I decided that its time to post some of the tools I use to keep my mind at ease from the threats of the RIAA, MPAA and etc. I assume you are using Windows XP here, and if you use linux by some chance, I have a list of tools for it as well. I will post if anyone is interested. PART 1: Peerguardian Probably the most important tool in my arsenal is Peerguardian. It blocks communication with certain IPs in full duplex mode, meaning that you cant connect to the bad guys and they cant connect to you. Peerguardian can be a little troublesome to set up (and ineffective if done incorrectly), so I made a little swf movie here PART 2: TrueCrypt Encrypts your data on the fly. Create a virtual drive on your disk with high encryption. Did I say high? Were talking about using multiple encryption cascades to protect your data. (the US top decryption farm would take a year or two to break this shit) One of the cooler things about truecrypt is that you can format entire disks as well as virtual drives. This means that a $50 4GB SD card can be encrypted and easily destroyed if needed (im thinking napalm...). Here is a little swf I made showing the basics of creating a virtual truecrypt drive. PART 3: DBAN So, you hear on your police scanner that a team from the FBI is on their way to your house. You confirm this with a quick check on their "public " website. You toss all your cakeboxes of CD/DVD "blanks" in the microwave, but what about your hard drive? Darik's Boot and Nuke or DBAN will automatically and completely delete the contents of any hard disk that it can detect, which makes it an appropriate utility for bulk or emergency data destruction. You may not be that paranoid but I would certainly suggest you use this boot disc on your drives before you sell them or "toss them in the trash". A standard format can be recovered in about 30 seconds using the proper software. You don't want your personal data in the hands of an identity thief do you? Antivirus/Antispyware/Antirootkit I don't personally run any sort of software like this. Generally if I am worried that I may have an infection, I use the old sysinternals tools to manually remove it. I do, however, use some of these tools at work because I am layz and they tend to work. 1. AVG AVG is free, uses the same database as the big guys, and seems to be better in most cases. 2. Hitman Pro Hitman Pro organizes all of the popular free antispyware into one easy to use program. 3. Panda Antirootkit I just found this one the other day, and I have to say that it is one of the better ones out there. The only firewall type software I use is actually an IDS or intrusion detection system. There are a few OSS such as SNORT but they are for linux. The only IDS I run is a commercial software called BlackIce from ISS (now IBM). I remember when BlackIce used to be free, but now they charge $40 for their home version and $300 for their server version. Fucking IBM... It is probably worth paying for, but a free basic firewall or even the windows builtin tiny firewall will be adequate. Doesn't sound very paranoid does it? Well, I just hate fucking gaming with a firewall on... and the previous tools do their job and I am happy.
Anyone that uses x-fire and/or BF2 will have to allow some IP's with Peerguardian to get those programs to work correctly. There is probably more programs that will have issues also, but thats all I have incountered as of right now.
nice post fucknutz AVG is a great AV proggy Ive been using it for years now on all my machines I just wanted to add that AVG Firewall is another good release from Grisoft
i live in canada, i have no worries about hired goons busting down my door to throw me in jail for downloading mediocre shit. ps: Avast AV is bestest.
yeah, id use newsleecher but isnt that sorta like paying for games? anyway, they are really stingy with the password
hey, look at this old ass topic... This is sorta old news (SF/Symantec) is always a day late on this shit... http://www.securityfocus.com/brief/712 Basically, with some duster and a USB drive, "they" can grab your passwords from RAM by rebooting your box... So, unless you have one of these in your house, you're fucked (van)
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