Forum: Newbie Security Questions

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...

I just upgraded the firmware on my linksys befsr41 and was reconfiguring everything when I noticed something odd in my zonealarm log - I've no idea...

Hi everyone, Is a folder named AgentSS needed?...what does it do? Also, is winxp really 3 Gigs in size? My windows folder is over 3 gigs in size. ...

hi, am inside a network , is it correct browsing WWW slowing database servers? coolcamel

Hi every1... would like to kno if u culd help me (well my dad actually) he keeps gettin this pop-up and it says if u want 2 stop the pop-ups go...

Is there anyway to fully protect others from seeing your source code? You can make the person do more work getting to it but can you fully stop...

what is the best firewall 2 use thats downloadable?

ok i figured out that in visual studio .NET that i had to program my own windows socket so i did a search on googlie and found a tut. the only...

I was wondering if anyone could tell me how hackers find computers that are behind routers, or even cable modems. I am a network admin, I am trying...

Hello all.... I have enjoyed reading through the threads and tuts in this site. I am very new to the security world. My goal is to learn as much as...

Just curious, I love networking and security but I cant bring myself to get involved with programming. I read 3/4 of Sams C++ and understood most of...

The Blaster worm & others are making headlines these days. Can anyone explain what an remote procedure call is.

My problems has a slightly long story. I dropped my HD (shut up), and it said when i booted it that it had a bad allocation table. so i formated and...

Can someone give me a quick ethernet wire config diagram? like | orange | green | stripe green| you know? sorry i cant search for it. no time to...

Alrighty, I'm well on my merry way to learning everything I need to know to be a real protected mothafsker. There are however, a few things I would...

I'm gonna feel retarded for asking this, but what does, CLOSE_WAIT, ESTABLISHED, and the other thingy that governs what the IP's are, can someone...

Hi all I am the very definition of the novice hacker, and I've managed to get meself a tad stuck. Here goes..... I'm using XP Prof., and...

Hey there, yes, I am a newbie, and a very inexperienced one at that! Here goes, my first thread.... In the last week or so, I have found that my...