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Safety on Computers

Started by dew7, March 29, 2004, 01:10:55 AM

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dew7

The patch has to do with hackers remotely accessing your computer through compromised web sites.  
  BTW, going way off topic here,  ;D do you have the picture from the KQ VI introduction as your picture because it was your favorite game?  I use Batman as my picture because I always liked how Batman fought criminals without any special powers and relied on gadgets, his wits and his strength.   8)
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Yonkey

Heh, all the Windows Update critical fixes say it prevents against hackers from accessing your computer.  ::)

When I was a newbie, I first picked the Sonic the Hedgehog avatar.  Then yes, I switched to KQ6 Alex because it was my favourite KQ game (and he's my favourite character).   8)
"A wish changes nothing. A decision changes everything."

Grundy


dew7

Well I am now trying out FireFox.
Carpe Diem  Trying to help all of us including myself understand the merry-go-round of life.

Jeysie


Yonkey

"Windows XP Service Pack 2, which is still being distributed to many customers' computers, is not vulnerable to the flaw."  

Now that's something you don't hear everyday. ;-D
"A wish changes nothing. A decision changes everything."

Jeysie

Let's just hope everyone knows to upgrade and can upgrade without any problems. :P

Peace & Luv, Liz

dew7

Update without any problems -- now in the case of Windows that is iffy at best   :P   ::)
Carpe Diem  Trying to help all of us including myself understand the merry-go-round of life.

Grundy

If anyone wants to see a world free from microsoft, goto south korea.   ;)    8)

Louisiana Night

#169
Quote from: Grundy on September 15, 2004, 08:07:18 PM
If anyone wants to see a world free from microsoft, goto south korea.   ;)    8)

Is there truth in that statment?

If there is, a link with more info would be nice.

*thinks about Lineage*

dew7

As if problems were not bad enough . . .

http://eeye.com/html/research/upcoming/index.html

:suffer:  :suffer:  :suffer:   :suffer:   :suffer:

ME, 2000 and XP affected (not 98SE   :pleased:  )
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GravityMX

I use zone alarm free version for the firewall. For spyware i use Ad-aware, spysweeper, spybot, xblock, and spyware blaster just to name a few. Im using AVG antivirus until i get Pc-ciliin 2004 soon  8).

im running XP pro which is alright  :-\

p.s. SP2 SUXs >:(

GravityMX

i dont know if this has been mention previously in this thread, since i didnt read it all. Well, if your getting lots of spyware and popups, its probably because of Microsofts weak and vulnerable internet explorer. Give mozilla a try since its open source, its free.

http://www.mozilla.org

p.s. been using mozilla for 3 months and got my first popup 6 days ago  :o

Jeysie

I've been lauding Opera and Mozilla over IE every chance I get. It's good to have some help. ;D

Peace & Luv, Liz

dew7

I use FireFox as my primary browser now.  IE is a backup and used for updates.  I have seen that Microsoft's share of the browser market is slowly going down because of IE security issues.   :suffer:   8)
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racx_00

#175
Well i use Mozilla and IE only exists on my computer because a few programs need it to be installed for them to run :-\

Im also going to try Firefox :D

BTW does anyone know a really good firewall ???, because im sick of ZoneAlarm :P
Knight of Jarada - Master Mind 8)
Assistant Manager of the TSL Asylum XD

racx_00

Ok well i have been using Firefox 1.0PR for about an hour now and i love it :D
Knight of Jarada - Master Mind 8)
Assistant Manager of the TSL Asylum XD

Louisiana Night

1.0 is out!? :o

*starts downloading*

racx_00

Yeah and IMO its better than the last version :P
Knight of Jarada - Master Mind 8)
Assistant Manager of the TSL Asylum XD

GravityMX

Quote from: racx on September 18, 2004, 01:42:09 AM
Well i use Mozilla and IE only exists on my computer because a few programs need it to be installed for them to run :-\

Im also going to try Firefox :D

BTW does anyone know a really good firewall ???, because im sick of ZoneAlarm :P



I love zonealarm 8). makes the net run alot faster.  :P.