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Practice safe hex and you will keep them from getting in.

Is this solution FD-ISR?

Stop them at the front gate and they won't spread between reboots.

 

What does that mean "safe hex" (English isn't my first language LOL) ?

Good guess
The main job of FDISR is ISR = Immediate System Recovery, inside and outside winXPproSP2.
But FDISR is a versatile software with a few additional functions and one of them is "freeze/unfreeze snapshot".
The advantage of a frozen snapshot is that it removes any change (good and bad) in a frozen snapshot after reboot.
FD-ISR allows only ONE frozen snapshot, but that's enough.
A reboot in a frozen snapshot takes longer than a normal snapshot, but in my case it's just 90 seconds.

No scanner or group of scanners and it's always a group of scanners (AV/AS/AT/AK) cleans my computer in 90 seconds and I have enough other good reasons not to use scanners as a removal method of threats.
I'm not going to repeat all these reasons, because I mentioned them so many times at Wilders in the past.
The bottom line is : scanners are just not good enough and don't have a future either, not on long term and what is even worse the problems with scanners are increasing every day and don't disappear.
I don't exclude scanners completely yet, I need time to figure it out.

 

It is a computer security slang term (safe hexadecimal).
Hexadecimal is the base 16 numbering system used in programming.
It is a play on words: practice safe sex so you don't get infectious diseases.
Practice safe hex so your computer doesn't get infectious viruses.
Here is more info on safe hex.
It means basic computer security procedures.
If you don't take common sense steps, then your computer may be vulnerable.

 

Devinco,
Thanks for the explanation. Although I didn't understand the expression, I'm practicing hex for quite some time. Words are just words.
Since we are going way out of topic and I'm not interested anymore in encryption, I consider this thread as closed.
Thanks again for all the help.

 

You're welcome.
Just so nothing is lost in translation...
Use the phrase practicing safe hex.

The word hex has another meaning related to voodoo and witchcraft.
Like putting a curse on someone.
So a witch would be practicing hex.
A smart computer user would be practicing safe hex. LOL

 

Funny. In Dutch we have a word "heks" (sounds like hex), which means "witch".

 

lol, very true!!

 

in US they always say, "Practice safe sex!" (using condoms)

so "safe hex" is funny term similar to that for safe computer use

 

I'm sorry if this has already been discussed here but I can't read through that many posts with the hope that it has. Is there any way to use long file names inside a TC encrypted partition? As it is right now I can't have any file/folder names above eight letters? There has to be a way, right?

Also, how can I prevent the warning message for 'un-service packed' IDE drives from appearing every time I start TC?

 

Hi n8,
No it hasn't been discussed.
I've not had the same problems that you are getting.
My guess would be some dependent service is missing, but I don't know.
Your best bet will be the TrueCrypt forums.

 

I agree. I remember a couple of us trying to explain it to ErikAlbert, why TC couldn't protect him the way he thought it did, numerous times, but he still didn't get it. Kudos for being the one that finally got it in , Devinco.

Not surprising to me though , I find that while you might not be the most technically skilled person here, you explain things well enough to noobs like me.

To be fair, you must remember Erik speaks not just for himself, but for the large class of users who are less knowledgable. That's a pretty sizable number.

 

Thank you for the kind words Devil's Advocate, they are appreciated.

 

Yes, I still can't believe it.
I wanted to give my encrypted and unreadable files away to millions of thiefs and malwares on the internet and then Devinco told me that it was to protect me against ONE imaginable thief at home.
One thief cannot read it, while the rest of the world can read it on the internet. Brilliant solution.
I was completely wrong about this, I didn't even expect this. Maybe that was the main reason, why it took me so long to understand it.
And that was for me the end of encryption.
Well, I had fun with TrueCrypt/Acronis True Image Home and proved that both are working properly. Maybe I helped somebody at Wilders with these experiments.
Thanks again for your patience Devinco.

 

Thanks Erik.
Glad I could help.