Re: Accurable, dependable and easy to understand security advice.

Magsmom wrote:

Where do I go to get good reliable advice that you don't have to be a tech
to understand?

I read one place that "xxx" antivirus is the best, then someplace else
it
says that particular software is not very good. Same for Spyware
software. I am running Windows Live One Care on a Dell Dim 2350, Pentium
4, 220 GHz,
512 MB RAM, with XP, SP2 OS. I have run scans at various times by other
programs and come up with things that do not show up in the WLOC scans.
Thankfully, I have never had a real "virus" and the things that do show up
are mostly low level threats, but some of them are listed as high level
and
some things are necessary for programs or services that I use. How does
one sort all of this out???

Safe Hex:
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=27971 - So How Did I Get
Infected Anyway?
http://www.getsafeonline.org/
https://www.mysecurecyberspace.com/
http://www.getnetwise.org/
http://wiki.castlecops.com/Malware_Removal_and_Prevention:_Introduction
http://www.claymania.com/safe-hex.html
http://www.aumha.org/a/parasite.htm - The Parasite Fight
http://msmvps.com/blogs/harrywaldron/archive/2006/02/05/82584.aspx - MVP
Harry Waldron - The Family PC - How to stay safe on the Internet
http://www.spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-spyware.htm - Eric Howes on Rogue
Antispyware Programs

Scam & Hoax-Fighting Sites:

http://www.antiphishing.org/
http://www.castlecops.com/f122-Phishing_Fraud_and_Dastardly_Deeds.html
http://www.hoax-slayer.com/
http://fraud.org/welcome.htm
http://www.quatloos.com/
http://www.scambusters.com/
http://www.scamorama.com/
http://www.symantec.com/business/security_response/threatexplorer/risks/hoaxes.jsp
http://www.419eater.com/index.htm

Malke
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