I very much appreciate the time, effort and thought by writing or rather typing this, thankyou!Originally posted by Xero Grid@24 April 2004 - 04:51
Security?
First.... Tweak your system. X-Setup is a blindingly easy way to help protect your comp.
Second.... Turn off the services you don't need. Black Viper can help you there.
Third.... Get a router. You can turn any piece of junk computer into a hardware firewall with a linux or unix live disk or you can install linux if you cannot afford a router (which are cheap).
Fourth.... Anti-virus. NOD32 and AVG are the only good ones I've used.
Fifth... Patch Windows. Just use Windows Update.
Sixth... If you have Windows XP turn on the built-in firewall even if you have a software router and a hardware router. It blocks against RPC attacks which are a bit popular these days.
Seventh... Steve Gibson has made some interesting tools to turn off some of the most vulnerable services in Windows. He even set up a firewall tester and a method to change the way certain versions of Windows conects to the internet to close off big vulnerabilities.
Eighth... XP-Antispy... it speaks for itself.
Ninth... Protowall and Blocklist Manager come in handy with P2P.
Tenth... Make sure you system is clean of spyware. I like SpySweeper, but there are great free tools that do the same. BTW, this company also makes Window Washer which helps a lot in security.
Eleventh... security was one of the big reasons I made Supertrick XG
This is a start. You can do all of this for free. And there should be no need for explainations.
-- Xero Grid --
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