Forum: Newbie Security Questions

Ok here's the deal I port scan my pc at work (which I own) As is pretty normal for an unprotected pc it is showing quite a few ports open. None of...

anyone remember that eastrer egg in office that makes it type up like 400 pagwes of some sentence. cant remeber what it is. thanks in advanced.

Hello all, Anybody please give me some useful material about security enhanced linux. I searched through google, but haven't got much useful...

Well I Just started off in this security thing since i have a box running slackware 8.1 off it. I wanted to figure out how to secure it.. But i...

Sorry if I've sent this to the wrong place, already sent one message but had no replies so far. Have a Compaq Armada 1750 (I know but it's a work...

I keep getting mailer daemons from addressed I have never sent email too. I think someone has stolen my business email address and is using it to...

Okay as I've stated before I am a newbie. Now I trying really hard to expand my knowledge but my "Free ISP" NetZero only alows 10 per month. Now I...

I am playing around with sam spade trying to configure it and I need the nameserver. The instructions for sam spade are for windows 95 so I am...

I just did a port scan on some systems of mine and I got a lot of ports that I don't know. I found the descriptions of them, but I don't know if...

I havent been coming in here and reading the forums lately becuz of school, but I have been reading computer books. I was wondering if there are some...

i frequently use Kazaa, and am constantly downloading from it. is this a threat 2 my computer even though i have a firewall, trojan detection, and...

i use windows xp and i was going to setup a password for my screen saver and when i got to it there was nowhere to type in my password...there is a...

Hi! Some where in this site i read about tracing ip of e-mail sender through header in thier e-mail address. Well i got such a program naming e-mail...

Hi does any one know of any ways or utilities that will allow me to recover data from an NTFS drive on a lap top. What happened was an upgrade to XP...

What is the BEST way to prevent a "cookie" from showing up on one's hard drive?? IE6 is what I use. Thank you... tons of fun P.S.- I run...

Hello Everyone, I dont know how you people going to take this but this is a serious problem for me. My ISP that is a broadband Cable ISP has banned...

i now have spy sweeper 2.1, norton anti-virus, and outpost pro firewall (free trial, im cheap). do i need anything else to ensure my privacy out...

I read on some sites that they are detecting so many new viruses per day. How do they discover all these new viruses and worms? Do they have...

Hi, I'm new here, and I don't really understand alot about firewall activity, so I was hoping someone might be able to help me with this. I keep...

im real green at this security stuff, and need some pointers to protect my new computer from worms, viruses, and all that stuff. can an expert of...