kernel directly. When you find your AntiVirus & AntiSpyware failing, you may need to take the help of a good Anti-Rootkit Utility... |
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| Top Ten Security Applications. |
Organizations like virus.gr, virusbtn, pcworld, toptenreviews, cnet , all have their own methods of testing and rankings of various anti-virus & anti spyware programs. Most of their rankings differ widely, if you have a look at them. Based on these very reports and my personal experience with almost all these applications, here are what I consider as the Top 10 ... |
 
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| Reloading Fully Vista's Half-Cocked Firewall ! |
| The Windows XP SP2 Firewall works only one-way, that is, it only blocks malicious inbound connections. In Windows Vista, the Firewall is now two-way, ie. it adds outbound protection too ! Its like this; though Vista's outbound firewall is 'on' by default, all outbound connects that do not match a rule are allowed by its default configuration ! In short, even though the Vista Firewall outbound protection is on, it is not doing anything really ! If you wish, you can turn on the outbound filtering too ! But be ready then to make a trust decision for every application which runs to touch the network ! If Microsoft were to keep a database of known trusted applications, like other commercial Firewall's do, it sure would make life easier for the Vista user in this case |
| How to lock down your Hosts file ! |
| Imagine clicking on winvistaclub.com and seeing a completely different Web site load in your browser; Or imagine clicking on Live search, only to fine yourself being directed to some other search engine ! Spyware can redirect Web addresses on your computer by altering your hosts file. this is referred to as the Host File Hijack. |
| The file's name is simply hosts, with no extension and is situated at C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\ETC. Navigate to it, Rt-click on it and open its Properties. now make it into a Read-only file ! |
| I recommend you download an 'ideal' hosts file from MVPS.Org . Unzip it and replace your host file with this one. Then make it 'read-only'. This way your machine will be protected from opening malafide websites too. |
| To manage your Hosts, download and use this excellent small utility Hostsman . |
| Best to always leave Windows Firewall 'ON'. |
| A small tip! Even if you are using a 3rd party firewall, provided there are no conflicts, its always best to keep the Windows Firewall ON always, simply because it provides boot time protection ie. protection during that short period of time between when the network starts and a third party firewall fires up. Your third party firewall may not have the same ability. This can make the critical difference sometimes. |
| Windows Live OneCare Virus and Spyware Repair Tool. |
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| If after after an install or an upgrade of Windows Live OneCare, the antivirus and spyware component does not start properly, users see a red action item entitled: |
Urgent, Contact Help Center - OneCare virus and spyware protection encountered a problem and cannot start |
| ... then this tool, released by Microsoft on 12th Oct, 2007 called as AntiMalwareRepair.exe, will attempt to repair the virus and spyware protection component of OneCare on this computer. Download it Here. |
| Are you a Security Wizard ? |
| There are several tests on the internet, but I came across these two recently. The first one is designed by Carnegie Mellon University and is a 'Phising' test. Its got a rather interesting approach ... more like a game. Try it here. |
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| The other one is better known an test your knowledge on computer security. Click Agnitum to try it. |
| How good is your AntiVirus at detecting Trojans? |
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| Most know about the Eicar AntiVirus Test File. Now check out Trojan Simulator. |
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| Does your AntiVirus or AntiMalware detect it ? The test is harmless just like Eicar ! |
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| Security Application Reviews. |
SpywareBlaster 4.0 released!
Comodo Firewall For Vista.
Freeware AVG to Get New Security Features.
Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer.
SafeSpace.
Avast vs AVG
Drawbacks of Freeware AntiVirus Programs
Make Your Searches Safer
ThreatFire
Prevx CSI - FREE Malware Scanner
The Secunia Software Inspector. |
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