TallBill Member Posts: 298 From: St. Louis, MO Registered: 11-22-2002 |
The story is here: http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070403/D8O9CDUG0.html I don't use Windows at home, so I'm not terribly worried about the exploits, but those of you who do use Windows, might want to get on the ball and install. ;-) ------------------ "...prayer itself is an art which only the Holy Ghost can teach us. He is the giver of all prayer. Pray for prayer---pray till you can pray; pray to be helped to pray, and give not up praying because you cannot pray, for it is when you think you cannot pray that you are most praying. Sometimes when you have no sort of comfort in your supplications, it is then that your heart---all broken and cast down---is really wrestling and truly prevailing with the Most High." |
Lazarus Member Posts: 1668 From: USA Registered: 06-06-2006 |
Got it, thanks. (I don't usually notice things like this + automatic updates is turned off) |
jestermax Member Posts: 1064 From: Ontario, Canada Registered: 06-21-2006 |
Yeah, i generally ignore that little yellow shield on the system tray. Updating means closing my firefox window (all 21 tabs in it). ------------------ |
CPUFreak91 Member Posts: 2337 From: Registered: 02-01-2005 |
For some reason I remember hearing about a .ani file vulnerability a year or two ago. Well if Vista is supposed to be secure, and MS released an emergency patch. EDIT: if you want to be really really really secure use OpenBSD. If you want to be really really secure use Linux. If you want to be really secure use Mac OSX, and if you just want to be secure, use Vista Because I don't run windows any more except for games I won't apply this patch (I'm still running stock XP SP2 security, I never updated). ------------------ "Oh, bother," said the Borg. "We've assimilated Pooh." "Socialism works great... if there are no people involved." -- Pastor David Ginter, Union Church of Guatemala. My Programming and Hacker/Geek related Blog [This message has been edited by CPUFreak91 (edited April 04, 2007).] [This message has been edited by CPUFreak91 (edited April 04, 2007).] |
bennythebear Member Posts: 1225 From: kentucky,usa Registered: 12-13-2003 |
no, if you want to be really really really secure don't connect your computer to the internet. ------------------ proverbs 25:7 www.gfa.org - Gospel for Asia www.persecution.com - Voice of the Martyrs |
bwoogie Member Posts: 380 From: kansas usa Registered: 03-12-2005 |
so thats what it was installing last night. ------------------ |
spade89 Member Posts: 561 From: houston,tx Registered: 11-28-2006 |
has anyone heard the saying "security is an illusion". i don't have either an antivirus or anti-spyware. i just use process explorer to kill anything i find suscpicious. ------------------ Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. |
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jestermax Member Posts: 1064 From: Ontario, Canada Registered: 06-21-2006 |
Manual process extermination works if you're lucky, and only for certain types of intrusions. For example, a smart person would make his/her malicious process used by a vital OS process so users will get an access denied error. ------------------ |
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Lazarus Member Posts: 1668 From: USA Registered: 06-06-2006 |
quote: Me neither. (besides a cookie scanner) I'm just foolish that way... and cheap. (50 bucks for Norton AV?! |
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jestermax Member Posts: 1064 From: Ontario, Canada Registered: 06-21-2006 |
I installed a hacked copy of Symantec AV one time... and spent 3 hours manually uninstalling it  (manually means i had to clean the registry by hand)------------------ |
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spade89 Member Posts: 561 From: houston,tx Registered: 11-28-2006 |
hey where exactly is the registry ?? i mean the data files i know regedit.exe ------------------ Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. |
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jestermax Member Posts: 1064 From: Ontario, Canada Registered: 06-21-2006 |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_registry#Registry_locations ------------------ |
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CPUFreak91 Member Posts: 2337 From: Registered: 02-01-2005 |
quote: If you're cheap you can get a free open source virus scanner called ClamWin from http://www.clamwin.com ------------------ "Oh, bother," said the Borg. "We've assimilated Pooh." "Socialism works great... if there are no people involved." -- Pastor David Ginter, Union Church of Guatemala. |
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Lazarus Member Posts: 1668 From: USA Registered: 06-06-2006 |
TY, CPU. |
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bennythebear Member Posts: 1225 From: kentucky,usa Registered: 12-13-2003 |
there's also one called avg. but it's not open source, just has a free version. ------------------ proverbs 25:7 www.gfa.org - Gospel for Asia www.persecution.com - Voice of the Martyrs |
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spade89 Member Posts: 561 From: houston,tx Registered: 11-28-2006 |
as long as you have all ports closed and all cookies and tmp files monitored what's the problem?? unless you download a virus then well...... ------------------ Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. |
fipi Junior Member Posts: 1 From: Texas, USA Registered: 04-05-2007 |
There's another free (closed source) antivirus called "avast!" (www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html). It's free (you have to sign up for it, which is also free). I'm pretty sure there's a linux version too. |
