Forum: Newbie Security Questions

My mother got a new wireless laptop for Christmas, and I was reading before on AO that you should take certain precautions and download certain...

:) hi friends how to hide a folder in windows XP professional

can routers have open ports on them like telnet. what if you telnet to the router and login and did a DIR what would you get. And dose it have a OS,...

I was wondering if anyone could clarify this for me or give me a for sure answer. I have been told by a few people (some computer techs for my...

I received this file as an attachment from a yahoo group email that was sent out today. I didn't open it cause for one I don't the person who sent it...

After spending over 7 years in the US Marine Corps, I have decided I want to be a Computer Security Specialist. I am currently enrolled in a local...

I know that hacking is bad, but i think that a post about a month (hacker wars, maybe?) was about a course in which peopel practiced their cracking...

Everytime I come on the net at some point and sometimes more than once my firewall tells me that a Net BIOS Session tried to enter my computer... ...

I know that there have been a couple of films/clips floating around on various sites. I think that irongeek has even done a couple of video...

I just found this site about an hour ago, And i'm not quite sure if this is what I need. I understand that this site relates to security issues and...

Hey guys, all the sudden when I click on Internet Explorer, my page pops up as : You have tried to access a page that you are not...

i frequently play a game called gunbound and it has this anti-cheat software that they make you run in order to play, its called nprotect...

i hear people use dos and ddos almost interchangably and i know that dos stands for denial of service and that ddos stands for distributed denial of...

hi.. i've this box popping up in the middle of the screen. it says 'Control Lock' and 'Locked'... and every few secs, it will jump to 'Unlocked'. Has...

Will an unpatched system with firewall and antivirus at risk(hacks,attacks) :p

Hi Everyone! I read some of the tutorials which are posted, but being honest didn't find everything I wanted. Often it happened simply because I...

Hello All, Not sure if this is the right place to post this. I have been curious about this for a while but never had a reason to ask until now. ...

i just watched "the net" with sandra bullock and throughout the movie she is frequently being traced on cell phones, internet connections, etc. some...

Well plz tell me about this software hijackthis and how to use it.It would be helpful if you provide ant link to a manual or previous post also i am...