I've kinda figured LUA / SuRun / KAFU / SRP would kind of be enough protection. Although I guess I wanted to find out more about Hardening *Common...
xheffalumpx, I'm looking to do the EXACT SAME thing... By the way, is your post at http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=205140 a...
Ok, I've been mapping out security strategies for the past week or so and *Hardening seems like it can be one of the basic things to cover your...
Ok that helps a lot. Thanks Cosmo, Mrkvonic and everyone for very informative responses. I think it's answered all my questions regarding...
Same here. I've also learned such a great deal from this thread. Thanks Mrkvonic and everyone who has contributed. ahh, that makes more sense...
Thanks for accepting me as part of the club. I Also really believe LUA is the way to go, especially with SuRun which makes everything much easier....
How EXACTLY are viruses/malware activated? *Mal-ware: Any form of malicious code (virus, trojan, spyware, worm, script etc) Okay. so its...
OK. Thanks for the reply Mrkvonic. So what I am getting from you is this: (And please correct me if I'm wrong) 1. Open ports, in and of...
Thanks Thomas Your post gave me a much clearer scope and picture of my situation and SuRun. I've actually been working with the information you...
But does using Limited User Rights or a Limited User Account (such as SuRun) add another layer of protection with your firewall? Or is that...
Oh wow, really? That's kind of surprising because I couldn't imagine how exactly someone can *compromise your security via and open port *If your...
YESSSS I think I've figured it out. It was because FOR some reason... All my old files's security settings Did *Not allow Full Control,...
Thomas, Ok, you’re right, normally you wouldn’t need to elevate the rights of wordpad to save .rtf files. Let’s ignore Elevated WordPad status...
OK. I've found out EXACTLY why this happens, however I don't have the solution: The obvious answer is to always run WordPad.exe with Admin...
Ok, I've installed this program and the strangest thing happened... After installing SuRun, I can't modify and save any of my old .rtf files...
Thanks for the replies guys! That was the reassurance I was looking for. I now feel much safer using this program :)
i SWEAR, I get annoyed when my posts aren't answered... especially when they are DELIBERATELY ignored. adyextreme, Did you even read my post?...
Tlu, this is such a GREAT POST! I've always been fascinated by the LUA way of securing your PC. and I found this post. This has to be one of the...
OK, so I think I listed a summary of the major P2P and Firewall Security. *But I don't have an understanding of how exactly can your security...
Remember, nothing is 100% safe. I do believe that private bittorrent is much more regulated and safe than public open sites. Although, I do...
Thanks everyone! this is a GREAT POST about P2P and Firewall security regarding P2P I wanted to do a quick summary of all the major points:...
ahhh. I love these organized and regulated membership sites. It gives you a new found appreciation for the torrents & torrent system.
Sorry, sometimes I don't elaborate my statements clearly. I know that there are Scene releases everywhere. From P2P (Edonkey etc) to Private...
Sorry, what I meant were if those open sites from http://btracs.com/ were as clean of malware as invite only private trackers were. (The Scene...
Very interesting stuff and good information. It reminds me of IRC back in the day when I first got the internet. I think it was Efnet that me and...
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