Re: Is it possible for someone to access my HD even though I am running a firewall?
From: Leythos (void_at_nowhere.lan)
Date: 11/02/05
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Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2005 11:06:57 GMT
In article <re1dm1dus8pvrbuej8qcm5djtb4jb690u4@4ax.com>, Jeff says...
> On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 19:45:28 GMT, Leythos <void@nowhere.lan> wrote:
>
> >A "personal" firewall is only as strong as the person that set it up. If
> >you created exceptions (holes) then you really don't have a lot of
> >protection. If you browse to a website and then click a link, you could
> >be running a program without understanding that you are running it - and
> >it could phone-home to the author of the program and allow them to do
> >anything they want with your machine.
> >
> >If you have CABLE/DSL, get a NAT router with logging, this will block
> >unsolicited inbound connections and the LOG will show you in/out bound
> >traffic so you can see just what is reaching your computer and what is
> >going outbound from it.
> >
> >So, in short, if you don't screw-up your firewall it will protect you,
> >but many users self-compromise their security all the time by not
> >understanding what they are doing.
>
> Thanks for that. Is a NAT router a piece of software or a piece or
> hardware? Sorry, I don't know much about this sort of thing.
A NAT Router is a piece of Hardware. It's typically an extra box between
your ISP's modem and your computer. Linksys, D-Link, Netgear all make
them.
> I've cleared all my program permissions in Zonealarm and I'm going to
> start again from scratch - I'm pretty sure that I only made exceptions
> for things like my browser, email and news clients anyway - but it
> doesn't hurt to start over and review everything.
>
> So, if I do have some malware on my machine, what's the best way to
> clear it up? My antivirus doesn't pick anything up, nor do any of my
> spyware scanners. Any programs you can recommend?
Here is my typical response for people that think they have MALWARE, try
the following:
Only download software you can validate as uncompromised - in the case
of non-vendor site you have no guarantee that the files are unmodified
or uncompromised. Anyone providing a link to a non-vendors site with a
direct download should not be trusted, the vendors sites are the safest
place to download their application.
Always remember - ***only download files from Trusted Sites***.
After you install any of these applications and update them, run them in
***SAFE MODE*** to allow them to properly clean your system.
These sites are for downloading Anti-Spyware tools, in order that I
would use them myself:
AdAwareSE can be found here:
http://www.lavasoft.de/support/download/
SpyBot Search and Destroy can be found here:
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html
HiJack can be found here:
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html
Ewido Security Suite Trial can be found here:
http://www.ewido.net/en/download/
CrapCleaner can be found at the vendors site here:
http://www.ccleaner.com/ccdownload.asp
CleanUp can be found at the vendors site here:
http://www.stevengould.org/software/cleanup/download.html
or from another reputable source:
http://www.tucows.com/get/405276_152071
The following are two links to Antivirus software in order that I would
use them:
You can also download Symantec Trial version of their Antivirus software
from here:
http://www.symantec.com/downloads/
Download AVG Personal Free edition from here:
http://free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php/doc/2/
These are the actual vendors sites, not some unknown or unauthorized no-
name site. They also don't artificially increase the hits for sites that
get paid for the amount of traffic they can generate like one poster has
admitted to in this group.
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