Posted on 12/01/2007 7:35:47 AM PST by george76
Hackers have newer methods to hack into your systems.
They are smart enough to detect security loop holes in your PC and enter through open ports,unencrypted Wi-Fi connections,malicious websites or internet servers.
It is better you check your PC periodically for invasions and protect your system to prevent pilfering and damage of data.
Detecting security loopholes.
Eliminating malicious programs.
Tracking hackers .
(Excerpt) Read more at techdune.com ...
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AirSnort is my favorite Clinton-inspired network utility name.
And NetStumbler always reminds me of Teddy Kennedy.
“The box said Windows 98 or better, so I installed Linux.” :D
It's not SO much more -- Macs are competitively priced compared to comparable PCs. The problem is that the Mac product line doesn't contain anything comparable to the cheapest PCs. Mac desktops start at $599, laptops at about $1000.
I don't know about other folks, but I don't buy a box and then find software that runs on it -- I choose the tasks I want to do, choose the software to do it, and then buy the box that will run it. For me, the software I want to run includes OS X. For my money, it's the best OS available in terms of usabilitym speed, stability and security. The usability part is largely a matter of taste, and if all you're doing is web surging, e-mail, maybe a little light word processing, family photos and MP3s, any modern computer running any OS will do just fine. MPOh and my Mac runs XP just fine -- I have it set up in parallels desktop. Just about the only thing I use it for is to test Web pages I build in IE and Firefox on Windows, since that's how most users will see them.
I have a lot more faith in the ubuntu crowd that official updates are not going to trash my system than I do with MS and the junk they push out to beta testers...I mean users. But of course, I don't have blind faith in anyone, ubuntu nor my hard disk, hence regular backups...
I was, perhaps, not clear. I meant security updates for the many security programs that I installed to protect XP. I wasn’t referring the XP security updates themselves.
599? you referring to he mac mini?... I can get a comparable XP equipped pc that undoubtably doesn’t look as cool, but does browses the web, designs webpages (notepad rocks), checks email, etc.. etc ... for 299.99 at my local bb oh... and it will be in portable laptop form.
I can even dual boot ubuntu on it so I can tell people that I dual boot and they’ll think I’m cool.
That's my take too. For decades I can say that for every (rare) confirmed genuine cyber attack, I've had say, a hundred false positives.
Some of us did have trouble with the “virtual kernel updates” that the French Linux distribution came out with recently. That seems like a foolish thing to me so I disabled it.
I also do regular backups to another drive and to tape. There’s something about being a system administrator for all those years that stays with you. I can’t recall actually losing anything due to not being backed up in all those years (unless it was data created in the minutes just before a disk was lost), but I restored backups hundreds of times.
I've noticed that in the past month, sites tell me I need to upgrade or install my Adobe Flash. I've done it several times, but it still isn't there.
I'm stumped. I'm also stupid!
Have you tried to remove it all, then install new from scratch ?
Do you have Adobe Reader 8 ?
Yes, I am. Realistically, it's more like $700, all told, because you're gonna want to max out the ram at 2GB.
I can get a comparable XP equipped pc that undoubtably doesn’t look as cool, but does browses the web, designs webpages (notepad rocks), checks email, etc.. etc ... for 299.99 at my local bb oh... and it will be in portable laptop form.
Yup. You can, and more power to ya. Every machine we buy involves a calculus of price, performance, ease of use, elegance, reliability, longevity, enjoyability, and so on.
All over the country there are folks driving a Hyundai or a Saturn or a Dodge Neon or a Ford Focus who think BMW drivers are all, without exception, idiots. The BMW drivers are by and large happy with teir purchases and having tons of fun.
I drive a 1999 Chrysler Sebring convertible. I bought it used for about $13K in 2002. I could have gotten a much cheaper vehicle to get me from point A to point B, but I like my car. I enjoy sitting in its leather seat behind its adjustable steering wheel. After about 15 years of driving old POS cars, adjusting my driving habits to their poor performance and doing a lot of DIY repairs and maintenance, I splurged on a car that I would actually enjoy. I've taken my Sebring up and down the Eastern seaboard, on many meandering drives, sometimes as much as 2,000 miles in a week. It's a comfy, happy place.
I treat computers the same way. If I'm going to spend hour after hour, day upon day, with my spreading middle-aged ass in the same spot, I want a comfortable chair, a sturdy desk at the proper height, good lighting, and a computer that fees comfortable and does what I want the way I want it. The Mac does that for me. If I bought a computer that cost a few bucks less and griped my ass every day, tht would be a classic case of false economy.
I don't have to settle for the cheapest option any more, and my time and comfort have value to me. In strictly economic terms, I'm more productive when I'm happy and comfy. I prefer to get more out of each hour rather than to put in more hours. So I prefer to do my job with the best tools. The tools that suit me. My employer and my customers get better work and more bang for the buck that way, and I get less stress. Win-win-win.
I know it's not new, but I LedOL anyway.
You need to bookmark this one!
If you are running XP, go to this address:
http://download.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/licensing/win/install_flash_player_active_x.msi
Download the msi file to your desktop or wherever, and double click it to run.
Test installation at http://www.adobe.com/products/flash/about/
to make sure that you have the current version, which at the moment is 9,0,45,0.
It should say 9,0,47,0.
Same reason they're made for Linux computers, as a courtesy to Microsoft machines. Wouldn't be very sporting to pass along malware to a Windows machine that you're communicating with, now would it?
i run AVG FREE for Linux, and it found a Windows Virus on my user account last week. Located the file and nuked it (no registry to worry about, no worries about it affecting my system).
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