Nastiest Malware I have come across....

[Coors]

Re: Nastiest Malware I have come across....

win patrol
avast
all are free, and work great.
also, google ad advisor and install it for search-antiphish, pop-ups, etc.

 

[roscoe]

Re: Nastiest Malware I have come across....

"That doesn't mean someone else can't. There are people that figure ways around or through encryption for a hobby" --- let them try 128 bit aes encrytion.


"Or.. they can just trick you into giving them your password." --- don't think so.

"Problems ARE now common on MAC OS X 10.5
I guess they should have never gone with boot camp and become more windows friendly with microsoft office for MAC as a big seller "---- The only problems or vulnerabilities that have been documented, are if you are running windows on your Mac. Now why would I do that?

No need for Microsoft Office either, when I can use Appleworks, or iWork, and save and export as any file type I want.


"I think I got it downloading a "free" trial version media player"

Why would I download a free trial from an unknown source?
Can get all the software downloads and updates I need, from trusted secure sites.

 

[SgtMaj]

Re: Nastiest Malware I have come across....

"That doesn't mean someone else can't. There are people that figure ways around or through encryption for a hobby" --- let them try 128 bit aes encrytion.

It's been done, though it's still not easy.

 

[dolluper]

Re: Nastiest Malware I have come across....

Heads up guys there's free password cracking software out there that uses rainbow tables {Ophcrack} google it surprize yourself,one fact if you use over 14 characters it will not crack your password 14 and less it does it easy ,thats any even encripted So make your passwords over 14 characters like16 17 or more

 

[v1_0]

Re: Nastiest Malware I have come across....

"That doesn't mean someone else can't. There are people that figure ways around or through encryption for a hobby" --- let them try 128 bit aes encrytion.

Roscoe, I hope you are ready to get over that false sense of security:

"http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080222/tc_afp/lifestyleitinternetcrime_080222210041;_ylt=Aq7GaXmceqWDxOG0KZ6DAs2s0NUE"

Works on apple, too.

-V

 

[waterinthefuel]

Re: Nastiest Malware I have come across....

There is a russian guy by the name of Kaparsky who supposedly has very good protection software - antivirus, firewall, etc. I have never tried it but I have heard that it is much better than most. If I ever get around to trying it, I'll try to remember to post about how well it works.

I tried it, it was crap. It kept downloading "updates" yet never caught up. I eventually got so tired of clicking the "download updates" button I uninstalled it.

Heck it even missed a virus that AVG free caught with no problems!!