Post by dave on Aug 18, 2005 12:02:19 GMT -5
thanks kerry
ok first you need a good firewall that keeps people out and keeps things in and dosent let things out without your permission and informes you of people trying to get in and zonealarm is reported to be one of the best. i have both the pro and free verson and i prefure and use the free verson. why? you ask well because the pro verson just has a few more bells and whistles that i just dont need. and remember that if you think tracking a hacker down is going to help you or any one elss your mostly wrong because the hackers port scanner is just scanning the net looking for open ports and since your behind a firewall the port scanner checks your ports but is told by the firewall that no computer is there so the port scanner moves on but if you back trace it you then told the hacker ther is a computer there but its behind a firewall so he or she will start slamming your address for any open ports so a one time hit will turn into thousands of hits and could find a open port all because you wanted to know who was scanning the net for open ports so when hidden and not seen dont make a sound or youll be found.
www.zonelabs.com/store/content/home.jsp
click on download and buy tab on left side of screen then click on zonealarm tab on right side of scrren and choose free download. and yes you can use this firewall with high speed conections even if they say they have one it makes better sence to have more then one wall to hide behind and i hide behind 3
ok now for those peskey popups and nasty homepage hijackers and spyware and addware
there are many good programs out there but im a cheepscate and i like free or cheep as long as it works as good as high dollar stuff and im really happy when its better then high dollar stuff. i own mcaffee and norton products but im not a fan and feel i forked out good hard earned money for crap why i say crap you ask well mcaffee has to many conflicts with lots of software and causses problems that are hard to trace untill you format and reinstall one by one checking to see who is the problem child and i got better things to do with my time. and norton whom i informed at the time of the problem who never answered me. norton installed a backdoor trojun onto my comp system files while updating my antivirus defanitions my 4 trojun scanners caught it each and every time because i removed norton and reinstalled it to see if it really came with the defs and sure enough it did. for those who dont know what a back door is its just like your house its another way in.
so after testing many different programs i found what i feel at this time is the one for me and others. its called avg and it has a free version as well as pay versions and i have both free and pro versions and like the free one best i like a program that will do what it says and i dont need extra stuff i get the best of everyones software for the specafied purpose and i dont like addons. if your the best in one field why offer something your not the best in that field to people.
free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php/doc/2
scroll to the bottom of the page and youll see the avg free exe file version 7.338
be suer to agree to ther terms or you wont be able to download it. i havent read the terms lol so if your one of thoes who like to read long terms agreements knock your self out. lol i scimm through it.
ok now the popups and spyware also free software
webroots spy sweeper trial version
www.webroot.com/consumer/products/spysweeper
the trial version is not one of those trials that only last a few days it last untill you uninstall it.
click on downloads and choose trial version
what the deal is that its the latest verson with the lates defanitions dut you cant update them any more without buying it but where theres a will theres a way lol so every 3 months or so i download the trial version again and have the latest defanitions lol and in the meen time the program is pretty darn good at its job ( im retired and cheep is your answer) it blocks changes to your home page and lets you know about any changes to your computer and asks you if you want to allow the changes and if not then it will change them back to what you wanted. but if its a trojun or virus changing you home page it will just keep on changing your home page so just minamise spysweeper and run your antivirus software or what ever it takes to remove the culprit then have spysweepr do the changes back to reset your home page. (a word of caution if you get the nasty windows update redirect aspi trojun that always takes you to a so called windows update site your going to have to format because i couldent find a single program that would remove it and i have hundreds of programs.) and it removes the most spyware of any program iv ever used. but since you cant update the defs for awhile youll need one that will keep you updated and belive me more then one spyware program is needed to catch all of the crap out there just lurcking the web looking for a comp who cant detect it so i use two more programs with spy sweeper
one called spy bot search and destroy
www.safer-networking.org/en/
click on download and scroll down untill you see the items to download
spybot s&d will also block activex bad scripts in the imunise tab and also has a link for javacool another program but i havent tried it and s&d has a download blocker in the same section remember these sections are in the program not on the web site.
ok another one is ad-aware by lavasoft
now this ones a bit tricky for those who dont know much about computers so ill walk you through updating the defs
ok go to www.lavasoft.de/
ok scroll to the bottom right of the page and you will see a box that says latest build and latest defs click on that and youll be at the download section of the free stuff
scroll down and click download it and then install it.
youll have the latest defs at this time but more will be needed later to stay up to date so this is how its done on the free version.
ok go to lavasoft and click product upgrades itll take you to a page that asks for email info dont worry about that page and click your back button and youll be taken to the upgrade section with the latest defs scroll down and youll see latest defs download it to your place of choice i prefure my documents and unzip it and choose different folder and choose C:\Program Files\Lavasoft Refupdate
wala and after its done its updated.
trojuns
tds3
www.diamondcs.com.au/
opps they have decided to do away with tds3 but ill leave the link because they have many other programs that are awsome and free just click on products at the top left and youll find all of ther software and at the bottom is there free stuff. ok well since i now have to find another trojun scanner ill post when i find a good one i have others but i wouldent recomend any at this time. but if you know how to format your hard drive do so and start with a clean slate but download all of the software first and burn it to disk and install them before going on the net a clean start is your best defence. and never i say never allow your comp to go online without a firewall because it will get hit within seconds of conecting yes there that bad fast and trolling day and night. now if you get a homepage hijacker and cant find anything to remove it i advise format the hard drive because iv gotten some of those a few times and i have alot of software besides what iv mentiond and i have years of computer exp and if i cant get rid of it then i doubt your going to either so its best to format then to alow a trojun to ruin your net fun. a anlogx has alot of really good free softwar
www.analogx.com/welcome.htm
i havent been ther for awhile because i got all there stuff and they dont update it very often ok check out these links for trojun scanners. good luck
www.download.com/
www.net-matrix.com/search.php?keyword=remove%20spyware
www.tucows.com/
downloads-zdnet.com.com/
ok i hope this wasent to lengthey for you and i hope it helps you have a happier net experence dave
be sure to read the comments from people who have used the software on these sites because itll help you decide if there worth downloading and always scan them for bad stuff befor running them and always scann your comp after you install them for bad stuff.
ok first you need a good firewall that keeps people out and keeps things in and dosent let things out without your permission and informes you of people trying to get in and zonealarm is reported to be one of the best. i have both the pro and free verson and i prefure and use the free verson. why? you ask well because the pro verson just has a few more bells and whistles that i just dont need. and remember that if you think tracking a hacker down is going to help you or any one elss your mostly wrong because the hackers port scanner is just scanning the net looking for open ports and since your behind a firewall the port scanner checks your ports but is told by the firewall that no computer is there so the port scanner moves on but if you back trace it you then told the hacker ther is a computer there but its behind a firewall so he or she will start slamming your address for any open ports so a one time hit will turn into thousands of hits and could find a open port all because you wanted to know who was scanning the net for open ports so when hidden and not seen dont make a sound or youll be found.
www.zonelabs.com/store/content/home.jsp
click on download and buy tab on left side of screen then click on zonealarm tab on right side of scrren and choose free download. and yes you can use this firewall with high speed conections even if they say they have one it makes better sence to have more then one wall to hide behind and i hide behind 3
ok now for those peskey popups and nasty homepage hijackers and spyware and addware
there are many good programs out there but im a cheepscate and i like free or cheep as long as it works as good as high dollar stuff and im really happy when its better then high dollar stuff. i own mcaffee and norton products but im not a fan and feel i forked out good hard earned money for crap why i say crap you ask well mcaffee has to many conflicts with lots of software and causses problems that are hard to trace untill you format and reinstall one by one checking to see who is the problem child and i got better things to do with my time. and norton whom i informed at the time of the problem who never answered me. norton installed a backdoor trojun onto my comp system files while updating my antivirus defanitions my 4 trojun scanners caught it each and every time because i removed norton and reinstalled it to see if it really came with the defs and sure enough it did. for those who dont know what a back door is its just like your house its another way in.
so after testing many different programs i found what i feel at this time is the one for me and others. its called avg and it has a free version as well as pay versions and i have both free and pro versions and like the free one best i like a program that will do what it says and i dont need extra stuff i get the best of everyones software for the specafied purpose and i dont like addons. if your the best in one field why offer something your not the best in that field to people.
free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php/doc/2
scroll to the bottom of the page and youll see the avg free exe file version 7.338
be suer to agree to ther terms or you wont be able to download it. i havent read the terms lol so if your one of thoes who like to read long terms agreements knock your self out. lol i scimm through it.
ok now the popups and spyware also free software
webroots spy sweeper trial version
www.webroot.com/consumer/products/spysweeper
the trial version is not one of those trials that only last a few days it last untill you uninstall it.
click on downloads and choose trial version
what the deal is that its the latest verson with the lates defanitions dut you cant update them any more without buying it but where theres a will theres a way lol so every 3 months or so i download the trial version again and have the latest defanitions lol and in the meen time the program is pretty darn good at its job ( im retired and cheep is your answer) it blocks changes to your home page and lets you know about any changes to your computer and asks you if you want to allow the changes and if not then it will change them back to what you wanted. but if its a trojun or virus changing you home page it will just keep on changing your home page so just minamise spysweeper and run your antivirus software or what ever it takes to remove the culprit then have spysweepr do the changes back to reset your home page. (a word of caution if you get the nasty windows update redirect aspi trojun that always takes you to a so called windows update site your going to have to format because i couldent find a single program that would remove it and i have hundreds of programs.) and it removes the most spyware of any program iv ever used. but since you cant update the defs for awhile youll need one that will keep you updated and belive me more then one spyware program is needed to catch all of the crap out there just lurcking the web looking for a comp who cant detect it so i use two more programs with spy sweeper
one called spy bot search and destroy
www.safer-networking.org/en/
click on download and scroll down untill you see the items to download
spybot s&d will also block activex bad scripts in the imunise tab and also has a link for javacool another program but i havent tried it and s&d has a download blocker in the same section remember these sections are in the program not on the web site.
ok another one is ad-aware by lavasoft
now this ones a bit tricky for those who dont know much about computers so ill walk you through updating the defs
ok go to www.lavasoft.de/
ok scroll to the bottom right of the page and you will see a box that says latest build and latest defs click on that and youll be at the download section of the free stuff
scroll down and click download it and then install it.
youll have the latest defs at this time but more will be needed later to stay up to date so this is how its done on the free version.
ok go to lavasoft and click product upgrades itll take you to a page that asks for email info dont worry about that page and click your back button and youll be taken to the upgrade section with the latest defs scroll down and youll see latest defs download it to your place of choice i prefure my documents and unzip it and choose different folder and choose C:\Program Files\Lavasoft Refupdate
wala and after its done its updated.
trojuns
tds3
www.diamondcs.com.au/
opps they have decided to do away with tds3 but ill leave the link because they have many other programs that are awsome and free just click on products at the top left and youll find all of ther software and at the bottom is there free stuff. ok well since i now have to find another trojun scanner ill post when i find a good one i have others but i wouldent recomend any at this time. but if you know how to format your hard drive do so and start with a clean slate but download all of the software first and burn it to disk and install them before going on the net a clean start is your best defence. and never i say never allow your comp to go online without a firewall because it will get hit within seconds of conecting yes there that bad fast and trolling day and night. now if you get a homepage hijacker and cant find anything to remove it i advise format the hard drive because iv gotten some of those a few times and i have alot of software besides what iv mentiond and i have years of computer exp and if i cant get rid of it then i doubt your going to either so its best to format then to alow a trojun to ruin your net fun. a anlogx has alot of really good free softwar
www.analogx.com/welcome.htm
i havent been ther for awhile because i got all there stuff and they dont update it very often ok check out these links for trojun scanners. good luck
www.download.com/
www.net-matrix.com/search.php?keyword=remove%20spyware
www.tucows.com/
downloads-zdnet.com.com/
ok i hope this wasent to lengthey for you and i hope it helps you have a happier net experence dave
be sure to read the comments from people who have used the software on these sites because itll help you decide if there worth downloading and always scan them for bad stuff befor running them and always scann your comp after you install them for bad stuff.