right since no scanners catch very old & very basic malware that is hard to prevent ::) Right since so many users love prompts, I'm sure...
As Jesper & Steve state in their blog 'No self-respecting worm these days will try to communicate by opening its own socket in the stack.' If...
Your main reason sounds like you are worried about your personal info being sent out via apps you have installed, which leads to threads like this...
Deconstructing Common Security Myths Myth: Host-Based Firewalls Must Filter Outbound Traffic to be Safe. Speaking of host firewalls, why is...
point being, svchost can be malware if inbound protection is compromised. "Svchost using 100% cpu" is common problem after infection, this link...
not sure if you are disagreeing with me or agreeing with me? Regardless, you aren't controlling anything and Windows firewall is sufficient for...
no dedicated rootkit scanner? might as well layer together a few more anti-malware scanners while we are at it. I'd recommend that you...
don't like using my main machine as a Guinea pig for testing stuff but did anyway and unfortunately it doesn't work in xp, don't understand why...
very, very, very nice tweak. I'd like to do this to firefox, does this work in XP or just Vista and Windows 7?
I like A2 free with the A2 service disabled for a good on demand scanner. I upload whatever A2 free detects on virus total for a second opinion...
I posted this poll after reading numerous posts from people about how the windows firewall is trash, even if MSE tested better than any other AV...
Do you think Microsoft is shady or are you reluctant to use Windows & Windows components and try to stick with 3rd party tools as much as...
good to hear, I loved JV16 in XP, IMO the best reg cleaner/compactor and I even used the ancient 'regcleanr' from the same author back in early...
I sold my XPS laptop and using my old desktop to save money, built in 2004 it has a P4 and 1gig ram :'( . I game occasionally but mainly office...
MS describes the Windows 7 registry as 'self maintaining' and no need for 3rd party tools. I have asked on a couple windows websites what 'self...
makes things much clearer and those are the types of 'hurdles' I was unaware of, thank you :thumb:
People are confused for good reason, if I understood MS correctly the driver signing requirement stops rootkits, perhaps I don't understand...
re-read the post. Malware can make outbound connections completely disguised as normal windows services once you are infected. Your time is...
because it seems like a waste of time monitoring every time adobe searches for updates, etc. Malware can disguise itself as windows services like...
so if you keep the setting that only allows signed drivers to load, can you still get infected by a rootkit?
I thought rootkits don't work with 64 bit since only signed drivers are allowed to load??? Unless someone disabled this setting, but by default I...
then he's the dumbest smart guy I've heard of, people make good money finding bugs
be responsible and disclose the bug to Mozilla for free when they pay people to find and disclose bugs for them, or sell the bug to someone for...
defender has some hips like functionality so its safer with it enabled if you don't mind the ram use so I'd leave it enabled, with correct use of...
Windows firewall is more stable and secure than 3rd party firewalls, get a hardware firewall to combine with Windows firewall and add in some...
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