Ruts Posted January 19, 2006 Report Posted January 19, 2006 Do a reformat - clean install everything you 'normally' use, including AV and spyware stuff - then ghost the bastard to a dvd makes my rebuild oh so much quicker - reformat and unghost my default image Quote
Rolla__Boy Posted January 19, 2006 Report Posted January 19, 2006 Good point. That is easily the best way to format/install each time. Quote
Valandor Posted January 19, 2006 Report Posted January 19, 2006 yeah ghosting is the best way to go set it up once. reformat and before you know it your back to were you started. and who was it that mention zone alarm ad a good firewall??? i would be going for M$ stuff before i touched zonealarm. its like fixing a leak in a boat by takeing bits from other parts of the hull. then you got one fixed leak and two new ones. personally i use spybot and avg. i go to alot of "suspect sites" like torrent and other such sites and don't have much of a problem because i montior the pc all the time with constant netstat/a commands in the command prompt evey now and then. one thing i find that works better than a firewall is a ip spoofer. can't hack me if you can't find me. even if it only slows em down Quote
muller Posted January 20, 2006 Report Posted January 20, 2006 one thing i find that works better than a firewall is a ip spoofer. can't hack me if you can't find me. even if it only slows em down whats this do??, I'm not up with computer babble Quote
muller Posted January 21, 2006 Report Posted January 21, 2006 what would you ever need to use that for? Quote
Valandor Posted January 21, 2006 Report Posted January 21, 2006 its like having fake number plates on your car. if you got anyone trying to track you down looking for you car and license plate. they aint gonna find ya Quote
muller Posted January 21, 2006 Report Posted January 21, 2006 you mean if you gonna hack the FBI or the pentagon? :) seems practicall if thats what ya after. while your in there database find me a cheap SR20 :( :wink: Quote
love ke70 Posted January 22, 2006 Report Posted January 22, 2006 lol, i think we flatter ourselves by thinking that people are going to try and hack us. but then again i float around in an insecure bubble on the internet saying it'll never happen to me :) Quote
Rolla__Boy Posted January 22, 2006 Report Posted January 22, 2006 I always have everything backed up....so it doesn't bother me if I have to format....and at the end of the day, it's just a computer and completely replaceable...and quite cheap for slightly older parts from computer fairs etc Quote
muller Posted January 22, 2006 Report Posted January 22, 2006 they can actually get real expensive though at the top end. :) Quote
Ruts Posted January 26, 2006 Report Posted January 26, 2006 OK guys after running a NETSTAT I have noticed I have Kazaa references in there TCP sr:epmap ssm.kazaa.com:0 LISTENING TCP sr:microsoft-ds ssm.kazaa.com:0 LISTENING See the attached file for the complete list of them Q: - What process is firing these up and how do I remove them ? netstat.txt Quote
Ruts Posted January 26, 2006 Report Posted January 26, 2006 They will be your kazaa file sharing ports wont they? But I'm not running kazza and it is long gone from my machine - so what is opening the ports ? Quote
Ruts Posted January 26, 2006 Report Posted January 26, 2006 Done and Done - they return nothing Wonder if its limewire opening them ??? Quote
Ruts Posted January 27, 2006 Report Posted January 27, 2006 No. I think I know what it might be - "MyPopupKiller" has an option to hide Kazaa ads - so I guess to do that it listens on the kazaa ports - will try and switch that option off and do a restart and see what happens Quote
mikeys toy[RL] Posted January 28, 2006 Report Posted January 28, 2006 webroot spysweeper is the only thing that saved my 'puter.....norton did nothing for me Quote
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