So much for firefox....

Originally posted by Wheely
My point is really that you can make it harder for people to compromise your machine but you can't make it impossible (unless you pull it from the net) and assuming you are free of compromise because your virus checker doesn't find anything is a mistake. So, in a nutshell, don't keep any sensitive data on an internet enabled machine and make sure you patch regularly.

Or run Linux.

Originally posted by arrakis
Good point. But I don't think you can tell XanthosNZ anything. If the information doesn't come from him personally then he either won't accept it or change the subject! 😕

Oh look arrakis is in a thread about computer security that he failed to read.

Originally posted by XanthosNZ
Oh look arrakis is in a thread about computer security that he failed to read.

Oh look. Xanth is posting in a thread outside his curfew, and failed to tell his parents.

skeeter

Originally posted by skeeter
Oh look. Xanth is posting in a thread outside his curfew, and failed to tell his parents.

skeeter

Oh look. Skeeter's stalking Xanthos again.

Originally posted by dyl
Oh look. Skeeter's stalking Xanthos again.

Oh look. dyl's stalking skeeter stalking Xanth stalking arrakis again.

skeeter

Originally posted by skeeter
Oh look. dyl's stalking skeeter stalking Xanth stalking arrakis again.

skeeter

If you and Helen Clark were the only two women left on earth, and if I was infused with the irresistible urge to pursue someone of the female persuasion, you would still have nothing to fear.

Originally posted by dyl
If you and Helen Clark were the only two women left on earth, and if I was infused with the irresistible urge to pursue someone of the female persuasion, you would still have nothing to fear.

I think I'm going to be sick.

Originally posted by dyl
If you and Helen Clark were the only two women left on earth, and if I was infused with the irresistible urge to pursue someone of the female persuasion, you would still have nothing to fear.

...and if you and the late Steve Irwin were the only representative examples of human existance on this planet, and I had to procreate with one of you, then you would still be a virgin.

skeeter

Originally posted by XanthosNZ
I think I'm going to be sick.

I second that.

Originally posted by Bowmann
Or run Linux.

I do.

There are still security patches that ought to be applied to individual bits of software though.

Originally posted by skeeter
...and if you and the late Steve Irwin were the only representative examples of human existence on this planet, and I had to procreate with one of you, then you would still be a virgin.

skeeter

Was Steve smiling when you stabbed your poisonous barb into his heart?

EDIT: Fixed a spelling mistake in Skeeter's post.

Originally posted by XanthosNZ
Was Steve smiling when you stabbed your poisonous barb into his heart?

EDIT: Fixed a spelling mistake in Skeeter's post.

Nope. He never saw it coming.

PS Edit: Fixed a lineage mistake in Xanthos's past - eliminated his parents.

skeeter

Originally posted by Palynka
Is this for real? It says that my 1000+ ports are operating in Stealth Mode and they can't even find out it they exist.

All attempts to get any information from your computer have FAILED. (This is very uncommon for a Windows networking-based PC.) Relative to vulnerabilities from Windows networking, this computer appears to be VERY SECURE

I'm usi ...[text shortened]... refox and the basic free stuff (ZoneAlarm, AVG) . What am I doing wrong? This can't be right.

Me too, with much the same software. Completely invisible. I guess we don't exist, in which case this message is a figment of your imagination.