Forum: Newbie Security Questions

How can i make sure i dont have open ports on my computer?

where woud yhe best sight be 2 down load an awsome fire wall people say its zonealarm

OK im using WinXP. My CD-ROM icon is missing and I can't find it. I tryed creating a new shortcut but that did'nt work. Can anyone tell me what...

Ok, I may have a bit of a problem here. Noticed this morning that our bandwidth was way lower then it should be: around 200kb/s on a partial t1...

Greetings all! i've recently bought suse 8.2 pro after a long period of deciding which distribution would be good to start with. Well, i must say i...

I know everyone here has been asked this a million times but how do you know if you have been hacked? Here is the deal, for starters I don't know...

I tumbled along to a site which contained a list of Proxie Servers and Anonymous Proxie Servers. I was wondering if a site like this can be trusted....

I installed nmapwin 1.3.1.exe on my computer,running windows 98se. At start-up i see the message: c:\>set...

Hi, I have subscribed to a cable internet connection, where in to connect to the internet , i have to first login to their site, which is hosted...

Just looking for real beginner documentation on the what/who/how ports work the simpler the better any info would be much appreciated cheers G

Well i need to reformat my entire HD now im going to whipe everything out and ive got a couple of questions. My first question is I need some advice...

I am wondering if it is possible to use a class B or C address ip as a class A. I know about subnet masks and stuff. But im wondering if you could...

Hey Everyone I have a problem with adware and spyware, I have gotten many different programs to get rid of spyware and adware and none of them seem...

I use windows for gaming . Everybody says that Windows sucks , get linux. I was just wondering why *nix is so good for hackers?

Fantastic resource first of all! My question relates to me trying to understand all the different things I have been told about Net security. I...

well im having a problem with windows xp pro.. when i boot right after the black loading windows screen goes off, the logon box flashes for a second...

every time i go to a site that requires java i get an error message that asks me to download java virtual machine. Then when i click ok to download...

Ok here is the deal , I was just messing around typing some things in command. Then I typed in the word "cipher". And well behold I got a least of...

hi , just wanted to conform something a story or incident rather.my friend told me that once surfing in a chat room across a person who informed...

I'm not sure if I have a hidden prog running that's eating my bandwidth. If I play a game online my ping will be about 172 then jump up to 1000+ :/....