I am re-imaging 12 pcs in a local network. The clients of my network are between the ages of 5 and 16. And have to be acessible to them during my installations and hardening. We havent been approved for $ to cover the anti-virus cost, yet. so i'm out there like a sitting duck until I can proceed....
I am having trouble getting rid of a repeating Trojan Horse virus on a computer using Symantec Endpoint Protection Version 11.0.4202.75. I have done the following: performed full scan in safe mode, used Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer, disconnected computer from network, updated virus...
I acquired a TROJAN that has become a bit of a problem to get rid. I have tried reformatting my FLASH drive since thats where it originated with no results. It has jumped to my laptop and though it does not seem to be causing a problem i still would like to clear it. I have change virus protection...
Is it ok to have 3 different security programs. To make sure as much spyware, viruses, and worms be identafied as possible?
can a trojan (autorun.inf)affects the performance an MP3 player.Yesterday my computer got infected with this trojan Mcafee said that it detected and blocked and removed but this trojan was still there.and when i was trying to safely remove the device it was saying that i cannot do this action.
While in the middle of fixing some trojan infections I have found my XP service pack 3 PC is now starting up to the background screen and not displaying any icons. I am able to hit ctrl-alt-delete and startup task manager. There are no applications running. If I choose new task and enter...
My Dell laptop is infected with backdoor.tidserv Has anyone been successful removing this? I cannot disable system restore as Symantec recommends.
I understand about restoring the computer. However, for right now, how do I rid this virus from my computer? Norton finds it, but when I click "remove" it doesn't remove it like it usually does. I'm not sure how to set up firewalls, but I'll find that out later too. Any tips about removing it from...
I'm getting delivery failures for email I didn't send. It's probabaly someone spoofing my account, but could it be a trojan sending emails directly via SMTP? How can I tell? Is there a way to query the SMTP service for a list of sent emails?
I need help getting rid of a trojan that is effecting my desktop and laptop. It's name is svchost.system 32. please help me. Thanks.
Hi, My system has been infected with two Trojan.ByteVerify and one Downloader virus. I am using Windows Vista and the above virsuses were detected by Norton Security Scan that I have on my system. However, I have not bought the antivirus software yet so all the definations are not updated. I called...
Apart from honeypots, what are the different methods to find unknown threats which are prevalent? and how to find methods to mitigate them. PS: all the vulnerabilities are known to all the n/w administrators and then can take measures to mitigate attacks but this doesnt happen..Hackers are at...
What is the easiest way to protect your MAC address against spoofing? In 2004 I was the victim of a hacker that somehow spoofed my Cable Modem Mac address and used it to cover his identity while serving copyright material thru the internet. I was unsuspecting until my ISP one day suspended my...
Hello - one of the computers in my office is appending the words "I am spyware" in the title bar of Internet Explorer. For example, when I go to google.com, the title bar says "google.com - I am spyware". I have scanned the computer with Norton 2006 and Ad-aware and neither application is...
Hi, I'm studying for an MSc in Information Security from Royal Holloway University of London, I have a B.Engg. degree in computers and a PG Diploma in Networking and Communication as well as the CCSA and CCNA. I'm also studying for the CISSP. Now, with all these qualifications, could you please...
Don't know if this is the right place, but cannot find an answer elsewhere. Using Windows XP media centre edition with SP2. belongs to a Lao woman in the office. Displays a picture of a naked woman on the desktop which can not be moved. causes great embarrassment. Found it in screensavers, named...
We are a company where we have expirience on network remote administration and now we have open a new area, The area of security. Now I need to start to make new procedures like when a new customer come to us and ask if we can handle the security for his network... I need to know if some one can...
Hello All, Someone is having problems sending emails to us which did not exist before. Our email server (Unix based) did not list his domain as spam according to our email technician. Also for troubleshooting purposes i've asked him to send to my hotmail account which resulted in the same manor...
Hi, I should start by saying that I come from an Exchange background so the Lotus email environment is still a bit new to me...but I've been tasked to put together a checklist for Lotus Notes Incident Response and am wondering if anyone is willing to share incident response guidelines or...


