Security - November 2007

My norton is outdated by three weeks. But it doesnt really catch malware does it?

2007-11-20 00:20:40 · 3 answers · asked by amosunknown 7

Related to this question I posted a few days ago...
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Ag4LBvh_lXQYtnRlNRuyiLrsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20071115150331AAZ3lKp

I've been running SuperAntiSpyware and Spyware Doctor, and have run several complete McAfee scans on my laptop, but my computer is still running so slow that it's taking about 15 minutes from the time I click the "on" button to the time I get a logon window for my wireless connection. I'm getting various popup windows from McAfee and Spyware Doctor (and a few but not as many from SuperAntiSpyware) saying that malicious programs are being stopped from running, but they still aren't getting removed and I'm starting to wonder if using System Restore on Windows is my best way to go. The problems started about a week and a half ago, and I've been trying to set a System Restore date of Nov. 1, but I'm not getting the option to set a date before Nov. 14--the first time I tried to use System Restore.

2007-11-19 21:47:50 · 7 answers · asked by Pastor Chad from JesusFreak.com 6

2007-11-19 16:27:51 · 5 answers · asked by jack 1

2007-11-19 15:50:47 · 10 answers · asked by Illy 1

after 5 minutes. the desktop stays shut down. i have to open stuff from task manager. is there a web site that can scan or tell me what files i am missing? i think this virus has deleted some important stuff. i've ran like 3 diff virus programs. they didn't work. please help!!! this isn't my computer! lol

2007-11-19 13:54:44 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

my computer is slow and ant-virus is not helping. what do u perfer

2007-11-19 13:01:53 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

please tell me anything you know about pcprivacytool.com

i keep getting popups every 5 min saying "warning list of visited websites, adult pics, and personal info can be easily accesed by people, etc. click here to fix problem" and it takes me to pcprivacytool.com and says that there's porn on my computer and i'm not protected. BUT my mcafee site advisor tells me that this website is dangerous, has reports of bad activity on this site, blah blah blah.

idk what to do. the pop-ups for this site never stop coming up. please ANYONE tell me how to make them stop coming up or anything you know about pcprivacytool.com .

thanks if you help!!!

2007-11-19 11:33:40 · 6 answers · asked by Sophia 1

hey my computer has been recently hacked. and the worse thing is, is that its someone from my school and the person keeps on messaging me with threats and such. but idk who it is. well if i message him back is it possible for him to still hack me???
he is using a trojan. thats illegal so how do i inform the police with the right proof.

if you are able to help me out, please message me or post here

2007-11-19 11:31:18 · 4 answers · asked by Dan 1

is there any other way a website/software can identify my computer besides IP address?

not neccessarily a website, but i downloaded a software, can that software identify my computer by downloading my computer hardware specs? ie. my harddrive uniq id, or serial #s for other hardware and that info is sent to them, even if i have a diff IP, can they still know that is the same computer i am using ??? is that possible?

2007-11-19 11:30:54 · 4 answers · asked by Frosty Z 1

I got into my email and was looking at email then all the sudden this rock_7sucks_7.fu came up but the number kept changing and changing and it ends up locking up my pc. DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW I CAN STOP THIS MADNESS??

2007-11-19 11:14:22 · 3 answers · asked by jenniferiswhoiam 2

I bought a computer from a pawn shop w/ windows vista and when you turn it on to log into the person who had it before has a password how can you delete this or get around it?

2007-11-19 09:57:52 · 4 answers · asked by Tanner M 1

Omg okay well I need to delete ALL history of my computer. Hard drive and everything. I really need somebody to help because I went on a couple of inappropriate sites and I need to get rid of them before anybody can find out! My parents have been watching out for what I do...so I really need to delete everything. How do I do this?? Thank you soo much! =]]

2007-11-19 09:26:13 · 9 answers · asked by party-like-a-rockstar 2

2007-11-19 08:46:01 · 4 answers · asked by KELLY F 3

does anyone know how to delete it? My OS is windows Vista home premium. Also how big a risk is it? Im using Norton anti-virus. I have AVG antispy 7.5

2007-11-19 06:29:43 · 5 answers · asked by Nemo the geek 7

there are some threatens that the credit card number will be trapped by some body and our credit will be misutilised by some other unknowns. is it correct?

2007-11-19 06:29:11 · 5 answers · asked by ksk 2

When i turn my computer on its goes straight to the desk top, I have turned it on tonight and it asked for password, which I know is blank and it then let me into desktop.

I wondered why it did this, so I went into user accounts on my control panal and A new account has appeared.

It is called ASP.NET MACHINES A'....s Account

Its says it is a limited account and password protected.

What is it???? Does anyone know please and do I need to get rid of it, I have scanned for spyware / Virus's etc and detected nothing wrong

2007-11-19 06:28:01 · 6 answers · asked by Paul C 6

I want to restrict one ftp user so that it cannot access any other directory on the server other than the home directory assigned to it.

It should have full access to its home directory and all its sub-directories.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

2007-11-19 03:51:16 · 2 answers · asked by Sunny 2

My new partner's ex is a police man who works in survailence with access to IT equipment etc. I opened her a sub account attached to my bt account. she gave him the address over the phone and he sent her one e-mail. then phoned to say that he would not send any more info over that address because i am the account administrator and will have access. Has he acted illegally in tracing the e-mail address back to my account? I thought this was not possible? We think he has acted in appropriately by using police facilities to trace this back!

2007-11-19 03:02:07 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

Hi
I am using micrsoft explorer 6 when I am on a webb site and click on back the computer takes a very long time to change page so I have to find the webb site again by going to favorites which it finds very quickly. I am using broad band any ideas

2007-11-19 02:36:13 · 15 answers · asked by moc 2

All ya gotta do is use another computer or have your ISP change it. Seems so simple (to me) to get around and I thought of it immediately.

2007-11-19 02:05:31 · 10 answers · asked by Football girl 2

I keep getting misleading applications popping up on my screen. Like balloons popping up on the left hand side of the screen and internet advertisements saying that I have a virus. I know that they are misleading applications because I looked on the symantec website and found what these messages are. I just want to know how to get rid of them. I of McAfee that came with my computer. Can someone help me get rid of them? Also I have run my virus scan to check but I have not found anything.

2007-11-19 01:04:58 · 9 answers · asked by Miss Vira 4

My computer (which is running windows xp) doesnt have security center or windows firewall.My limewire just stopped working recently and I went to the limewire support page and it said it might be because of my windows firewall.So it told me to go to my control panel and switch to "classic view" and double click on Windows firewall but I noticed that i didnt have a Windows firewall icon so then i went to Microsoft.com it said it should be under Security center and I noticed again I dont have that icon either.So I decided to look under them under search,and it didnt come up.How can I fix this?

2007-11-18 20:54:24 · 6 answers · asked by ??????????? 1

2007-11-18 18:15:21 · 1 answers · asked by n2n 1

Right now the only ones I can name are:
-Ghana/Nigerian dating scams (you end up sending money)
-Craigslist IP-Relay scams ("Hello this is ___ do you have __ for sale? ...ok email me") ...also Nigerian
-Email scams (Congratulations you won some foreign lottery/inheritance/stored money)

Can anyone name any others? About 90% of these scams involve Yahoo accounts so I figured here is a good place to ask!

2007-11-18 18:14:08 · 3 answers · asked by joker10687 2

I have never known my father since my mom left him before I had any memory of him and I never had the opportunity to meet him since. I've always known that someday I would like to meet or at least contact him. Well, today my mom found him on a social networking site. She called me to give me the link. I am grown and out of her house but she let me know that she wants me to proceed very cautiously and anonomously in contacting him. I agreed to this, especially since he admits to being bi polar in his biography. In his online posts he seems like a very decent person but one can never tell. So, first of all, what is the best way to begin contact with him? On the site he's a member of it looks like I could email him if I register. I also found a page with his actual email address posted. So I don't know if I should email him through the site or on my own. Also, whichever way I contact him, what are some tips to keep myself anonomous and safe? This type of thing is a complete first for me.

2007-11-18 15:57:07 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

can delete http/www.protectionway.com and enter www.yahoo.com to access internet. But didn't have darn protectionway.com in my way.

2007-11-18 15:28:22 · 3 answers · asked by mrachedi 1

I will like be looking for a song and there is sick videos that say things like 15 year having sex or something why is this?

2007-11-18 15:03:21 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have had my computer for about 3 and a half years now and I have never got any kind of virus on it ever. It's also on the internet all the time and I have no virus protection. I just clear all of the history, files, cookies, etc. on all of the browsers like every week. I think that virus protection is a waste of money. If I ever did get a virus in the future, I would simply reformat.

2007-11-18 14:07:32 · 6 answers · asked by USAman 6

Hello Fellow Yahoo Users

Some times when I access my Yahoo e-mail I get a message:

"Unusual Activity Detected
To protect you, your account has been suspended from sending, saving, and receiving mail for up to 48 hours"

It does not seem to be making any difference, I can still access my account but I am not sure why this is happening and how to prevent it.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Cordially

Wahad

2007-11-18 12:55:16 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-18 12:53:45 · 4 answers · asked by Dave 1