In My Opinion
Now I hate to steer anyone wrong but with my troubleshooting of BF2 this brings me to something I'd like to talk about. Remember what was once called Y2K??? Well back in those days I was doing my computer thing but wasn't working in a Corporate Environment or I should say, where I've been ever since over and over again.
I was helping a friend during these times doing swimming pools to make some cash until another job in IT would come along. Now when it came to our customers. "Who would listen to the POOL GUY??? Anyway for a year I was constantly telling folks not to worry about Y2K that it would come and go like any other day. I even said I'd wake up that next day probably with a hang over and nothing would be different.
I'll never foget this one customer we had, had purchased something like 100,000 dollars worth of equipment and rations, you name it, he may have even built a bomb shelter in his back yard... I'm not kidding when I say this. I remember telling him what a waste it was for people to be so worried about such a thing and even told him I wish I could have a larger VOICE in the world to make it be known what a JOKE and money making SCAM this was all going to turn out to be... Well when it was all said and done, I downloaded a new BIOS installed on all my machines and spent NOTHING and he spent thousands upon thousands and who was lauging on that day... LOL.
This of course is now leading into my next topic which I should just put into another post but now mind you this is in my opinion and the reason for this discussion is all the flak I'm getting in the BF2 forums from those BS Degree, MCSE types, yeah the guys I put to shame on a daily basis.
Since day one of me buying and using computers, and as you all know I'm an avid gamer at heart and downloader. I've only had one virus on my PC and it was the old msblast or blaster worm. The reason I got this was because I had done a REPAIR installation of XP and soon as I hit the NET to ACTIVATE, I had it and knew I did soon as I got the old SHUTDOWN screen, and with my knowledge of Virus's - I bust them also for a living and did at my days working for Adelphia Cable Company early on in my Corporate Environment endeavors, knew to stop the SHUTDOWN with shutdown /a at the RUN. Then looked for the critter and kicked its ass. Ever since then and all of my days of computers have NEVER gotten anything else, unless it was doing something stupid on my part trying to figure out what made a few trojans tick, to lick them at a future time. Don't double click those damn files by accident... LOL.
So now where I was going with all this. Virus Scanners, Ineternet Security Software, Firewalls, Spyware, Adaware etc. For those who work in a Coporate Environment know not everyone who sits behind a computer knows anything about computers they know how to click and point, drag and drop, sometimes even turn them on. For these types of individuals yes you need Firewalls, Virus Protection and the like. Now as I've said many times I work in a LARGE corporate environment and I can tell you with all of these items in place it has more problems with these than I have seen in my lifetime without anything in place and purposely disabled. Working in their Support Center has me removing trojans and spyware on a daily basis. You may be asking how is this possible with all of the protection.
EASY!!! People just do NOT have a clue. People click on EVERY pop up they get, every link in email and simply go to sites they shouldn't be while supposedly working...
In my opinion also, some Virus protection companies have virus builders in their back pockets so let's ask this question, "Which Virus Protection would you buy? The one that finds a cure for that nasty critter first? Of course and why or how did they figure out that cure so quick (Usually a 24 hour period), the person is sitting at their office at their desk creating them while making a pretty penny for the Virus company. Isn't it usually ODD that those who do get busted doing things on their own and do their stint of time get hired by the big guys? If you can create a virus you surely can kill it...
So folks do NOT click that link you get for WINDOWSFIXER2005 you get in your email... LOL. Believe me some stupid person still will...
So when you are a HOME user and not in a Corporate Environment and you do NOT have a clue (YES BY ALL MEANS) you should have everything mentioned. Now to those that have a clue about computers, re-imaging of them and know what to click on and not to.
Everything mentioned herein are a COMPLETE JOKE. Firewalls especially. I've let a monitor tool run for months on my PC and believe me with everything I have running, WWW, FTP and some of the goodies I have and what people are out looking for. Would you believe over that amount of time NO ONE (YES FOLKS) NO ONE tries or tried hacking anything. Yeah every once in a while someone tries to create a directory on my FTP so they can try and run melicious code on my server but GOOD LUCK, Log files do come in handy and guess what I have your IP... LOL.
Computers are like anything else it's all COMMON SENSE. If you get an email from someone you don't know, don't open it. If you do download like I do scan each file with a virus scanner. Steer clear of P2P networks and if you still like them and use them just scan those files. I use Newsgroups - everything is usually scanned on way in and out because they do NOT want anything on their servers. I do not and never have Virus Scanners, or Firewalls EVER running on my PC except to scan those individual files. I set all the processes to Manual so they are only invoked when I want them to be.
Here are things to do. Use Firefox, if you still want to use IE turn the Security Settings to HIGH. Learn to use your CTRL key to get pop ups you want. Use something like the Google Toolbar, I use this also with pop up blocker active, I like google also for my searches and having the bar immediate on the browser, Firefox has it built in - google search and pop up blocking that is... Anyway having these set properly, you will NOT have scripts running just by going to web pages and you will not get pop ups, you'll see in IE when something is trying to get you on the address bar with a Huge Yellow Shield - if it's something you want use that CTRL key and let it fly. There are other types of pop ups and these are usually in a gray box and are really what are known as Server Alerts. You can disable these by going into your Services and Disable the Messenger Service. This has nothing to do with MSN or Windows Messenger. This is usually used to receive Net Sends and Server Alerts by IT Professionals, Network Administrators, and the like.
Here are things I DO use, Bazooka (Great for learning how to BUST spyware and trojans and how they work) you have to do everything MANUALLY, Spybot, Ewido, Adaware, but nothing runs until I run them. I want to add that Bazooka, Spybot are FREE. Ewido Security Suite in my opinion is the BEST of all of them put together and usually will find ANY TROJAN and will remove them and comes as a 14 day free trial and won't have you pay for it just to clean your PC. Give it a whirl and see what it can find. If you like it purchase it.
Now to emails, use your ISP's ONLINE email this keeps you from getting many of the items written about herein. If you do use an email client, such as Outlook, Outlook Express set it up to DELETE all emails except those on your Contact List. I do check my deleted items occassionally to make sure or add those I want to receive from. If you do NOT know who it is from do NOT open it. Use COMMON SENSE.
If you enjoy PORNO - DON'T - on your PC get a PORN MOVIE instead... My PC never sees porn and never will. I know this is hard for people with teenagers and college kids using PC's, you can set up parental controls to really piss off those guys. You can google for these types of IE add-ons, usually just a file you can import. It's actually kind of fun to do to friends - you'll know when they sneak to a site and scream... WTF... LOL.
The reason I bring this up also is because if you are a gamer and with my MANY YEARS of EXPERIENCE (Computers and Gaming) and use your PC mostly for such things, then having these Software Firewalls: Zonealarm, Hardware Firewalls: Routers (Block WAN Requests), XP Firewall. Will only cause more issues than what it's worth. Now people will say leaving your PC wide open will cause problems - have they ever tried to see that NOTHING will happen??? Never seen any, just vocally mentioned, by those that will state this, and these people probably never have either. For the novice setting them up PROPERLY is harder than just having them run period in default. Either way they bring more issues to a gamer than what I can post here and this doesn't always affect everyone.
People just use common sense and if even half of what I've mentioned here are followed you'll see how easy and FREE it is to stay clear of critters and hackers. I'll say this most hackers do NOT care what the common JOE has on his PC. They want Corporate Records they go after the big guy not some guy who plays games and uses his PC in the cellar. This is where Firewalls are a JOKE... Even a simple PING is considered an attack. Never put personal information on your PC, most gamers don't have any. What I mean by this is say credit card information, tax returns, social security numbers and the like - burn these items to a CD (especially Tax Returns) if done online. You should also approximately every 6 months, FDISK and FORMAT your PC and re-install everything clean. A typical SPRING CLEANING is always good for the PC. Well folks that was my OPINION... Hope you enjoyed and feel free to stop back when you get bored and want to see what the old Cellar Dweller has to say... Thanks again.
I was helping a friend during these times doing swimming pools to make some cash until another job in IT would come along. Now when it came to our customers. "Who would listen to the POOL GUY??? Anyway for a year I was constantly telling folks not to worry about Y2K that it would come and go like any other day. I even said I'd wake up that next day probably with a hang over and nothing would be different.
I'll never foget this one customer we had, had purchased something like 100,000 dollars worth of equipment and rations, you name it, he may have even built a bomb shelter in his back yard... I'm not kidding when I say this. I remember telling him what a waste it was for people to be so worried about such a thing and even told him I wish I could have a larger VOICE in the world to make it be known what a JOKE and money making SCAM this was all going to turn out to be... Well when it was all said and done, I downloaded a new BIOS installed on all my machines and spent NOTHING and he spent thousands upon thousands and who was lauging on that day... LOL.
This of course is now leading into my next topic which I should just put into another post but now mind you this is in my opinion and the reason for this discussion is all the flak I'm getting in the BF2 forums from those BS Degree, MCSE types, yeah the guys I put to shame on a daily basis.
Since day one of me buying and using computers, and as you all know I'm an avid gamer at heart and downloader. I've only had one virus on my PC and it was the old msblast or blaster worm. The reason I got this was because I had done a REPAIR installation of XP and soon as I hit the NET to ACTIVATE, I had it and knew I did soon as I got the old SHUTDOWN screen, and with my knowledge of Virus's - I bust them also for a living and did at my days working for Adelphia Cable Company early on in my Corporate Environment endeavors, knew to stop the SHUTDOWN with shutdown /a at the RUN. Then looked for the critter and kicked its ass. Ever since then and all of my days of computers have NEVER gotten anything else, unless it was doing something stupid on my part trying to figure out what made a few trojans tick, to lick them at a future time. Don't double click those damn files by accident... LOL.
So now where I was going with all this. Virus Scanners, Ineternet Security Software, Firewalls, Spyware, Adaware etc. For those who work in a Coporate Environment know not everyone who sits behind a computer knows anything about computers they know how to click and point, drag and drop, sometimes even turn them on. For these types of individuals yes you need Firewalls, Virus Protection and the like. Now as I've said many times I work in a LARGE corporate environment and I can tell you with all of these items in place it has more problems with these than I have seen in my lifetime without anything in place and purposely disabled. Working in their Support Center has me removing trojans and spyware on a daily basis. You may be asking how is this possible with all of the protection.
EASY!!! People just do NOT have a clue. People click on EVERY pop up they get, every link in email and simply go to sites they shouldn't be while supposedly working...
In my opinion also, some Virus protection companies have virus builders in their back pockets so let's ask this question, "Which Virus Protection would you buy? The one that finds a cure for that nasty critter first? Of course and why or how did they figure out that cure so quick (Usually a 24 hour period), the person is sitting at their office at their desk creating them while making a pretty penny for the Virus company. Isn't it usually ODD that those who do get busted doing things on their own and do their stint of time get hired by the big guys? If you can create a virus you surely can kill it...
So folks do NOT click that link you get for WINDOWSFIXER2005 you get in your email... LOL. Believe me some stupid person still will...
So when you are a HOME user and not in a Corporate Environment and you do NOT have a clue (YES BY ALL MEANS) you should have everything mentioned. Now to those that have a clue about computers, re-imaging of them and know what to click on and not to.
Everything mentioned herein are a COMPLETE JOKE. Firewalls especially. I've let a monitor tool run for months on my PC and believe me with everything I have running, WWW, FTP and some of the goodies I have and what people are out looking for. Would you believe over that amount of time NO ONE (YES FOLKS) NO ONE tries or tried hacking anything. Yeah every once in a while someone tries to create a directory on my FTP so they can try and run melicious code on my server but GOOD LUCK, Log files do come in handy and guess what I have your IP... LOL.
Computers are like anything else it's all COMMON SENSE. If you get an email from someone you don't know, don't open it. If you do download like I do scan each file with a virus scanner. Steer clear of P2P networks and if you still like them and use them just scan those files. I use Newsgroups - everything is usually scanned on way in and out because they do NOT want anything on their servers. I do not and never have Virus Scanners, or Firewalls EVER running on my PC except to scan those individual files. I set all the processes to Manual so they are only invoked when I want them to be.
Here are things to do. Use Firefox, if you still want to use IE turn the Security Settings to HIGH. Learn to use your CTRL key to get pop ups you want. Use something like the Google Toolbar, I use this also with pop up blocker active, I like google also for my searches and having the bar immediate on the browser, Firefox has it built in - google search and pop up blocking that is... Anyway having these set properly, you will NOT have scripts running just by going to web pages and you will not get pop ups, you'll see in IE when something is trying to get you on the address bar with a Huge Yellow Shield - if it's something you want use that CTRL key and let it fly. There are other types of pop ups and these are usually in a gray box and are really what are known as Server Alerts. You can disable these by going into your Services and Disable the Messenger Service. This has nothing to do with MSN or Windows Messenger. This is usually used to receive Net Sends and Server Alerts by IT Professionals, Network Administrators, and the like.
Here are things I DO use, Bazooka (Great for learning how to BUST spyware and trojans and how they work) you have to do everything MANUALLY, Spybot, Ewido, Adaware, but nothing runs until I run them. I want to add that Bazooka, Spybot are FREE. Ewido Security Suite in my opinion is the BEST of all of them put together and usually will find ANY TROJAN and will remove them and comes as a 14 day free trial and won't have you pay for it just to clean your PC. Give it a whirl and see what it can find. If you like it purchase it.
Now to emails, use your ISP's ONLINE email this keeps you from getting many of the items written about herein. If you do use an email client, such as Outlook, Outlook Express set it up to DELETE all emails except those on your Contact List. I do check my deleted items occassionally to make sure or add those I want to receive from. If you do NOT know who it is from do NOT open it. Use COMMON SENSE.
If you enjoy PORNO - DON'T - on your PC get a PORN MOVIE instead... My PC never sees porn and never will. I know this is hard for people with teenagers and college kids using PC's, you can set up parental controls to really piss off those guys. You can google for these types of IE add-ons, usually just a file you can import. It's actually kind of fun to do to friends - you'll know when they sneak to a site and scream... WTF... LOL.
The reason I bring this up also is because if you are a gamer and with my MANY YEARS of EXPERIENCE (Computers and Gaming) and use your PC mostly for such things, then having these Software Firewalls: Zonealarm, Hardware Firewalls: Routers (Block WAN Requests), XP Firewall. Will only cause more issues than what it's worth. Now people will say leaving your PC wide open will cause problems - have they ever tried to see that NOTHING will happen??? Never seen any, just vocally mentioned, by those that will state this, and these people probably never have either. For the novice setting them up PROPERLY is harder than just having them run period in default. Either way they bring more issues to a gamer than what I can post here and this doesn't always affect everyone.
People just use common sense and if even half of what I've mentioned here are followed you'll see how easy and FREE it is to stay clear of critters and hackers. I'll say this most hackers do NOT care what the common JOE has on his PC. They want Corporate Records they go after the big guy not some guy who plays games and uses his PC in the cellar. This is where Firewalls are a JOKE... Even a simple PING is considered an attack. Never put personal information on your PC, most gamers don't have any. What I mean by this is say credit card information, tax returns, social security numbers and the like - burn these items to a CD (especially Tax Returns) if done online. You should also approximately every 6 months, FDISK and FORMAT your PC and re-install everything clean. A typical SPRING CLEANING is always good for the PC. Well folks that was my OPINION... Hope you enjoyed and feel free to stop back when you get bored and want to see what the old Cellar Dweller has to say... Thanks again.
posted by Cellar Dweller at 12:51 PM
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