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Virus Warning
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ITsafe.gov.uk
The government of the United Kingdom has taken its fight against online viruses to the front lines with a new Web site called ITsafe, designed to send rapid security alerts to home and small-business computer users.
... read more
Meanwhile (march 8, 2005)
auto-spreading worms are ravaging the MSN network,.. and no security alert is being send by any of the major ITsafe-alike instances. Hmm... W32/Fatso.A.worm is on the road. First detected on 07/03,... the same day picked up by nondisputandum and some of his friends with kids addicted to MSN. Fatso closes down firewalls & antivirusses. Be Aware... A nasty cleaning job! ... Panda info.
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Mozilla versus Opera
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Opera on step ahead? The battle rages on. Internet Explorer is no longer a player of any importance on Windows based systems. If you want the latest features the warriors are Mozilla Firefox & Opera. But if you simply want stability and full compatibility: Buy an Apple and install Mozilla Camino (This is a joke, right ;-)
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Poor defenders
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Aluria spyware Eliminator
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The well known Spyware fighter has created a hurricane inside Anti Spyware World. Not only by creating a Spyware SAFE Certification Program that checks websites for Spyware and offers a certificate to prove that they are “good guys”. Now they also created a howling among other spyware fighters by taking over WhenU, and turning it into a non-agressive adware company. That feels like creating a controversy. Is it more than brilliant PR?
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Is Apple an alternative for PC?
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Longtime PC adept Nondisputandum visited the Apple Expo in Paris, France (september 4th). Buying a Mac! Never? Read more...
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Rogue / suspect soft & sites
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The author of Adware Report responds to an article of Nondisputandum. The website www.adwarereport.com offers an overvieuw of the best scoring spyware & malware detectors. Nondisputandum critisizes the rather less nuanced promotion of Spy Sweeper and the subjective quotings of great soft like Ad Aware & Spybot. Read more...
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Ad Aware against Spyhunter
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<Nondisputandum>
Is it ethical that Ad Aware includes it's competitor SpyHunter in it's database? </Nondisputandum>
<AdAware>
Why SpyHunter has been added to Ad-aware's database While some may claim adding SpyHunter to Ad-aware’s database is an attempt to defame a competitor,...
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Sickin’-up with lads of spam in our mailboxes,... finally some better filters exist. Be aware, here comes the Instant Messaging Spam aka Spim! While they intercept your message,.. your backdoor could be wide open. Good for the anti-spam/spim industry... sough... And if you thought that GMail was an alternative.. think again ;-)
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Does the Kazaa free phone tool Skype contain spyware? They say not,... but it does boost your bandwidth while you make a phone call. Read more...
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Protect your homepage with a simple tool named ‘Start Page Guard’, that blocks the start page. Download it!
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New technology does not always go along with new security measures. Phoning home with use of the IP in stead of a phone number is not really the most discrete way. Read more at securityfocus.
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Mail: Do not clic that link
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Source: Lavasoft / The Eye
Think it is okay to click that link if you can see a URL in the Status bar, addressss bar, and/or Title bar of the Outlook Express and/or Internet Explorer windows?
Malicious users can create links to a deceptive (spoofed) website...
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Spywareblaster
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Users of version 3.2 or less need to remove that version and install version 3.3 in order to update the database. (5/5)
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Microsoft Anti Spyware
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Since before the long forgotten days of DOS, Gates & friends bought what others created better and named it Microsoft. Now the first beta of Giant’s - sorry - Microsoft’s anti spyware is out. If it’s a good as Giant was,... what I not doubt,.. download it but keep an open mind. Buying is nothing,... keeping it updated is another story to be confirmed. The beta is free... for now! And it only runs on genuine Windows. That’s ok...
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Microsoft and eTrust team up
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Microsoft and Computer Associates eTrust EZ Armor team up to offer free antivirus and firewall protection. This might be an alternative if you really are a Microsoft mouse... You won’t see me using this. My slightly developped paranoia says that there must be a angle ‘cos Microsoft is no charity. Besides,... they just incorporated a firewall in SP2,... and now this...
The eTrust website ( )
Microsoft Partner Pack ( )
The itch is 12 months free subscription,... and than it’s pay-(back-)time.
And the antivirus is not an antivirus,.. it recognizes patterns,.. not virusses...
CA also acquisitioned spyware fighter Pestpatrol. (08/04)
Seems like Microsoft is allying with experts to plaster-up it’s breeches.
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Google Desk Search
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One advice: Don’t!
Google has a great tool to search the internet but don’t let it put it’s eye inside your computer. And if you do,... do it behind a fine-tuned firewall that checks outgoing communication (no not XP’s SE wannabe firewall) & for paranoiac reasons, install a registry monitor like Spybot’s TeaTimer. Why? Basic security, nothing more. Desktop Search sniffels in & stores your files from Outlook mail, AOL instant Messenger, chatsessions and IE visited webpages. Desktop Search has it’s own cache that stores & bulks on your HD. It makes it a piece of cake for other users to find your personal information - if you share your PC. It would be hazardous to send out a confidential document ‘cos it would be found long after you’ve emptied the Outlook trash bin. Besides,... it’s nothing New. Copernic has it and soon Microsoft and Apple will offer it.
This one,... I will let pass by,... like GMail.
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Windows XP SP2
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Windows Download page
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http://www.microsoft.com/downloads allows you to download all the updates & patches needed to keep Windows & other Microsoft progs running. You will find a lot to download there,... a lot.
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New Netscape Browser
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Netscape (AOL) has finally come up with a new Mozilla clone. Find downloads & alternatives on the ‘more free tools’ page. Nondisputandum chooses Mozilla Firefox. A good replacement for Internet Explorer.
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Ad Aware - Second Edition
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Ad-Aware has a new version available named Second Edition. It contains many new improvements and they still have a free personal version. More information - download
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XP security update service
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Keep Windows auto-updated and have it download and install patches and hotfixes.
Configuration screen > System > auto updates. You better have highspeed... and confidence in Microsoft. Myself, I do not follow this advice ;-)
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E. Mail security test
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Thinking that you are 100% safe against e.mail passing viruses? Try this battery of tests to find out... and just don’t be scared if having a virus and malware protection is simply not enough... Among these is the Eicar test fake virus... so your antivirus should detect this fake virus. www.gfi.com/ emailsecuritytest.
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Internet: Bugnosis
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See who is tracking you on the internet. Download the Bugnosis toolbar. From the author: Bugnosis operates by analyzing the Web pages that you visit while surfing. When it discovers a Web bug, it alerts you with a sound ("uh-oh!") and pops up a window containing details about the Web bug. It also makes visible the Web bugs hidden on the page, so you can see where they are placed. By revealing Web bugs, Bugnosis makes it possible for ordinary Web users to "watch the watchers."
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Mail & MIME: Worms
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Multipurpose Internet Mail Extentions (MIME) allow you to send more than simple ASCII text. But some implementations are not ‘watertight’. Worms like Klez & Nimda abuse it to spread... others use it for ‘wiretapping’. Learn more about backdoors & bugs at microsoft.com/technet/security
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Mail addressss: Protection on site
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So you want to place a link to your mailbox on your website! That’s cool but do remember that rather sooner than later a spybot will detect it and the spamming begins... never to end!
Read more... (download rtf)
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Is your software or website quoted?
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More information about
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Computer security
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Internet security
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microsoft.com/technet/security (/)* informs about Microsoft internet insecurity & what they hope to do about it...
Nondisputandum says: * If Microsoft made trustworthy software, this page & part of my website would not have to to exist.
securityfocus.com (4/5) offers loads of daily updated information.
Habaneronetworks.com (4/5)
A starter website that resumes interesting newsfeeds and publishes imho rather objective information about various security topics. It’s worth your visit.
Read more on the Basic Advice page.
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Internet Fraud information
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All
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MetaSearch!
combining
the power of all the worlds best search engines into one.
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Rating reviewed programs & websites
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(/)
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It sounds good, but for some reason not an option...
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(4/5)
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This is very good. Consider using it !
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Wow, outstanding. Try it. You will like it !
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Wow, absolutely superb. A must have.
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Promoting freeware
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Security geeks
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Nondisputandum.com ‘Spyware SAFE website’
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Nondisputandum.com is free of spyware, does not present controls related to dialers, adware, or other malicious or questionable programs. Does not run malicious or questionable scripts anywhere in or connected to the body of the code including but not limited to cascading style sheets, Java Script, HTML, etc. Is not affiliated with malicious or questionable portals, search engines, hacking sites, etc. Avoids linking to any sites that engage in any of these listed criteria. Does not present pop ups, slider windows, etc. that initially lead to sites that violate these criteria. Does not use dialers on the website to "connect" users to any kind of service or area. Does not present misleading controls. Does not present persistent items that do not allow the user to easily close or refuse the item on the first attempt. Does not install or cause to install programs designed to track or monitor the users browsing habits, keystrokes, or other activity from the user. Any advice or feedback that you read on this website is personal advice, not intended to judge but to share. Do not take it for granted. Make up your own mind and compare solutions before installing any software. Don’t forget to create a system recovery point first.
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