This post explains an easy way to search your computer for spyware. No search method is perfect. In your computer, there may be a program which records URLs you visit, email addresses you send...

Some of the postings I read on this NG curdle my blood. What with Virii, Trojans, Security lapses etc, etc. So how secure is a good Linux distribution compared with Windows XP that I am using now. I...

"Ravi" <ravi@despammed.com> wrote in message news:1j69uvgefav8eiiqiklujao4lgdjtldiob@4ax.com... Yes. You be specific /first/ ;o) -- Regards,

Remember, you heard this from me first. Installing a backdoor for future and continued access to your computer system is simple once a computer system is compromised. Here are the "Malicious...

I was happily strolling along my merry little way in alt.computer.security, when I looked down and saw a little note from Ravi on Mon 22 Dec 2003 01:51:02p who wrote: A port scan does not constitue...

In article <tdeeuvspog49uonkgpi7id2cc8i2tcq3qs@4ax.com>, ravi@despammed.com says... abuse? it's not illegal to port scan. get over it. # nslookup 206.204.10.200

Ravi wrote: automatically report scans. They consolidate reports from a number of users and screen them so that only the signficant ones are actually reported. I use it with logging from a...

On Fri, 19 Dec 2003 16:16:32 -0000, "jk" <jk@ntlworld.com> wrote: See my advice under the thread "HELP - spyware problem in hidden files". Are you sure it doesn't just launch whenever Internet...

Recently the file 'Perflib_Perfdata_xxx.dat' has appeared in my Temp folder in XP. Anyone know what it is or if malicious? The xxx part migrates to a non sequential number. TIA

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Please reboot your PC into Safe Mode and perform a Full Scan of your PC and clean/delete any infectors found. Dave "FireFighter" <Ask me for it@Hotmail.com> wrote in...

We are in the process of setting up a home network linking 3 computers together. (dial up) We have been told that we don't need a firewall as the main box with a fixed ISP address acts as a firewall....

Posting this crap here won't help either ! Dave

A small law office startup partnership I am working with is in need of an e-mail system for a staff of 5-6 persons. I'm wondering if it would be best to install an on site dedicated mail server, or...

I find myself with a virus that attempt to gain access the web via legit applications. 'Jammer' reveals this program's attempt at an outbound connection, when i block the call, it opens all ports,...

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Posted because Microsoft in it's 'wisdom' seems to believe this is not a critical vulnerability that requires urgent attention, despite the fact that it's being actively exploited and putting users...

On 18 Dec 2003 20:15:42 -0800, diggler042003@yahoo.com (canflyer) wrote: Run the "Big Four" -- Ad-Aware (http://www.lavasoft.de), SpyBot (http://security.kolla.de), ...

Is there ANY way I can get rid of spyware that's in read-only, hidden DAT files (e.g., SYSTEM, RESTORE) cause that's where I'm discovering much of this shit eventually ends up. I'm using Spybot and...