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Free Wireless Security Tools
Thursday, December 10th, 2009 | Author: admin

Tools and utilities to help you test, monitor and protect your wireless network

NetStumbler
NetStumbler displays wireless access points, SSIDs, channels, whether WEP encryption is enabled and signal strength. NetStumbler can connect with GPS technology to accurately log the precise location of access points.

MiniStumbler
A smaller version of NetStumbler designed to work on PocketPC 3.0 and PocketPC 2002 platforms. It provides support for ARM, MIPS and SH3 CPU types.

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Securing Windows XP Home Edition
Thursday, December 10th, 2009 | Author: admin

Users should follow basic security advice like that found in Security Basics In A Home Computing Environment, Password Security, or In Depth Security. But, there are some additional steps to take that are unique to Windows XP Home edition.

The following list includes five things you can do to make sure your Windows XP Home edition is secure- including tricks and tips you might need to know in order to follow the advice from the other articles and implement those recommendations on this operating system.

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Virus, Worm or Trojan Horse: What’s the Difference?
Thursday, December 10th, 2009 | Author: admin

So, one day your anti-virus program, say Norton or Panda, alerts you that a threat to your computer has been neutralized. Furthermore, you learn that this threat was a malicious remote access Trojan horse that you had unwittingly executed, thinking the program was just a new update for your computer.

You’re relieved to know that the threat is neutralized, but that leaves you pondering, “What is a Trojan horse, and how does it differ from a worm or a virus?” Although these three malware terms are often used interchangeably, there are subtle differences that make each distinct and which when understood can help you better protect your computer.

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10 ways to detect computer malware
Thursday, December 10th, 2009 | Author: admin

In the ongoing war against malware threats, you need tools that will baseline your system, detect vulnerabilities, and remove existing malware.

Cybercriminals are putting forth every effort to make malware difficult to detect. Successfully, I might add. Ever optimistic, I thought I would have a go at providing information on how to make their job a little tougher.

Baselining is an important reference

Knowing exactly what is running on a computer is paramount to learning what shouldn’t be. Creating a reference baseline is the best way I’ve found to accomplish this. Let’s look at three applications that do just that.

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Five security news items that should get your attention
Thursday, December 10th, 2009 | Author: admin

A mix of good and bad news caught Chad Perrin’s eye in the second half of 2009. These are five of the most interesting examples.

  1. Microsoft got the NSA’s help with Win7 security. Many are concerned with the potential for “backdoors” inserted into the code at the NSA’s insistence. Some believe that Microsoft would never knowingly consent to such violations of user privacy, though that does not address the possibility of the NSA just ensuring it gets to harvest whatever data Microsoft already collects through use of functionality like WGA and Windows Updates, or that of the NSA finding a way to ensure a “backdoor” vulnerability is slipped into the code that Microsoft doesn’t even know is there. Given its closed source development, the pool of people in a position to notice such a hypothetical subtle security flaw would be fairly limited. While many might believe that Microsoft is above such behavior, few would argue that the NSA is as well, given the recent illegal wiretapping scandal. more…
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Five rules for protecting Windows with antivirus software
Tuesday, December 08th, 2009 | Author: admin

The best rules of thumb for virus protection on MS Windows are the same as they have been for years.

Good antivirus software is a critical part of any Microsoft Windows system that communicates with other computers, particularly if it is connected to the Internet and deals with browser, email, or instant messenger traffic. It seems like everybody has his or her favorite antivirus solution and it is different from everyone else’s. For personal desktop systems, however, there are some rules of thumb that seem to be fairly universal among security experts:

  1. Install your AV software before connecting to the Internet. Any MS Windows computer should have antivirus software installed before connecting to the Internet. I have seen malware insinuate itself onto a computer in less time than it took to download antivirus software to use on the computer. If you have not seen that, and you use that as evidence you do not need to worry about antivirus until after you have opened a browser and navigated to a Website where you can download AV software, you are just playing Russian roulette with your computer’s security. more…
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10 antivirus programs for Windows 7
Tuesday, December 08th, 2009 | Author: admin

Windows 7 offers some new security features, but a good antivirus program can provide additional protection. Greg Shultz put together a list of 10 solid Windows 7-compatible choices.

Now that Windows 7 is out, chances are that evildoers the world over are busily scheming and dreaming up new and horrendous malware to target the new operating system in yet an another attempt to bring the computing world to its knees.

Of course, one could say that Windows 7 is probably one of the most secure operating systems ever to come out of Redmond; however, that doesn’t mean that Windows 7 doesn’t need the extra protection provided by an antivirus program. And due to the success of the Windows Ecosystem Readiness Program, a lot of programs are vying for the opportunity to protect Windows 7. Here are 10 antivirus programs that have earned the Compatible with Windows 7 logo.

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Kaspersky Anti-Virus
Wednesday, December 02nd, 2009 | Author: admin

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Kaspersky Anti-Virus is a Antivirus Software product from kaspersky.com, get 5 Stars SoftSea Rating, Kaspersky Anti-Virus Personal secures your PC against viruses and Trojans, as well as adware, spyware and other malware. It also scans your incoming and outgoing mail in real-time, offers real-time protection and on-demand scanning. Kaspersky Anti-Virus Personal scans inside compressed files, and offers automatic updated of virus signatures every 3 hours.

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Avast! Home Edition
Wednesday, December 02nd, 2009 | Author: admin

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With the development of network communication, Internet has already widely used in various fields all over the world. But the large numbers of rebarbative programs come into our life too, such as virus, spyware and adware etc. These harmful programs can delete our files, make our computers slow and slower, filch our important information and sensitive privacy, even crash our operating system. So a powerful and easy-to-use anti-virus tool is very important for us indeed. But which one should we select among the lots of anti-virus software in the market? Do you have the same troubles as me? Do not worry about it! Now I introduce you a very simple yet powerful enough utility which I have used for a long time. That is avast! Home Edition which was published by ALWIL Software. Did you hear about it? I insure that it will become a great assistant of you. Your system will keep safe and quick for ever.

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