Speed is great. For most sites, its pretty hard to tell that the browser is remote. It is the only security extension I use. It will work with any...
Honestly no. I hadn't heard of Firejail before this thread. But looking into its capabilities, it seems like it just gives jailed applications a...
Yeah, sandboxes are nice for monitoring and restricting usermode operations, which will stop most of the malware out there. But sandboxes usually...
I use my own secure browser plugin on the major 3 windows browsers. Gets the dangerous part of browsing off of my computer entirely. Basically I...
Agreed. Privacy concerns are things like someone knowing which websites you visit. Getting your credit card stolen is more of a "Why are you so...
The short answer is probably not. The long answer is more complicated. I say probably not because when you enable Firefox, or your poker...
Wow, this is really bad. It looks like all of the work that the attackers used to not get caught is paying off. Its smart to not try to infect...
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It reminds me when they wanted to hide the address bar. I'm hoping user pushback sets them straight again.
Fax is right. 192.168.0.1 would be the address of your router. That was the target of this "attack". Its impossible for us to say what he was...
Its starting to look like the Java plugin is the one to go to for new exploits instead of Flash.
I have no evidence that your processor is bogged-down. But I don't know that is isn't bogged down either. This is usually my first step to...
Another basic diagnostic to do: Open your task manager while browsing and see which process if any is hogging the processor.
The ubuntu cds usually come with a memory tester. They simply write all kinds of junk all through the ram to test that it holds the data...
Very strange. I played with my Process Explorer, and the only thing that I ever see in the area with the chinese characters is "Refreshing...
I didn't actually know of any off the top of my head because the only thing I use java for is NetBeans. But I looked around and found one. There...
Ok, so lets say I am a software vendor, and I write my programs in java. The binary that I distribute to a user of my program would be a *.jar...
Oh, don't get me wrong, I totally agree that this approach works. However, it is a little on the advanced side. Lets say I download a java...
Firefox has sort of done this. I believe starting with v3.6 they run plugins in a seperate process. But they do this for stability, not security....
My take on it is that incoming connection blocking on a desktop computer that is behind a router won't help you much. The only thing you could use...
Exactly. That is a huge problem with Java and process specific rules in a firewall. If you have any application on your system that uses java and...
I would say having each tab in a separate process would be harder on RAM. Each separate process has memory overhead. Although you are right that...
This is an intriguing thread. Here are a couple extra things to keep in mind while investigating. First, I wouldnt put too much confidence in...
When you view the cert, there should be a details tab. Click it and it will show you the whole certificate chain. The top is the root, and the...
I agree it is a coincidence. I doubt a phonecall could exploit you, especially if your internet is not through dialup or dsl. If your internet is...
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