Security - August 2007

A Geek Squad guy told me that my Dell Inspiron 600m was infected with the sdbot trojan virus. I used Ctrl+f11 at boot to do a "factory restore," where it wipes and re-formats your hard-drive so that the computer acts like its right out of the box.

Is there any chance that sdbot survived? Nothing bad's happened, I'm just nervous.

And also, should I be wary of re-attaching my external hard drive? All it has on it are music files and Word documents; is there any way that they could've been infected, too?

2007-08-17 19:32:18 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

Without going into details, I have reason to believe that my computer has a keylogger active in it somewhere, but I can't be certain. Can anybody tell me what I should look for to find out if there's one or not? (A keylogger is a program that records all keystrokes and emails them to another person without you noticing.)

2007-08-17 18:17:32 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

I received a yahoo lottery notification from Dr WILLIAM GERRI (PHD), can you help me confirm this is true?

2007-08-17 18:16:44 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

I've been corresponding with someone,and I would like to know what country they are in.

2007-08-17 11:55:10 · 16 answers · asked by Candi Apples 7

Does it do the job well? I've been using it along with ad aware 2007. But, they have really done well with it.

2007-08-17 10:53:22 · 7 answers · asked by someone here 1

So many people pass around unproven informantion on the internet without investigating it to know if there is any truth to it or not. Have you ever heard of a ligitamate computer virus called "A Card For You", or is this a Hoax?

2007-08-17 10:41:27 · 7 answers · asked by rdcatman 3

2007-08-17 10:29:10 · 10 answers · asked by durfman 1

what is a good virus, spyware, adware etc. program.
i got norton 360 but i hate it, it sucks. uhm im thinking of going with mcafee, but what you guys think is good. also what should i get rid of i have windows defender, avg anti spyware, spybot search and destroy, and ad aware... thanks a lot.

2007-08-17 10:08:22 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Alright, so I created a zip folder and put 5 documents in it, and then set a password about 10 months ago. Of course I've forgotten the password and I would really like to be able to re-access the files. I've tried many of the free ZIP recovery programs (most of which do 2-5 character recoveries) and I still haven't gotten the password. So are there any free programs with a large number of character searches? Or even a VERY GOOD program that you would recommend (preferably that you have used and it worked for you) that I could pay for with a credit card?

2007-08-17 09:42:17 · 3 answers · asked by I Know Nothing 6

I recently had a free antivirus program i down loaded,but it would scan at the same time,i wanted to search the internet.Is there one that really works and that is free?

2007-08-17 09:30:18 · 11 answers · asked by Exxx P 1

With the recent burglaries taking place around our area, we need to get a motion sensor that works in high temperature in the attic. It gets up to 110 °F It has to have very reliable detection and long life since we have very valuable things at our work place, thank you.

2007-08-17 08:56:55 · 1 answers · asked by lucy s 1

ok i have windows defender, spybot search an destroy, AVG antispyware, and ad-aware.

what should i get rid of, i have 4 programs and i only need something that gets rid of spyware adware and w.e else there is. do i really need all these?

2007-08-17 08:51:16 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Were can i find the good ole version of Ad-Aware SE personal from lava soft not the 2007 version its junk, Thanks in advance for your help.

2007-08-17 07:47:26 · 4 answers · asked by Wildfire44 2

I just installed Verizon DSL internet. It is working OK, but it seems to be blocking certain sites, most of which are secure sites, like ebay, myspace, Capitalone's credit card site, my webmail from Penn State etc. My old internet is still active, so I hooked that back up, and tried these sites, and they all work fine, so it has to be something with the Verizon service. I called their tech support, and we went tried a bunch of things, with no luck. They're saying it's something wrong with my computer! I doubt that since the sites work with my old service on this same computer! I've seen some other people on google having similar problems, but no solutions. Anyone have any ideas why only certain secure sites seem to be blocked? Some of these are kind of important sites for me!
BTW, it's Windows 98, so there is no firewall, and I don't subscribe to Verizons firewall, or extra security package. Thanx

2007-08-17 06:39:11 · 5 answers · asked by Jeff 1

www.startrekvoyager.com

i think its either down or i've been banned maybe.
i wrote a bulliten :
"that pisses me off about kess getting kicked off the show'
and said neelix, henry kim, or chakotay would've been better to get kicked off.
so is it down? because if i try to go to it it says my
connection has timed out. and if i have been banned is
there a way to trick them? can i go through a proxy server or something?
thanks

2007-08-17 06:33:51 · 1 answers · asked by sirchristopherwalken 1

apart from telnet , ftp . for those there r well defined ports .
i know one command that is "netstat". is there any other command or any alternative way to find it.

2007-08-17 06:16:21 · 5 answers · asked by pushpad 1

I was on the internet and my computer said someone was trying to hack onto my computer. That was two weeks ago and now it's still saying the same thing. I was using wireless internet, and now I'm in a different location with NO internet access. So my question is:

1: Could it still be the same person trying to hack it 2 weeks later???

2: Can you hack onto a computer that no longer has internet access?

2007-08-17 06:13:46 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

i have no internet security on my pc and am frightend incase i get a virus on my pc. is there any such thing as free internet security or would i just have to buy.. please help

2007-08-17 06:11:23 · 7 answers · asked by betty 2

I ran both the Norton Security and Yahoo Antispywar - both updated and I still get pop ups from Outerinfo. As soon as I launch the IE explorer 6.02 all these pop ups happen.

2007-08-17 06:11:01 · 2 answers · asked by Andy B 1

I'm usually on msn when on the internet. I have plenty of pop up guards, spywear and anti virus programs. For the last two weeks I've been getting a pop up with an HP registration form. No matter what I do including don't remind me it keeps coming back. I will come home anbd there will be 20 of those pop ups there so I have to go through the process 20 times. It is wearing on me fast. Can anyone help me?????
Thanks! Michael

2007-08-17 04:03:11 · 4 answers · asked by Michael G 1

2007-08-17 02:05:13 · 5 answers · asked by sange g 1

2007-08-17 01:22:18 · 8 answers · asked by adeel a 1

Is it not the same if you clean thru actions such as Internet tools - delete files - clear memory etc and thru delete-empty recyclebin?

2007-08-17 01:18:55 · 6 answers · asked by aapkidak 1

2007-08-17 00:45:13 · 14 answers · asked by ? 2

With this programm they take all the Email´s from your web-site. So what can I do to protect my site ?

2007-08-16 22:50:09 · 2 answers · asked by guido2652 1

2007-08-16 22:00:55 · 14 answers · asked by jesus a 1

I use internet from a internet cafe. Is there some software so that i can make sure there's no keylogger running in the background.......From where can i get such software??

2007-08-16 20:22:15 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-16 17:06:50 · 7 answers · asked by blynn179 1

Cam you get a computer virus from msn? cuz my friend said that you can. this girl added me and she said she was a ghost. And my friend said that i got a computer virus. So is it possible? My computer seems to be working fine nothing wrong. but my friend said it will get worse to the point the mouse wont move.

2007-08-16 17:02:21 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

it is the only account on my computer and i need to get into it... i dont want to download anything... and i dont have the cd the computer came with... how do i get past it?

2007-08-16 16:18:10 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous