I get these pop-ups that display where I live, my IP Address, my computer system, my internet broswers and all this other stuff. Is there some way to block my information from showing up?
2006-11-18 03:50:47 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
Even the govenrment is at risk of being hacked. Knowing your security risks and what is available can help eliminate much of the risk for you. Besides getting an Antispyware, Antivirus and Firewall (which getting these all bundled together with the same company for compatibilty reasons is the best way to do it). My preference is McAfee's VirusScan Plus. I do a lot of billing and account stuff so I won't take risks with freebies or multiple companies. The minimal cost out weighs the potential hazards. I am also the Virus protection analyst for our healthcare company. Haven't had a problem in the 8 years I been doing it.
There are other actions you can take without software like making changes to your browser configuration
1. Under the internet options choose the Content Tab and then the Autocomplete. Uncheck all of these to pevent important information from being saved on your computer that can be taken by a virus or hack attack.
2. Under the Advanced tab in the Security section (way down) check the box that says to Delete the Internet Temp Files upon closing
3. Clean out your cookies and temp files every time you close down. This will aid in performance and rid any viruses or spyware placed into the temp files that will be released the next time you reboot. You can clean these by using the General tab and clicking each of these buttons... cookies, internet temp files and history.
4. Under the privacy tab click on Privacy and choose Advanced. check the overide cookie handling and BLOCK 3rd party cookies. Leave the other one as accept. Always allow cookies sessions. This will provide legitimate compnaies to give you cookies which will allow you to interact in certain ways but will block the risky ones.
5.Microsoft, Norton and Mcafee offer a site advisory program free of charge. This will alert you to bad websites before you open the page. I find this a wonderful addition on my toolbar
6. Speaking of toolbars... be careful of what toolbars you install. Many are nothing more than spyware tracking your activity.
To run a scan of your PC to see what might be installed and causing your problems... go to mcafee.com and run their free scan. Remember, as with any virus protection yuo may be able to clean the virus however in many cases you still have to remove registry entries to clean it completely. Research the virus your protection finds and see if there is something more you need to do.
It is a matter of preference and how you use your computer. I prefer the experience of what I feel is a very reputable company. You don't see major companies risking their network to freebie software. If it were safe, Micorsoft would bundle it with their operating system. Something to think about.
Good luck
2006-11-18 04:31:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most likely it isn't anything to worry about, it probably isn't even giving the information to anyone, its just repeating your browser info back to you, if the ip is something like 192.168.0.0.1 then that's just your non routable internal ip, which is what most of these pop-up scams use to scare you.
You might however have spyware, get an anit spyware program and run it if you don't have one already, as well as a good anti virus.
2006-11-18 05:17:55 · answer #2 · answered by Christopher J 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
specific. For adventure helping a area with over 1500 desktops, whilst i'm set up a clean laptop, I could confirm the firewall is one in the previous I connect it to our community for the 1st time. final time I forgot, it take much less then 30 seconds for the laptop to be infect with viruses and attacked via over a dozen people atempting to hack it.
2016-10-22 07:36:07 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can ignore those ads that try to scare you into buying their junk software. Yes, we're all at risk when on the internet. You should research "internet security home user" on google.com and do some reading.
2006-11-18 03:52:28 · answer #4 · answered by bogus_dude 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it is not a big deal. if u visit a site they can underatand all this. so what? u use a virus scan, a firewal, and a anti Spyware.
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2006-11-18 03:59:48 · answer #5 · answered by Naturale 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
really if you dont trust a site dont go there hackers use an IP address an IP is like a credit card number, if someone finds it they can take you money. an IP is the code to you computer hard-drive dont click on them annoying game ad's on web sites and dont accept any "1,000,000 th vistior" or "shoot to get free x-box 360" and stuff like that hope that helped
2006-11-18 03:56:02 · answer #6 · answered by skull-rider 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yeah A pop up stopper
2006-11-18 03:52:39 · answer #7 · answered by Sir Sidney Snot 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use some free spyware program and that should take it out. If you need help go here http://www.basicspywaretips.com/getridofspyware.html
2006-11-18 05:21:33 · answer #8 · answered by Mark 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't worry, it doesn't tell anyone else, even linux has those programs, they just tell the person on the computer their info, no one else, they just want you to buy their shoddy product
2006-11-18 05:01:40 · answer #9 · answered by Shadowfyre 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is normal information that is collected when you browse a website.
http://yanswers.blogspot.com/2006/10/essential-free-internet-security.html
2006-11-18 04:07:23 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋