my email disppears as well as getting porn in the email when i don't have anything to do with it. i expect my teenage brothers are involved and no matter what we do they seem to ge able to get into my stuff and their stuff causes me to have to the nasty emails. I need to know how to prevent them even getting on my desktop if possible.
2006-08-10 13:18:52 · 11 answers · asked by indij1341 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
one of the things you can do is to set up a hard drive password. basically what this does is prevents anyone from even loading windows without it. many motherboards have options through the BIOS menu to set one, and that is really the easiest way to do it, though otherwise there are several programs out there that will do it. the one i would reccomend is HDD password protection from eXlade software, you can download it here http://www.programurl.com/hdd-password-protection.htm.
Hope this helps!
(btw, even though windows security sucks and takes no effort to hack, you may want to enable that too)
2006-08-10 13:28:54 · answer #1 · answered by random_guy7531 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
McAfee anti virus program has a privacy feature. You have to enter a password to get on the net.
It also scans for virus's, has a firewall and a spam filter. Its worth a buy.
the version I am using is McAfee Internet security suite 2005 v7
check out their web site!
2006-08-11 07:06:51 · answer #2 · answered by Bob Bob 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Make a really long password. As for getting emails nothing you can do about it. They can sign you up from any computer. I suggest change email addresses.
2006-08-10 21:05:50 · answer #3 · answered by I run with scissors 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
best thing to do is to set a password, and make screen names or accounts for other people like your family, and make sure the password is not same as some ones name in your family, make it hard to guess, so they will not able to get into the account,
2006-08-10 20:34:57 · answer #4 · answered by hasan05842 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you have windows xp all you have to do is go to the control panel, user accounts, change an account and then pick your account and asign a pasword to it, that's all, and nobody can get to your desktop or any thing else
2006-08-10 20:25:08 · answer #5 · answered by Princess B 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
have you talked to your parents about this if so what do they say? take your laptop with you and for them getting on line it's pretty hard to keep them off if the PC is in the family home and every one get's on, maybe change your password and don't tell any one keep it to your self. good luck
2006-08-10 20:30:31 · answer #6 · answered by lipsmackinghotauntie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can password protect your ID. You can also add additional accounts for them to use with limited access. They can't download anything or install anything with a limited account.
2006-08-10 20:25:33 · answer #7 · answered by jd 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Buy a pull-out drawer for your main hard drive. Then, when you're not using your computer, you can slide it right out. Your brothers can buy their own hard drives and drawers for them.
2006-08-10 20:50:20 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to control panel/ user accunts/ open and create password. you can create other user accounts that they can use also if you want to but im selfish and dont let others use my computer.
2006-08-10 20:29:17 · answer #9 · answered by ncgirl 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
netdog porn filter: http://www.netdogsoft.com
2006-08-11 05:44:11 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋