take a minute

DeusEx · Post by **DeusEx** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 11:21 am

i would like to take a minute and express my rage towards hackers and those who create viruses. i would also like to express extreme hate for the new type of spyware that they call scareware like spy axe. or in my case spy falcon.

my comps screwed if i dont remove it. i got nvctrl.exe, mssearchnet.exe, mscornet.exe.

sadly this son of a bitch wont go down without a fight. ill keep tryin tho.

sbohdan · Post by **sbohdan** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 11:37 am

try these free utilities:
http://forums.legitreviews.com/viewtopic.php?t=977

the best virus and spyware killer is kaspersky antivirus. since I use it, my rig is safe (it automatically updates deffinitions every 4h). also don't use IE. use firefox. it's much safer for browsing.

http://usa.kaspersky.com/store/

http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/

pointreyes · Post by **pointreyes** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 2:55 pm

sbohdan wrote:the best virus and spyware killer is kaspersky antivirus. since I use it, my rig is safe (it automatically updates deffinitions every 4h). also don't use IE. use firefox. it's much safer for browsing.

I have Kaspersky set at 3 hours on my network at home. Kaspersky happens to be one of the few that thought what Sony did was wrong.

There's even a safer way to browse the Internet. In this case, you can go to a site that will crash your "system" but all you have to do is simply replace it with the original "system". No installation of new OS, not even a reboot is required to close the system and re-start the original.
http://www.vmware.com/vmtn/vm/browserapp.html

Yes, it's free.

BTW: Vista will be providing similiar functionality like this. What you are doing is using the Internet in a 'sandbox.' So if a black hat hacker invades your Internet session, they are only hitting the 'sandbox' - no other part of the system is affected. This happens to be the basis of honeypots - attracting the 'bee' to the honey only to be trapped in a pot. Many of the black hat hackers are now being monitored through these honeypots to help teach us what they are trying in the wild.

goose · Post by **goose** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 11:32 pm

I use Firfox religously, however with the exposure it is getting more and more popups are being written for it. If you try Opera I hear it is where firefox was 2 years ago.

DeusEx · Post by **DeusEx** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 11:18 am

i use opera now

Kill_A._Byte · Post by **Kill_A._Byte** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 9:58 am

I had trouble with opera, It's tuff with other people using the same machine, each one likes a different browser, and I have to keep an eye on what the kiddies are in to.