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**What can I do to protect myself even further?
MINIMUM Security - Basic Barebones . Don't go 4 wheel driving across the internet with this, or you'll be sorry
- Nod32 Anti-virus (paid product) . Anti-Virus software.
http://www.nod32usa.com/
How to Set up and Install Nod32.
- Spyware Blaster (FREE) . Spyware Prevention.
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com
- Spyware Guard (FREE) . Real time scanner for Browser Hijack prevention.
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com
- Ad-Aware (FREE) . Spyware removal.
http://www.lavasoftusa.com
- Spybot Search and Destroy (FREE) . Spyware removal and protection, with registry monitor. If run in conjunction with Ad-Aware, your system should remain fairly clean of Spyware.
http://beam.to/spybotsd
- Zone Alarm (FREE) . Firewall with visual outgoing alerts.
http://www.zonelabs.com
- Moox . Optimized Mozilla Firefox (FREE) . Safer Web Browser - try some of the exploit tests in the "Polls" section at http://www.wilderssecurity.com it's scary stuff, enough to have most sensible people start looking for better solutions. The programs listed here should be enough to thwart the majority of these current exploits.
http://www.moox.ws/tech/mozilla/mozsuite.htm
MEDIUM Security - The next step up.
- Acronis True Image (paid product) . Total system backup, and incremental backup to various media, including CD/DVD, additional Hard Drive etc. Use this when you have first installed a FRESH copy of windows and again when you have installed all your KNOWN stable programs, do this BEFORE you have transferred your data onto the system. Even better than this, have your data on a separate partition, as well as a BACKUP Drive.
http://www.acronis.com
- Nod32 Anti-virus (paid product) . Anti-Virus software.
http://www.nod32usa.com/
How to Set up and Install Nod32.
- Spyware Blaster (FREE) . Spyware Prevention.
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com
- Spyware Guard (FREE) . Real time scanner for Browser Hijack prevention.
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com
- Ad-Aware (FREE) . Spyware removal.
http://www.lavasoftusa.com
- pybot Search and Destroy (FREE) . Spyware removal and protection, with registry monitor. If run in conjunction with Ad-Aware, your system should remain fairly clean of Spyware.
http://beam.to/spybotsd
- Zone Alarm (FREE) . Firewall with visual outgoing alerts.
http://www.zonelabs.com
- Adobe Acrobat (FREE) . PDF Reader.
http://www.adobe.com
- Winzip 8.0 (FREE) . Compression/Decompression program
http://www.winzip.com
- IE Spyad (FREE) . Adds a long list of sites and domains associated with known advertisers, marketers, and crapware pushers to the Restricted sites zone of Internet Explorer.
http://www.wilderssecurity.com it's scary stuff, enough to have most sensible people start looking for better solutions. The programs listed here should be enough to thwart the majority of these current exploits.
http://www.moox.ws/tech/mozilla/mozsuite.htm
- Spoofstick (FREE) . Extension for Firefox . Displays actual website you are on compared to the address bar. To install, open Firefox, go to File> Open and then browse to where you downloaded this extension.
http://www.corestreet.com/spoofstick/firefox.html
- Spoofstick (FREE) . Extension for IE . Displays actual website you are on compared to the address bar.
http://www.corestreet.com/spoofstic...t_explorer.html
- Hosts File (FREE) . Website Filter blocks garbage websites.
http://www.bluetack.co.uk
Learn about the Hosts file here:
http://forum.gladiator-antivirus.co...showtopic=21818
How to set up a hosts file.
- Hosts Manager (FREE) . Makes Hosts file read only.
http://www.bluetack.co.uk
- Keymaker (FREE) . Password Generator.
http://www.itoolpad.com/products/keymaker
- Replicator (FREE) . Backup program.
http://www.karenware.com
- Crap Cleaner (FREE) . Deletes all Temp files and MRU (Most Recently Used).
http://www.ccleaner.com
- Regseeker (FREE) . Registry Cleaner
http://www.hoverdesk.net/freeware.htm
- Prevx (FREE, paid PRO product available) . Generic Intrusion Prevention.
http://www.diamondcs.com.au
TIGHT Security
This is what is currently set up on my system with Windows XP Pro. They all play together nicely and are very simple to use, update and maintain:
- Acronis True Image (paid product) . Total system backup, and incremental backup to various media, including CD/DVD, additional Hard Drive etc. Use this when you have first installed a FRESH copy of windows and again when you have installed all your KNOWN stable programs, do this BEFORE you have transferred your data onto the system. Even better than this, have your data on a separate partition, as well as a BACKUP Drive.
http://www.acronis.com
- Nod32 Anti-virus (paid product) . Anti-Virus software.
http://www.nod32usa.com/
How to Set up and Install Nod32.
- Spyware Blaster (FREE) . Spyware Prevention.
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com
- Spyware Guard (FREE) . Real time scanner for Browser Hijack prevention.
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com
- Ad-Aware (FREE) . Spyware removal.
http://www.lavasoftusa.com
- Spybot Search and Destroy (FREE) . Spyware removal and protection, with registry monitor. If run in conjunction with Ad-Aware, your system should remain fairly clean of Spyware.
http://beam.to/spybotsd
- Look .n. Stop (paid product) . Firewall with visual outgoing alerts. LnS is compatible with Internet Connection Sharing between several computers up to several hundred computers.
http://www.looknstop.com/En/index2.htm
How to Set up and Install Look 'n' Stop.
- Adobe Acrobat (FREE) . PDF Reader.
http://www.adobe.com
- Winzip 8.0 (FREE) . Compression/Decompression program
http://www.winzip.com
- IE Spyad (FREE) . Adds a long list of sites and domains associated with known advertisers, marketers, and crapware pushers to the Restricted sites zone of Internet Explorer.
http://www.wilderssecurity.com it's scary stuff, enough to have most sensible people start looking for better solutions. The programs listed here should be enough to thwart the majority of these current exploits.
http://www.moox.ws/tech/mozilla/mozsuite.htm
- Spoofstick (FREE) . Extension for Firefox that displays actual website you are on compared to the address bar. To install, open Firefox, go to File> Open and then browse to where you downloaded this extension.
http://www.corestreet.com/spoofstick/firefox.html
- Spoofstick (FREE) . Extension for IE . Displays actual website you are on compared to the address bar.
http://www.corestreet.com/spoofstic...t_explorer.html
- Hosts File (FREE) . Website Filter blocks garbage websites.
http://www.bluetack.co.uk
Learn about the Hosts file here:
http://forum.gladiator-antivirus.co...showtopic=21818
How to set up a hosts file.
- Hosts Manager (FREE) . Makes Hosts file read only.
http://www.bluetack.co.uk
- Keymaker (FREE) . Password Generator.
http://www.itoolpad.com/products/keymaker
- Replicator (FREE) . Backup program.
http://www.karenware.com
- Crap Cleaner (FREE) . Deletes all Temp files and MRU (Most Recently Used).
http://www.ccleaner.com
- Regseeker (FREE) . Registry Cleaner
http://www.hoverdesk.net/freeware.htm
- Process Guard 3 (paid product) . Locks down and protects all your programs at the lowest level in Windows.
http://www.diamondcs.com.au
- RegDefend (paid product) . A kernel based registry protection system, designed to use as few resources as possible. Instead of polling the registry looking for changes, RegDefend intercepts the changes BEFORE they occur.
http://www.ghostsecurity.com
- CounterSpy (paid product) . Detects, deletes and protects your system against Spyware. For further information see my post in this thread.
http://www.sunbelt-software.com/CounterSpy.cfm
- Netgear FR328S ProSafe Firewall (paid product) . Cable/ADSL Hardware firewall and Router with External Modem backup facility.
http://www.netgear.com
- Mozilla Thunderbird (FREE) . For email. I don't use it because I only have Hotmail.
http://www.mozilla.org
- DVD Burner for BACKUP of Data.
- 2nd Internal Hard Drive for BACKUP of Data.
- Fujitsu 40GB Laptop Hard Drive in a Fujitsu Dynadisq External USB Hard Drive Bay for BACKUP of Data.
- Backup to a 2nd computer across a network.
The above will give you a very tight system. Ultimately it comes down to safe practices, and it is always best to practice and think of safety, otherwise it will remind you and it won.t hold back in doing so... it's a bit like gravity, very unforgiving...
Thanks to BlackSpear of WildersSecurity.com for this document! Related NOD32 FAQ Category:
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