April 21st, 2006, 06:57 PM
Just a quick question on your comparison. Are you talking about a factory install disc (Dell/HP/Compaq Recovery Disc) or OEM XP SP2 OS disc?
I know that Recovery Disc usually have altered ini's,...
March 31st, 2006, 06:50 PM
If they need a reason for you to take the server down just simply tell them that they where running SQL and that there is a possibility that their DB might be compromised.
But I totally agree that...
March 9th, 2006, 08:01 PM
So she locks her machine (everything is working normally), then when she comes back the next day the profile is lost?
That to me sounds like a problem with hardware, and software.
If she lost...
November 29th, 2005, 07:31 PM
In all honesty I wouldn't use AVG on enterprise systems. I have never found AVG to be all that reliable. I would stick with Trend Micro, McAfee or Symantec. I have also heard many good things about...
November 7th, 2005, 05:26 PM
Possibly you could have a rootkit or IRC zombie, both of which will not be picked up by any scanner.
Also the culprit might be using what is called port knocking. If you have a rootkit installed it...
September 30th, 2005, 06:54 PM
Part of the hacker culture is not how much money you can make, but what new/weird ideas can you come up with that help people in some form or another.
You may make crazy amounts of money for...
September 30th, 2005, 03:36 PM
Not any one person or group of people are going to give up their knowledge. What people on AO do is give you information/ideas on where to go. This is part of the hacker culture. I'm not saying that...
September 29th, 2005, 07:15 PM
I decided it was time to compile a list of as many Online scanners, Antivirus, Firewall, Adaware/Spyware, Popup blockers as I could remember. This list I call incomplete because there will always be...
September 20th, 2005, 04:55 PM
The other thing to remember is how long has IE been out, compared to Firefox. IE is going on to version 7 and Firefox isn't even version 2. Seems like a pretty skewed comparison to me.
September 1st, 2005, 06:33 PM
When troubleshoot any networking problem I follow the OSI model
http://www.webopedia.com/quick_ref/OSI_Layers.asp
It sounds crazy but you never know, and its usually the simple things that are...
August 10th, 2005, 04:05 PM
The ultimate boot cd has a few utils that allow you to really wipe the HDD
http://www.ultimatebootcd.com
April 5th, 2004, 06:27 PM
I'll see what I can do to the bios and setup the password to lock it down.
Thanks for the help everyone.
April 5th, 2004, 03:27 PM
Adding a startup password is not really an option since the user would be lost before they began.
What I have done as a temp fix is to add /sos to the boot.ini which leaves a black screen before it...
April 5th, 2004, 02:54 PM
Have a question for all those out there.
Is there a way to modify what key you press to get to the options menu when booting into Win 2k or XP?
For example can you change the Press F8 for...
June 18th, 2002, 06:52 AM
The most common Antivirus Tools out there right now would be Norton or McAfee well these do the job but I found a program does better (I think). It is called Kaspersky.
Norton AntiVirus:...