Basic Computer Security

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Comment by Kumbahya on April 4, 2009 at 8:49pm

Yes another reason to NOT run in an administrator account, Patrick ...
Need I say any more?

Comment by Kumbahya on April 4, 2009 at 8:48pm

I had 2 crashes in the last 3 months and am thinking seriously of putting
another OS on my machine as backup ... like say, Ubuntu, so that if
Windows quits on me again, I will still get online ... but I have yet to test if
that Wubi Installer will actually know about my very advanced hardware.
Stay tuned. :)

Comment by Catman on March 8, 2009 at 12:02pm

E-Postcards.
Rather than making a thread, which few will read, I will just add it here. Robert can paste it into a new thread if deemed important.

Since I am so visible on the net (with many websites and "click to email") I see a lot of scams and links to get trojans. The newest and most prevalent being the E-Post card.

"Click link to view post card". Yes, it says a friend has sent you this.. A real one will say which friend, usually by proper name. I just received one, and didn't open it. I clicked Properties, then view source.

The link was a url using an IP number with a file ending in .exe. So, I nabbed the IP# and ran a check. It was from the Netherlands (a common origin of hackers). I surmised it wasn't real (I wouldn't have opened nor clicked anyway) and deleted it.

Who will I open an E-Postcard from? No One. My PC is too important to me to take any risks, So, don't be offended if you send me an E-Postcard and I don't reply. Just send me an email and say what you want there.

Thanks..

Comment by Kumbahya on December 25, 2008 at 10:59pm

Welcome new members ! Please check the discussions ... thank you. :)

Comment by Kumbahya on November 22, 2008 at 4:02am

Hello everyone - where are you?

Comment by Kumbahya on October 29, 2008 at 8:25pm

Woah - Patrick ... THANKS! :D

Comment by Kumbahya on October 29, 2008 at 7:07pm

I see we're getting at least 1 or 2 members a day ... this is great! :)
I'm going to add a Tech links section ...

Comment by Kumbahya on October 25, 2008 at 8:46pm

I also changed the "group image" ... I like the one of the gal on the laptop
better - and she's a LOT cuter than a computer with chains on it! :)

Comment by Kumbahya on October 25, 2008 at 2:05pm

Okay ... thanks everyone ... Please spread the word about this group.
Anyone who has ever had a virus or even thinks they do should be here
to bone up on their learning! :)

Comment by Amber on October 24, 2008 at 8:53am

thanks for the invite

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