Security - December 2006

2006-12-27 22:05:09 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

I need to password protect a folder on windows xp pro. Is there a way to do this?

2006-12-27 20:53:51 · 9 answers · asked by Granillo 1

i cant access to my documents on the laptop coz i can't get through the starting page. weirdly, there isn't any password prompter. can someone please help me!

2006-12-27 17:04:04 · 6 answers · asked by splashofcolours 1

My friends son is 11 and he likes to call himself a "Hacker". So far all that I'm aware of him having done is going into an online kids game and changing the price of some items to "0" , then he "Buys" them, then changes the price back to the original amt. He likes to tell his little buddies that he will use his "hacking programs" to erase their Hi Scores on their online games as well.
Should I be concerned? At what point is this considered actually Hacking and what should I do about it, if anything?

2006-12-27 16:47:47 · 16 answers · asked by ARedheadInCanada 1

I have Cox Communications Cable/Internet Service and a Motorola Cable Modem/Wireless Router Combo. I am able to connect to this connection with the 2 laptops and xboxlive in my apartment, but would like to secure the network so no one else besides those in my household can use it. Can you please give me directions or a specific website to do this?

2006-12-27 16:07:47 · 3 answers · asked by punkrckprncess 2

2006-12-27 15:44:07 · 9 answers · asked by canter40 1

example,comp. will open home page of yahoo,but when u try to sign in it comes up page has expired,pls help

2006-12-27 15:38:12 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

An hour ago my laptop was attacked with some trojan or spyware, i am not sure which. I downloaded a few anti-spywares and now I have an icon on my desktop which is titled "HIJACKTHIS". When I double click on it, it says that this is not a valid win32application. I also canot delete it, it would say that another person or program is using it. I fear that this icon would be harmful to my laptop. I had a long night downloading various antispywares (spybot, adaware, superantispyware, spyware doc, u name, i've got it) but none would work on this unremovable icon! my laptop is slightly lagging, and is a tad annoying, please help!

2006-12-27 15:36:34 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

It's not like I depend upon it a lot because there are better anti-spy programs; but my Yahoo Toolbar / Norton Spysware Scan has not updated its spyware signature definitions for over a month now. My definitions were last updated on 11/21/06 and the definitions version is 10333.

Anyone else had any more recent updates?

Note: This is not the old Yahoo Anti-Spy, this would be the new toolbar with NSS (Norton)

Thanks.

2006-12-27 15:30:11 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-27 15:14:17 · 10 answers · asked by love2lovex 1

I keep getting these popups saying that i need to clean my registry and each popup says I need to go to a different website to download a tool to fix it. Oviously i am not going to the website, and my virus software (norton antivirus 2007) does not detect a virus. I checked task manager to see what was running this and it came up with csrss.exe. I tried to end it to see if it was a virus version, but it said it was a critical system process and would not end it. How do I stop these viral like popups?

2006-12-27 15:10:07 · 8 answers · asked by mapletreebymywindow 3

Please help me to find tool to remove this worm

2006-12-27 15:00:44 · 2 answers · asked by tharinda1 1

Is there a way of disabling Vista's UAC dialogs on a per program basis. I have winrar installed and I get prompted every time I open a zip or rar file asking if i trust this program. I would like to eliminate that dialog and permanently allow winrar to run, without disabling the entire UAC system.

2006-12-27 14:57:59 · 1 answers · asked by bzfreek 1

It says I must download Spyware Knight and Spy soldier. What can I do to save my computer. It won't go away. I tried system restore/defrag/deleting files nothing works. Help!

2006-12-27 14:17:49 · 12 answers · asked by kebbek 1

Alright... So my computer basically went nuts... Now whenever I try to get on my homepage .. google.com ... an aniti-spyware site comes up.. Also... Whenever I go online multiple anti-spyware sites keep telling me i'm infected and need to buy their product and I get those popups that say my computer is infected and there is an intruder who can steal all my passwords.. this kinda freaks me out to type in my passwords and check my email because i don't know whats wrong with my computer. Can anyone help? what exactly do I do? My norton is out of date and I used to have spysweeper but it ran out as well.... I'm not to keen on putting any personal info online right now or credit card info to get anti-spyware material as well.. please help!

2006-12-27 13:46:48 · 10 answers · asked by LIZ 3

It's annoying because I've heard that's it's really embezzlers from South Africa...plus I get up to three a day, and how do they find out my surname?

2006-12-27 13:44:03 · 4 answers · asked by jaguar_of_sweet_laughter 2

She loaned her computer to her grandson and he changed the way it logged in. He set up different user accounts and she cannot get into her own computer and he cannot remember what password he entered. Cansomeone please help me.

2006-12-27 13:38:48 · 7 answers · asked by brodie 1

2006-12-27 13:29:34 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

My computer has some computer-bugs in it so I want to remove them before they spread. can you please help me! I just wanna now if there is some type of program that i can download that will help me!

2006-12-27 12:35:55 · 10 answers · asked by ~Smiley Girl~ 2

when you turn on your computer it says dad mom and mia.those are the accounts how do you delete them?
please help me my dad wants me to fix his computer at our house and at his work.he thinks that i mess everything up!so please help me!!!!!!

2006-12-27 12:33:55 · 10 answers · asked by miarose g 2

2006-12-27 12:27:29 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-27 12:19:30 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

i keep getting this pop up in my task bar saying " critical system errors" I have spyware protection, malware and evrything... what do i do? and i also keep getting bumped off things i do cause it says my virtual memory is low... what can i do about that, or what is the typical things needed for windows 2000 pro? so i can delete the not needed things
In the package i did get for the computer protection : Antivirus Personal firewall spyware killer spam eliminator pop up ad blocker and stealth web surfer.

2006-12-27 12:18:17 · 8 answers · asked by Katie T 1

I've been searching for a free adware to protect my pc from viruses. the spyware i had expired. Any good suggestions on which spyware is most trusthworthy?

2006-12-27 12:16:25 · 7 answers · asked by maryann4884 2

i keep getting this pop up in my task bar saying " critical system errors" I have spyware protection, malware and evrything... what do i do? and i also keep getting bumped off things i do cause it says my virtual memory is low... what can i do about that, or what is the typical things needed for windows 2000 pro? so i can delete the not needed things

2006-12-27 12:13:38 · 9 answers · asked by Katie T 1

2006-12-27 12:12:00 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

i need to renew my norton antivirus, but which one is better: norton or AVG? or would you suggest something else?
if i decide to install a different antivirus, do i keep norton while intalling or should i delete it first and then install?

2006-12-27 11:48:32 · 7 answers · asked by paper_due_tomorrow 1

trojan keeps popping up

2006-12-27 11:35:32 · 5 answers · asked by groink 1

I just got a new computer and it has Windows XP. And I want to delete it so I can put Linux on it. Is this a good idea? I am new to Linux; is Linux better than Windows? And should I get it, I'm not sure.

2006-12-27 11:25:49 · 10 answers · asked by dragon52493 1

And free from any spywares or viruses.

2006-12-27 11:17:08 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous