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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Razor on November 01, 2003, 10:55:29 am

Title: Safety first
Post by: Razor on November 01, 2003, 10:55:29 am: Ok now here's an interesting link. Here you can check how secure your PC is and if you have viruses on it. It's very usefull me thinks.
http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/default.asp?productid=symhome&langid=ie&venid=sym
Title: Safety first
Post by: Solatar on November 01, 2003, 10:59:26 am: I got Norton.:ha:
Title: Safety first
Post by: Geezer on November 01, 2003, 03:15:30 pm: Visiting GRC (http://grc.com/intro.htm) to test your firewall is a good idea, too.
Title: Safety first
Post by: Razor on November 01, 2003, 03:31:28 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Solatar
I got Norton.:ha:

Norton internet security is good. I used to have NAV 2002 2 days ago but I installed Norman which is much more better. And of course...everything is green on my test results.
Title: Safety first
Post by: Ashrak on November 01, 2003, 04:25:54 pm: pfft
Title: Safety first
Post by: Solatar on November 01, 2003, 04:33:01 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Razor

Norton internet security is good. I used to have NAV 2002 2 days ago but I installed Norman which is much more better. And of course...everything is green on my test results.

But have you ran an adware and spyware scanner?:)

I had no viruses according to Norton, but I had LOADS of spyware, adware, and scumware.
Title: Safety first
Post by: Odyssey on November 01, 2003, 04:51:49 pm: Safety First... Razors are sharp. Gettit? Oh, I crack myself up sometimes.
Title: Safety first
Post by: Drew on November 01, 2003, 04:55:06 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Solatar
I got Norton.:ha:

I got MAcafee Online

Firewall, Virus Scan and Spywere cleaner all rolled into one. :ha: :ha:
Title: Safety first
Post by: TrashMan on November 01, 2003, 05:05:03 pm: I have nothing of the sorts....

I'm very carfull so so far I haven't got a virus (let's see... a year without any firewall or anti-virus program, and all systems are green...Hmmmmmm)

perhaps I really should get one
Title: Safety first
Post by: Razor on November 01, 2003, 05:16:21 pm: Quote
Originally posted by TrashMan
I have nothing of the sorts....

I'm very carfull so so far I haven't got a virus (let's see... a year without any firewall or anti-virus program, and all systems are green...Hmmmmmm)

perhaps I really should get one

To ti ne valja burazeru. Skini sygate firewall i bices super. Plus...besplatan je. ;) I nemoj da koristis Nortonov Anti Virus. Preuzmi besplatno Normana sa www.norman.com E a imas i domace antiviruse. Idi na Krstarica.com pa pretrazi malo.

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But have you ran an adware and spyware scanner?

Ok an English reply for this one. Yes..I ran Ad ware with the latest build and upgrades and I am clean. Plus...if anyone here is using a proxy...disable Java because websites that require it can find your REAL IP (even if you are connected to an anonymous proxy). I am using a free program called Proxomitron. It's great. It protects my real IP with ANY proxy....blocks pop-ups, filters websites and with this anonymous proxy server that I am using I have no big difference in speed AND I am practically Invisible on the net. NOW this is what I call TOTAL PROTECTION.

BTW here's the link where you can see if your IP is viewable by others. http://www.stayinvisible.com/index.pl/test_your_ip_nocache

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Safety First... Razors are sharp.

I believe that we are OVER with all this flaming buisness.
Title: Safety first
Post by: Sandwich on November 01, 2003, 06:16:09 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Razor
I believe that we are OVER with all this flaming buisness.

Personally it looked more like a joke than an intentional insult or anything.
Title: Safety first
Post by: Odyssey on November 01, 2003, 06:18:07 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Razor
I believe that we are OVER with all this flaming buisness.

I believe that is so too. And I'll hold you to that. Bear in mind, however, that I did not just flame you. I merely thought it amusing that there was a link between 'Safety First', and then a little way across the screen, 'Razor'. Razors are sharp, hence they're used to raze stuff.

EDIT: Yeah, what Sandwich said :p
Title: Safety first
Post by: Kamikaze on November 02, 2003, 01:17:23 am: The only method to be secure on the internet is to know exactly how your system is working, what you're running, what ports are out, so on. In other words, be aware. Don't let yourself be caught ignorant. Simple. All this scanning and such won't help when you find that windows looks like swiss cheese to a nmap scan and you don't know how to fix it.

My 2 yen.
Title: Safety first
Post by: kasperl on November 02, 2003, 09:16:31 am: can someone remind me of any linux viruses going around lately?

my dad runs ZA on the gateway, and i run RH9 without nothing, or win98SE with norton and ZA.
Title: Safety first
Post by: Odyssey on November 02, 2003, 10:04:47 am: Quote
Originally posted by kasperl
and i run RH9 without nothing

So what does it have if it's not nothing? :p
Title: Safety first
Post by: kasperl on November 02, 2003, 11:31:46 am: jesus, am i in English class or something?

anyhow, i remembered, it does use some standard firewall, but i set it to the lowest level, otherwise some stuff wouldn't work
Title: Safety first
Post by: Odyssey on November 02, 2003, 11:58:53 am: So there you go, you got it right the first time! :p
Title: Safety first
Post by: Fury on November 02, 2003, 12:48:00 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Razor
I installed Norman which is much more better

Oh jesus... You gotta be kidding!

Product support team I am working in has Norman Internet Control / Virus Control as one of the supported products. Norman is one of the worst security softwares ever! I personally don't recommend this software to anyone, even free softwares are much better. Sygate or ZoneAlarm (fw) free versions and avast or AVG (a-v) free versions for example.

If you've got it running perfectly fine, consider yourself damn lucky.
Title: Safety first
Post by: kasperl on November 02, 2003, 12:49:06 pm: the title of this thread suggests something about certain rubber items.
Title: Safety first
Post by: an0n on November 02, 2003, 01:37:55 pm: Fool.....
Title: Safety first
Post by: kasperl on November 02, 2003, 01:39:57 pm: i just did my Biology homework before reading this, and i think i don't need to tell you the subject.
Title: Safety first
Post by: Razor on November 07, 2003, 06:12:46 am: Quote
Originally posted by Mr. Fury

Oh jesus... You gotta be kidding!

Product support team I am working in has Norman Internet Control / Virus Control as one of the supported products. Norman is one of the worst security softwares ever! I personally don't recommend this software to anyone, even free softwares are much better. Sygate or ZoneAlarm (fw) free versions and avast or AVG (a-v) free versions for example.

If you've got it running perfectly fine, consider yourself damn lucky.

I am running it and i have absolutely no problems at all. After I installed it on my machine I found out that I had 4 viruses while NAV 2002 said i have none. So which one's better? It's logical. Plus I read a review which says that Norman 5.60 has the most advanced engine for detecting unknow viruses. More advanced than anything else currently available. Even with Norman installed I have all lights green on the Nortons security test regarding the Anti Virus software which wasn't the case when I had NAV 2002.
Title: Safety first
Post by: Flipside on November 07, 2003, 06:25:00 am: Thanks for the link Razor, I've got Norton running on my system, but it never hurts to get a second opinion, even some of the larger companies can be a bit tardy when it comes to updating definitions :)

Flipside :D